GABON VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,819	3	1,019	+ 800
Road Traffic Accidents	2	508	8	518	- 10
Stroke	3	469	5	896	- 428
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	266	4	966	- 700
Hypertension	5	200	11	412	- 212
Diabetes Mellitus	6	189	6	643	- 453
Breast Cancer	7	180	27	92	+ 88
Kidney Disease	8	159	12	384	- 224
Congenital Anomalies	9	158	15	285	- 127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	155	37	43	+ 112
Liver Disease	11	150	10	416	- 267
Lung Cancers	12	126	29	87	+ 39
Low Birth Weight	13	123	9	494	- 371
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	109	19	152	- 42
Lymphomas	15	103	49	32	+ 71
Liver Cancer	16	101	35	53	+ 48
Leukemia	17	96	57	17	+ 79
Suicide	18	96	18	183	- 87
Falls	19	80	30	84	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	20	69	53	21	+ 49
Lung Disease	21	66	16	215	- 149
Other Injuries	22	65	22	140	- 75
Violence	23	58	17	184	- 125
Oral Cancer	24	58	34	69	- 11
Stomach Cancer	25	56	48	32	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	26	46	32	80	- 34
Bladder Cancer	27	41	43	35	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	28	34	25	98	- 64
Ovary Cancer	29	32	51	27	+ 6
Drug Use	30	30	45	34	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	31	28	24	101	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	32	28	44	35	- 7
Cervical Cancer	33	25	26	96	- 71
Tuberculosis	34	24	1	1,819	- 1,795
Uterin Cancer	35	24	55	19	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	36	22	36	47	- 25
Skin Cancers	37	22	46	34	- 12
Fires	38	22	39	39	- 17
Epilepsy	39	17	40	37	- 20
Asthma	40	17	28	90	- 74
Drownings	41	15	38	42	- 27
Poisonings	42	13	50	28	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	11	41	36	- 26
Alcohol	44	9	56	19	- 10
Meningitis	45	7	23	113	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	7	54	20	- 13
Birth Trauma	47	6	13	362	- 357
HIV/AIDS	48	5	2	1,128	- 1,123
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	5	14	318	- 313
Multiple Sclerosis	50	4	67	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	51	3	64	5	- 2
Encephalitis	52	3	60	7	- 4
Skin Disease	53	3	52	22	- 19
Maternal Conditions	54	3	21	145	- 142
Appendicitis	55	1	61	7	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	63	6	- 5
War	57	1	65	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	58	1	62	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	59	0	68	1	- 1
Malnutrition	60	0	33	78	- 77
Measles	61	0	20	146	- 146
Upper Respiratory	62	0	66	3	- 3
Pertussis	63	0	31	81	- 81
Syphilis	64	0	47	33	- 33
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	59	8	- 8
Dengue	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	78	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Kuwait

Gabon

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.