GAMBIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,869	3	1,007	+ 863
Road Traffic Accidents	2	522	6	695	- 173
Stroke	3	482	4	802	- 321
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	273	1	1,340	- 1,067
Hypertension	5	206	22	172	+ 34
Diabetes Mellitus	6	195	15	290	- 95
Breast Cancer	7	185	40	26	+ 159
Kidney Disease	8	164	16	266	- 102
Congenital Anomalies	9	162	11	383	- 221
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	159	52	11	+ 149
Liver Disease	11	154	14	323	- 169
Lung Cancers	12	130	38	34	+ 96
Low Birth Weight	13	127	8	662	- 535
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	112	28	89	+ 23
Lymphomas	15	106	51	12	+ 94
Liver Cancer	16	104	12	377	- 273
Leukemia	17	99	59	2	+ 96
Suicide	18	98	25	113	- 14
Falls	19	82	29	83	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	20	71	53	6	+ 66
Lung Disease	21	68	19	206	- 138
Other Injuries	22	67	21	194	- 128
Violence	23	60	20	195	- 135
Oral Cancer	24	59	71	0	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	25	58	47	14	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	26	47	43	21	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	27	42	56	4	+ 37
Endocrine Disorders	28	35	17	230	- 195
Ovary Cancer	29	33	61	2	+ 31
Drug Use	30	31	39	28	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	31	29	32	59	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	32	28	54	5	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	33	26	23	145	- 119
Tuberculosis	34	25	10	445	- 420
Uterin Cancer	35	25	66	1	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	36	23	37	34	- 11
Skin Cancers	37	23	68	0	+ 23
Fires	38	22	31	67	- 44
Epilepsy	39	18	35	43	- 25
Asthma	40	17	24	134	- 117
Drownings	41	16	30	69	- 53
Poisonings	42	13	36	42	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	11	33	56	- 45
Alcohol	44	9	50	12	- 3
Meningitis	45	7	18	229	- 221
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	7	41	24	- 17
Birth Trauma	47	6	5	754	- 748
HIV/AIDS	48	5	2	1,125	- 1,119
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	5	9	626	- 621
Multiple Sclerosis	50	4	58	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	51	3	57	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	3	48	14	- 10
Skin Disease	53	3	44	19	- 16
Maternal Conditions	54	3	13	345	- 342
Appendicitis	55	1	55	5	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	62	2	- 1
War	57	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	1	46	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	59	0	65	1	- 1
Malnutrition	60	0	26	110	- 109
Measles	61	0	49	13	- 13
Upper Respiratory	62	0	64	2	- 1
Pertussis	63	0	27	99	- 99
Syphilis	64	0	34	55	- 55
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	45	18	- 18
Dengue	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	63	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	78	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Kuwait

Gambia

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.