GHANA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,622	3	14,103	+ 11,519
Road Traffic Accidents	2	7,157	7	7,808	- 651
Stroke	3	6,605	2	15,163	- 8,558
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,747	1	16,262	- 12,515
Hypertension	5	2,823	19	2,231	+ 593
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,668	12	5,929	- 3,262
Breast Cancer	7	2,534	25	1,937	+ 597
Kidney Disease	8	2,247	13	4,161	- 1,914
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,225	14	3,935	- 1,710
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,185	34	803	+ 1,382
Liver Disease	11	2,113	11	6,053	- 3,941
Lung Cancers	12	1,778	55	237	+ 1,540
Low Birth Weight	13	1,736	8	6,662	- 4,926
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,537	29	1,294	+ 243
Lymphomas	15	1,450	32	875	+ 575
Liver Cancer	16	1,424	17	2,851	- 1,427
Leukemia	17	1,354	45	340	+ 1,014
Suicide	18	1,349	21	1,993	- 645
Falls	19	1,129	30	1,168	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	20	975	46	334	+ 641
Lung Disease	21	927	15	3,120	- 2,193
Other Injuries	22	912	18	2,433	- 1,521
Violence	23	822	27	1,857	- 1,036
Oral Cancer	24	815	42	483	+ 332
Stomach Cancer	25	791	33	870	- 80
Prostate Cancer	26	643	31	1,031	- 388
Bladder Cancer	27	574	53	245	+ 328
Endocrine Disorders	28	480	24	1,965	- 1,485
Ovary Cancer	29	457	38	698	- 241
Drug Use	30	422	39	630	- 208
Inflammatory/Heart	31	400	28	1,615	- 1,214
Oesophagus Cancer	32	388	49	285	+ 103
Cervical Cancer	33	351	20	2,161	- 1,810
Tuberculosis	34	340	6	10,214	- 9,874
Uterin Cancer	35	338	57	219	+ 120
Parkinson's Disease	36	316	43	387	- 71
Skin Cancers	37	314	58	214	+ 99
Fires	38	305	37	729	- 424
Epilepsy	39	240	47	329	- 89
Asthma	40	236	23	1,979	- 1,743
Drownings	41	214	36	740	- 526
Poisonings	42	179	40	522	- 343
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	152	48	321	- 169
Alcohol	44	128	54	244	- 116
Meningitis	45	101	16	2,983	- 2,882
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	93	52	256	- 162
Birth Trauma	47	80	10	6,194	- 6,114
HIV/AIDS	48	75	4	13,565	- 13,490
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	68	9	6,538	- 6,470
Multiple Sclerosis	50	51	61	113	- 62
Other Neoplasms	51	47	63	48	- 1
Encephalitis	52	46	44	357	- 312
Skin Disease	53	40	50	264	- 224
Maternal Conditions	54	39	22	1,991	- 1,952
Appendicitis	55	16	59	146	- 129
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	11	67	16	- 5
War	57	9	64	29	- 20
Hepatitis B	58	8	62	101	- 93
Hepatitis C	59	5	65	28	- 23
Malnutrition	60	4	26	1,868	- 1,864
Measles	61	2	60	135	- 134
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	16	- 15
Pertussis	63	0	35	744	- 744
Syphilis	64	0	41	483	- 483
Chlamydia	65	0	70	3	- 3
Tetanus	66	0	56	220	- 220
Dengue	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	68	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	257	- 257
Malaria	78	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Kuwait

Ghana

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.