GUINEA-BISSAU VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,580	5	907	+ 673
Road Traffic Accidents	2	441	10	619	- 178
Stroke	3	407	6	829	- 422
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	231	2	1,390	- 1,159
Hypertension	5	174	21	177	- 3
Diabetes Mellitus	6	164	14	313	- 149
Breast Cancer	7	156	29	93	+ 63
Kidney Disease	8	139	15	268	- 129
Congenital Anomalies	9	137	12	373	- 236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	135	38	50	+ 85
Liver Disease	11	130	11	405	- 275
Lung Cancers	12	110	50	18	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	13	107	8	705	- 597
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	95	34	69	+ 26
Lymphomas	15	89	45	28	+ 62
Liver Cancer	16	88	28	116	- 28
Leukemia	17	83	61	6	+ 77
Suicide	18	83	26	134	- 51
Falls	19	70	33	71	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	20	60	54	14	+ 46
Lung Disease	21	57	20	191	- 134
Other Injuries	22	56	17	234	- 178
Violence	23	51	22	173	- 122
Oral Cancer	24	50	56	13	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	25	49	36	55	- 6
Prostate Cancer	26	40	42	41	- 1
Bladder Cancer	27	35	51	17	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	28	30	18	221	- 192
Ovary Cancer	29	28	48	19	+ 9
Drug Use	30	26	55	13	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	31	25	37	53	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	32	24	49	19	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	33	22	23	154	- 133
Tuberculosis	34	21	3	1,387	- 1,366
Uterin Cancer	35	21	59	8	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	36	19	46	27	- 8
Skin Cancers	37	19	52	17	+ 2
Fires	38	19	35	64	- 45
Epilepsy	39	15	39	48	- 34
Asthma	40	15	24	150	- 135
Drownings	41	13	30	89	- 76
Poisonings	42	11	41	45	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	9	32	77	- 68
Alcohol	44	8	57	12	- 4
Meningitis	45	6	16	258	- 252
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	6	43	33	- 27
Birth Trauma	47	5	7	790	- 785
HIV/AIDS	48	5	1	1,445	- 1,441
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	4	4	913	- 909
Multiple Sclerosis	50	3	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	51	3	65	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	3	58	10	- 8
Skin Disease	53	2	53	16	- 14
Maternal Conditions	54	2	13	333	- 331
Appendicitis	55	1	60	7	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	67	2	- 1
War	57	1	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	0	47	20	- 20
Hepatitis C	59	0	63	3	- 2
Malnutrition	60	0	27	121	- 121
Measles	61	0	25	147	- 147
Upper Respiratory	62	0	66	2	- 2
Pertussis	63	0	19	212	- 212
Syphilis	64	0	31	85	- 85
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	40	48	- 48
Dengue	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	62	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	44	30	- 30
Malaria	78	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Kuwait

Guinea-Bissau

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.