IRAN VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	65,472	1	93,308	- 27,836
Road Traffic Accidents	2	18,288	3	17,803	+ 485
Stroke	3	16,878	2	36,730	- 19,852
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,574	8	11,243	- 1,669
Hypertension	5	7,214	4	16,415	- 9,201
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,817	5	13,910	- 7,093
Breast Cancer	7	6,475	19	3,736	+ 2,739
Kidney Disease	8	5,742	6	11,810	- 6,068
Congenital Anomalies	9	5,686	14	4,844	+ 842
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	5,583	15	4,575	+ 1,008
Liver Disease	11	5,398	12	6,637	- 1,239
Lung Cancers	12	4,543	11	6,784	- 2,240
Low Birth Weight	13	4,436	13	4,861	- 424
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,927	9	11,046	- 7,119
Lymphomas	15	3,705	23	2,882	+ 823
Liver Cancer	16	3,639	20	3,714	- 75
Leukemia	17	3,459	18	3,966	- 507
Suicide	18	3,446	16	4,334	- 888
Falls	19	2,884	24	2,821	+ 63
Pancreas Cancer	20	2,493	29	2,418	+ 74
Lung Disease	21	2,368	7	11,409	- 9,041
Other Injuries	22	2,330	17	4,048	- 1,718
Violence	23	2,099	27	2,535	- 436
Oral Cancer	24	2,082	45	655	+ 1,427
Stomach Cancer	25	2,020	10	9,822	- 7,802
Prostate Cancer	26	1,642	21	3,583	- 1,940
Bladder Cancer	27	1,466	36	1,410	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,226	32	2,092	- 866
Ovary Cancer	29	1,168	39	937	+ 231
Drug Use	30	1,077	31	2,242	- 1,165
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,023	35	1,611	- 588
Oesophagus Cancer	32	991	30	2,371	- 1,380
Cervical Cancer	33	897	48	501	+ 396
Tuberculosis	34	869	41	882	- 13
Uterin Cancer	35	865	51	355	+ 509
Parkinson's Disease	36	807	26	2,545	- 1,738
Skin Cancers	37	802	47	518	+ 283
Fires	38	779	34	1,823	- 1,043
Epilepsy	39	614	44	719	- 104
Asthma	40	603	22	3,360	- 2,757
Drownings	41	548	40	930	- 383
Poisonings	42	457	43	816	- 358
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	388	37	1,246	- 858
Alcohol	44	326	53	253	+ 73
Meningitis	45	258	46	642	- 384
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	238	38	996	- 758
Birth Trauma	47	205	25	2,735	- 2,530
HIV/AIDS	48	192	28	2,521	- 2,329
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	174	33	1,836	- 1,662
Multiple Sclerosis	50	130	50	405	- 276
Other Neoplasms	51	119	58	112	+ 7
Encephalitis	52	117	54	246	- 129
Skin Disease	53	103	55	237	- 134
Maternal Conditions	54	100	52	285	- 185
Appendicitis	55	42	57	155	- 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	28	59	80	- 52
War	57	23	42	848	- 824
Hepatitis B	58	21	49	425	- 404
Hepatitis C	59	13	69	1	+ 12
Malnutrition	60	10	56	157	- 147
Measles	61	4	68	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	63	16	- 13
Pertussis	63	1	60	75	- 74
Syphilis	64	1	61	52	- 51
Chlamydia	65	1	65	4	- 3
Tetanus	66	1	62	37	- 36
Dengue	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	64	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	77	0	66	3	- 3
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

Kuwait

Iran

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.