IRAQ VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,173	1	36,594	- 5,421
Road Traffic Accidents	2	8,708	3	10,726	- 2,019
Stroke	3	8,036	2	20,793	- 12,757
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,559	8	5,551	- 992
Hypertension	5	3,435	12	2,451	+ 984
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,246	4	7,395	- 4,149
Breast Cancer	7	3,083	17	1,783	+ 1,300
Kidney Disease	8	2,734	6	6,323	- 3,589
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,707	9	4,812	- 2,105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,658	24	852	+ 1,807
Liver Disease	11	2,570	16	2,127	+ 443
Lung Cancers	12	2,163	15	2,162	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	13	2,112	5	6,573	- 4,461
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,870	13	2,429	- 559
Lymphomas	15	1,764	26	811	+ 953
Liver Cancer	16	1,733	35	555	+ 1,178
Leukemia	17	1,647	21	1,315	+ 332
Suicide	18	1,641	19	1,418	+ 223
Falls	19	1,373	30	709	+ 664
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,187	36	530	+ 657
Lung Disease	21	1,128	20	1,329	- 202
Other Injuries	22	1,110	14	2,212	- 1,102
Violence	23	1,000	7	5,658	- 4,658
Oral Cancer	24	991	39	410	+ 581
Stomach Cancer	25	962	28	771	+ 191
Prostate Cancer	26	782	47	171	+ 611
Bladder Cancer	27	698	34	628	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	28	584	37	462	+ 122
Ovary Cancer	29	556	41	376	+ 181
Drug Use	30	513	38	441	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	31	487	22	1,190	- 703
Oesophagus Cancer	32	472	46	173	+ 299
Cervical Cancer	33	427	48	162	+ 265
Tuberculosis	34	414	25	821	- 407
Uterin Cancer	35	412	54	61	+ 351
Parkinson's Disease	36	384	31	658	- 274
Skin Cancers	37	382	43	339	+ 43
Fires	38	371	29	742	- 371
Epilepsy	39	292	45	253	+ 40
Asthma	40	287	23	914	- 627
Drownings	41	261	32	658	- 397
Poisonings	42	218	52	95	+ 123
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	185	49	159	+ 26
Alcohol	44	155	58	40	+ 116
Meningitis	45	123	42	372	- 250
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	114	44	283	- 169
Birth Trauma	47	98	10	4,223	- 4,125
HIV/AIDS	48	91	72	0	+ 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	83	18	1,578	- 1,495
Multiple Sclerosis	50	62	60	30	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	51	57	61	26	+ 31
Encephalitis	52	56	40	378	- 323
Skin Disease	53	49	57	49	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	54	48	27	780	- 732
Appendicitis	55	20	64	15	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	13	63	21	- 8
War	57	11	11	2,942	- 2,931
Hepatitis B	58	10	56	57	- 47
Hepatitis C	59	6	68	1	+ 5
Malnutrition	60	5	53	92	- 87
Measles	61	2	55	59	- 57
Upper Respiratory	62	1	65	6	- 5
Pertussis	63	0	33	636	- 635
Syphilis	64	0	50	137	- 137
Chlamydia	65	0	69	1	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	51	111	- 111
Dengue	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	62	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	37	- 37
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAQ

Kuwait

Iraq

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.