ITALY VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,160	1	97,116	- 51,956
Road Traffic Accidents	2	12,614	30	3,221	+ 9,394
Stroke	3	11,641	2	62,633	- 50,992
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,604	9	16,339	- 9,735
Hypertension	5	4,976	6	29,931	- 24,955
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,702	8	19,836	- 15,134
Breast Cancer	7	4,466	10	13,868	- 9,402
Kidney Disease	8	3,961	11	12,726	- 8,765
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,922	37	1,443	+ 2,479
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,851	7	21,254	- 17,402
Liver Disease	11	3,724	23	5,559	- 1,836
Lung Cancers	12	3,134	4	34,152	- 31,019
Low Birth Weight	13	3,060	51	357	+ 2,702
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,709	3	41,445	- 38,736
Lymphomas	15	2,555	16	9,670	- 7,115
Liver Cancer	16	2,510	17	9,620	- 7,110
Leukemia	17	2,386	21	6,728	- 4,342
Suicide	18	2,377	26	4,042	- 1,665
Falls	19	1,989	25	4,222	- 2,233
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,719	13	12,095	- 10,375
Lung Disease	21	1,633	5	32,382	- 30,749
Other Injuries	22	1,607	12	12,112	- 10,505
Violence	23	1,448	50	409	+ 1,039
Oral Cancer	24	1,436	27	3,343	- 1,908
Stomach Cancer	25	1,393	14	10,252	- 8,859
Prostate Cancer	26	1,133	20	8,409	- 7,276
Bladder Cancer	27	1,011	22	6,711	- 5,699
Endocrine Disorders	28	846	18	8,431	- 7,585
Ovary Cancer	29	806	28	3,282	- 2,476
Drug Use	30	743	45	654	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	31	706	24	5,531	- 4,825
Oesophagus Cancer	32	684	34	2,045	- 1,362
Cervical Cancer	33	619	40	1,154	- 535
Tuberculosis	34	599	53	336	+ 264
Uterin Cancer	35	596	33	2,198	- 1,601
Parkinson's Disease	36	557	19	8,428	- 7,871
Skin Cancers	37	553	29	3,239	- 2,686
Fires	38	538	56	271	+ 266
Epilepsy	39	424	39	1,337	- 913
Asthma	40	416	47	494	- 78
Drownings	41	378	52	344	+ 34
Poisonings	42	316	58	154	+ 162
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	268	43	690	- 422
Alcohol	44	225	55	277	- 52
Meningitis	45	178	60	128	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	164	32	2,216	- 2,051
Birth Trauma	47	142	59	140	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	48	132	46	520	- 387
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	120	36	1,622	- 1,502
Multiple Sclerosis	50	89	44	677	- 587
Other Neoplasms	51	82	15	9,984	- 9,902
Encephalitis	52	80	68	5	+ 76
Skin Disease	53	71	38	1,440	- 1,368
Maternal Conditions	54	69	67	6	+ 63
Appendicitis	55	29	61	49	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	19	42	701	- 682
War	57	16	66	6	+ 10
Hepatitis B	58	14	54	334	- 320
Hepatitis C	59	9	31	2,451	- 2,441
Malnutrition	60	7	41	775	- 769
Measles	61	3	71	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	64	20	- 19
Pertussis	63	1	73	1	+ 0
Syphilis	64	1	69	4	- 4
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Tetanus	66	0	63	22	- 21
Dengue	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	241	- 241
Osteoarthritis	81	0	48	481	- 481
Oral conditions	82	0	62	47	- 47
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	424	- 424
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Kuwait

Italy

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.