JAMAICA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,092	3	1,726	+ 366
Road Traffic Accidents	2	584	12	444	+ 140
Stroke	3	539	1	2,415	- 1,875
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	306	15	393	- 87
Hypertension	5	230	8	651	- 420
Diabetes Mellitus	6	218	2	2,077	- 1,859
Breast Cancer	7	207	14	413	- 206
Kidney Disease	8	183	6	793	- 610
Congenital Anomalies	9	182	23	139	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	178	13	436	- 258
Liver Disease	11	172	21	155	+ 18
Lung Cancers	12	145	10	472	- 327
Low Birth Weight	13	142	18	241	- 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	125	9	587	- 462
Lymphomas	15	118	17	251	- 133
Liver Cancer	16	116	29	101	+ 15
Leukemia	17	111	26	129	- 18
Suicide	18	110	35	70	+ 40
Falls	19	92	33	82	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	20	80	27	119	- 39
Lung Disease	21	76	11	452	- 376
Other Injuries	22	74	31	91	- 16
Violence	23	67	4	1,484	- 1,417
Oral Cancer	24	66	39	59	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	25	65	19	231	- 166
Prostate Cancer	26	52	5	883	- 831
Bladder Cancer	27	47	38	60	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	28	39	20	176	- 137
Ovary Cancer	29	37	30	97	- 60
Drug Use	30	34	48	13	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	31	33	24	133	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	32	32	34	74	- 42
Cervical Cancer	33	29	16	358	- 329
Tuberculosis	34	28	54	8	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	35	28	28	106	- 78
Parkinson's Disease	36	26	25	132	- 107
Skin Cancers	37	26	52	10	+ 16
Fires	38	25	46	16	+ 9
Epilepsy	39	20	41	46	- 26
Asthma	40	19	36	65	- 46
Drownings	41	17	51	10	+ 7
Poisonings	42	15	57	2	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	12	32	82	- 70
Alcohol	44	10	55	7	+ 3
Meningitis	45	8	47	16	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	8	44	27	- 19
Birth Trauma	47	7	37	65	- 58
HIV/AIDS	48	6	7	757	- 751
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	6	42	35	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	50	4	56	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	51	4	45	19	- 15
Encephalitis	52	4	49	13	- 9
Skin Disease	53	3	22	145	- 142
Maternal Conditions	54	3	43	35	- 31
Appendicitis	55	1	53	9	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	50	11	- 10
War	57	1	61	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	1	59	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	59	0	64	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	60	0	40	48	- 47
Measles	61	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	65	0	- 0
Pertussis	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	60	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	62	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.