JAPAN VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		JAPAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	91,261	1	163,905	- 72,644
Road Traffic Accidents	2	25,492	31	4,566	+ 20,926
Stroke	3	23,526	2	121,823	- 98,297
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	13,346	3	107,899	- 94,553
Hypertension	5	10,056	28	6,673	+ 3,383
Diabetes Mellitus	6	9,502	29	5,433	+ 4,069
Breast Cancer	7	9,026	15	15,805	- 6,779
Kidney Disease	8	8,004	9	44,779	- 36,775
Congenital Anomalies	9	7,925	40	2,473	+ 5,453
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	7,783	6	57,340	- 49,558
Liver Disease	11	7,525	17	14,195	- 6,670
Lung Cancers	12	6,333	4	79,688	- 73,356
Low Birth Weight	13	6,183	55	202	+ 5,981
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	5,474	7	56,937	- 51,463
Lymphomas	15	5,164	14	19,273	- 14,109
Liver Cancer	16	5,072	11	29,384	- 24,312
Leukemia	17	4,822	24	9,607	- 4,785
Suicide	18	4,803	13	19,466	- 14,663
Falls	19	4,020	23	9,736	- 5,716
Pancreas Cancer	20	3,474	10	37,027	- 33,553
Lung Disease	21	3,301	5	78,169	- 74,869
Other Injuries	22	3,248	12	22,068	- 18,820
Violence	23	2,926	53	266	+ 2,660
Oral Cancer	24	2,901	26	8,333	- 5,432
Stomach Cancer	25	2,816	8	50,433	- 47,617
Prostate Cancer	26	2,289	19	13,515	- 11,226
Bladder Cancer	27	2,043	22	9,936	- 7,893
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,710	21	11,486	- 9,776
Ovary Cancer	29	1,628	30	5,061	- 3,433
Drug Use	30	1,502	50	732	+ 770
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,426	27	8,232	- 6,806
Oesophagus Cancer	32	1,382	20	12,316	- 10,934
Cervical Cancer	33	1,251	32	3,799	- 2,548
Tuberculosis	34	1,212	34	3,459	- 2,247
Uterin Cancer	35	1,205	33	3,461	- 2,256
Parkinson's Disease	36	1,125	18	14,007	- 12,882
Skin Cancers	37	1,118	44	1,843	- 725
Fires	38	1,086	48	1,007	+ 79
Epilepsy	39	856	45	1,558	- 702
Asthma	40	840	42	1,922	- 1,082
Drownings	41	763	25	8,409	- 7,646
Poisonings	42	638	54	255	+ 383
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	541	35	2,922	- 2,380
Alcohol	44	455	51	576	- 121
Meningitis	45	359	52	308	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	332	39	2,555	- 2,223
Birth Trauma	47	286	61	104	+ 182
HIV/AIDS	48	268	63	48	+ 220
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	243	37	2,731	- 2,488
Multiple Sclerosis	50	181	59	108	+ 73
Other Neoplasms	51	166	16	15,120	- 14,954
Encephalitis	52	163	69	5	+ 158
Skin Disease	53	144	36	2,806	- 2,662
Maternal Conditions	54	139	64	39	+ 101
Appendicitis	55	59	58	126	- 67
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	39	38	2,618	- 2,579
War	57	33	66	15	+ 18
Hepatitis B	58	29	46	1,423	- 1,394
Hepatitis C	59	19	41	2,220	- 2,201
Malnutrition	60	14	43	1,910	- 1,896
Measles	61	6	75	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	3	57	159	- 156
Pertussis	63	1	71	1	- 0
Syphilis	64	1	65	16	- 15
Chlamydia	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Tetanus	66	1	67	9	- 8
Dengue	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	8	- 8
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	70	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	172	- 172
Osteoarthritis	81	0	62	86	- 86
Oral conditions	82	0	60	106	- 106
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	47	1,052	- 1,052
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	49	875	- 875
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAPAN

Kuwait

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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.