KENYA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,146	9	11,972	+ 31,173
Road Traffic Accidents	2	12,052	6	14,883	- 2,831
Stroke	3	11,122	4	15,895	- 4,773
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,309	1	22,571	- 16,262
Hypertension	5	4,754	17	4,418	+ 337
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,492	14	5,651	- 1,159
Breast Cancer	7	4,267	25	2,658	+ 1,609
Kidney Disease	8	3,784	16	4,464	- 680
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,747	12	6,115	- 2,368
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,679	32	1,477	+ 2,202
Liver Disease	11	3,557	7	13,405	- 9,847
Lung Cancers	12	2,994	47	669	+ 2,325
Low Birth Weight	13	2,923	11	9,562	- 6,638
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,588	31	1,827	+ 761
Lymphomas	15	2,441	29	1,931	+ 510
Liver Cancer	16	2,398	34	1,351	+ 1,047
Leukemia	17	2,280	35	1,327	+ 952
Suicide	18	2,271	23	3,214	- 944
Falls	19	1,900	33	1,465	+ 435
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,643	46	716	+ 926
Lung Disease	21	1,561	20	4,280	- 2,720
Other Injuries	22	1,536	19	4,336	- 2,800
Violence	23	1,383	24	2,942	- 1,559
Oral Cancer	24	1,372	30	1,842	- 470
Stomach Cancer	25	1,331	28	2,010	- 678
Prostate Cancer	26	1,082	37	1,292	- 210
Bladder Cancer	27	966	57	318	+ 648
Endocrine Disorders	28	808	44	831	- 23
Ovary Cancer	29	770	45	795	- 25
Drug Use	30	710	62	113	+ 597
Inflammatory/Heart	31	674	40	1,121	- 447
Oesophagus Cancer	32	653	18	4,373	- 3,719
Cervical Cancer	33	591	22	3,389	- 2,798
Tuberculosis	34	573	3	19,655	- 19,082
Uterin Cancer	35	570	56	323	+ 247
Parkinson's Disease	36	532	50	470	+ 62
Skin Cancers	37	528	48	638	- 110
Fires	38	514	36	1,316	- 803
Epilepsy	39	405	43	832	- 428
Asthma	40	397	26	2,300	- 1,903
Drownings	41	361	39	1,200	- 839
Poisonings	42	301	38	1,269	- 967
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	256	41	1,089	- 833
Alcohol	44	215	55	355	- 140
Meningitis	45	170	15	5,364	- 5,194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	157	53	408	- 250
Birth Trauma	47	135	10	9,957	- 9,822
HIV/AIDS	48	127	2	20,885	- 20,758
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	115	5	15,420	- 15,305
Multiple Sclerosis	50	85	68	39	+ 47
Other Neoplasms	51	78	67	60	+ 18
Encephalitis	52	77	60	189	- 112
Skin Disease	53	68	51	455	- 387
Maternal Conditions	54	66	13	5,651	- 5,586
Appendicitis	55	28	58	240	- 213
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	18	66	84	- 66
War	57	15	65	89	- 74
Hepatitis B	58	14	49	522	- 508
Hepatitis C	59	9	61	152	- 144
Malnutrition	60	6	21	4,212	- 4,206
Measles	61	3	63	103	- 100
Upper Respiratory	62	2	64	95	- 93
Pertussis	63	1	42	1,014	- 1,013
Syphilis	64	1	52	449	- 449
Chlamydia	65	0	70	10	- 10
Tetanus	66	0	27	2,129	- 2,128
Dengue	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	13	- 12
Otitis Media	69	0	72	7	- 7
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	71	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	59	194	- 194
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	370	- 370
Malaria	78	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

Kuwait

Kenya

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.