LATVIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,334	1	8,099	- 6,765
Road Traffic Accidents	2	373	27	154	+ 219
Stroke	3	344	2	5,893	- 5,549
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	195	9	501	- 306
Hypertension	5	147	3	1,194	- 1,047
Diabetes Mellitus	6	139	8	529	- 391
Breast Cancer	7	132	10	472	- 340
Kidney Disease	8	117	17	356	- 239
Congenital Anomalies	9	116	43	46	+ 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	114	6	722	- 608
Liver Disease	11	110	15	365	- 255
Lung Cancers	12	93	4	956	- 864
Low Birth Weight	13	90	56	11	+ 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	80	7	664	- 584
Lymphomas	15	76	19	245	- 170
Liver Cancer	16	74	26	157	- 83
Leukemia	17	70	25	186	- 116
Suicide	18	70	14	384	- 314
Falls	19	59	23	201	- 143
Pancreas Cancer	20	51	13	436	- 385
Lung Disease	21	48	18	346	- 298
Other Injuries	22	47	16	362	- 315
Violence	23	43	37	94	- 52
Oral Cancer	24	42	22	214	- 172
Stomach Cancer	25	41	11	470	- 428
Prostate Cancer	26	33	12	464	- 431
Bladder Cancer	27	30	20	228	- 198
Endocrine Disorders	28	25	41	59	- 34
Ovary Cancer	29	24	24	196	- 173
Drug Use	30	22	48	41	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	31	21	5	921	- 900
Oesophagus Cancer	32	20	32	131	- 111
Cervical Cancer	33	18	33	128	- 109
Tuberculosis	34	18	40	71	- 54
Uterin Cancer	35	18	29	148	- 130
Parkinson's Disease	36	16	35	125	- 109
Skin Cancers	37	16	30	144	- 128
Fires	38	16	36	103	- 87
Epilepsy	39	13	45	44	- 32
Asthma	40	12	46	42	- 29
Drownings	41	11	34	127	- 116
Poisonings	42	9	49	23	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	8	31	142	- 134
Alcohol	44	7	21	227	- 221
Meningitis	45	5	52	15	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	5	47	41	- 36
Birth Trauma	47	4	55	12	- 7
HIV/AIDS	48	4	39	74	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	4	54	14	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	50	3	50	20	- 18
Other Neoplasms	51	2	28	153	- 150
Encephalitis	52	2	69	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	2	38	76	- 74
Maternal Conditions	54	2	60	5	- 3
Appendicitis	55	1	59	5	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	51	20	- 19
War	57	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	0	63	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	59	0	42	53	- 53
Malnutrition	60	0	64	2	- 2
Measles	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	62	4	- 4
Pertussis	63	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	64	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Kuwait

Latvia

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.