LIBERIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,028	7	1,885	+ 2,143
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,125	5	1,920	- 795
Stroke	3	1,038	11	1,578	- 540
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	589	2	2,693	- 2,104
Hypertension	5	444	23	371	+ 73
Diabetes Mellitus	6	419	15	650	- 231
Breast Cancer	7	398	27	246	+ 153
Kidney Disease	8	353	16	609	- 255
Congenital Anomalies	9	350	14	833	- 483
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	343	40	90	+ 254
Liver Disease	11	332	13	858	- 526
Lung Cancers	12	279	44	66	+ 214
Low Birth Weight	13	273	8	1,652	- 1,379
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	242	29	235	+ 7
Lymphomas	15	228	39	93	+ 134
Liver Cancer	16	224	20	439	- 215
Leukemia	17	213	58	23	+ 190
Suicide	18	212	30	220	- 8
Falls	19	177	33	155	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	20	153	53	38	+ 116
Lung Disease	21	146	26	294	- 148
Other Injuries	22	143	22	380	- 237
Violence	23	129	18	477	- 348
Oral Cancer	24	128	48	50	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	25	124	37	122	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	26	101	25	297	- 196
Bladder Cancer	27	90	59	19	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	28	75	28	245	- 170
Ovary Cancer	29	72	47	50	+ 22
Drug Use	30	66	50	42	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	31	63	38	115	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	32	61	60	16	+ 45
Cervical Cancer	33	55	19	474	- 418
Tuberculosis	34	53	1	2,766	- 2,713
Uterin Cancer	35	53	55	28	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	36	50	43	72	- 23
Skin Cancers	37	49	46	51	- 2
Fires	38	48	34	153	- 105
Epilepsy	39	38	42	81	- 43
Asthma	40	37	31	200	- 162
Drownings	41	34	35	127	- 93
Poisonings	42	28	41	82	- 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	24	36	126	- 102
Alcohol	44	20	57	25	- 5
Meningitis	45	16	17	552	- 536
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	15	49	50	- 35
Birth Trauma	47	13	9	1,601	- 1,589
HIV/AIDS	48	12	6	1,919	- 1,907
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	11	10	1,592	- 1,581
Multiple Sclerosis	50	8	63	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	51	7	62	6	+ 2
Encephalitis	52	7	56	27	- 20
Skin Disease	53	6	51	41	- 35
Maternal Conditions	54	6	12	870	- 863
Appendicitis	55	3	61	12	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	64	4	- 2
War	57	1	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	52	39	- 38
Hepatitis C	59	1	65	4	- 3
Malnutrition	60	1	24	353	- 353
Measles	61	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Upper Respiratory	62	0	67	3	- 3
Pertussis	63	0	32	197	- 197
Syphilis	64	0	21	394	- 394
Chlamydia	65	0	69	1	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	54	31	- 31
Dengue	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	66	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	51	- 51
Malaria	78	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Kuwait

Liberia

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.