LIBYA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,453	1	6,610	- 1,157
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,523	3	1,444	+ 80
Stroke	3	1,406	2	2,603	- 1,197
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	797	9	744	+ 54
Hypertension	5	601	6	915	- 314
Diabetes Mellitus	6	568	8	803	- 236
Breast Cancer	7	539	25	190	+ 349
Kidney Disease	8	478	4	1,186	- 708
Congenital Anomalies	9	474	14	493	- 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	465	16	427	+ 38
Liver Disease	11	450	11	630	- 181
Lung Cancers	12	378	13	592	- 214
Low Birth Weight	13	369	18	359	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	327	10	743	- 416
Lymphomas	15	309	26	189	+ 120
Liver Cancer	16	303	28	153	+ 150
Leukemia	17	288	22	217	+ 71
Suicide	18	287	19	304	- 17
Falls	19	240	24	204	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	20	208	23	209	- 1
Lung Disease	21	197	12	607	- 410
Other Injuries	22	194	15	432	- 238
Violence	23	175	30	145	+ 30
Oral Cancer	24	173	41	81	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	25	168	33	134	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	26	137	39	96	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	27	122	31	136	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	28	102	29	153	- 50
Ovary Cancer	29	97	42	75	+ 22
Drug Use	30	90	17	371	- 281
Inflammatory/Heart	31	85	37	107	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	32	83	49	33	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	33	75	32	135	- 60
Tuberculosis	34	72	7	812	- 740
Uterin Cancer	35	72	60	8	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	36	67	27	159	- 92
Skin Cancers	37	67	51	20	+ 47
Fires	38	65	36	115	- 50
Epilepsy	39	51	44	67	- 15
Asthma	40	50	20	297	- 247
Drownings	41	46	43	74	- 28
Poisonings	42	38	45	56	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	32	38	99	- 67
Alcohol	44	27	50	22	+ 6
Meningitis	45	21	47	41	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	20	46	49	- 30
Birth Trauma	47	17	34	132	- 115
HIV/AIDS	48	16	21	224	- 208
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	15	40	92	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	50	11	52	20	- 9
Other Neoplasms	51	10	58	10	- 0
Encephalitis	52	10	53	19	- 10
Skin Disease	53	9	54	17	- 8
Maternal Conditions	54	8	35	124	- 115
Appendicitis	55	3	56	15	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	62	4	- 2
War	57	2	5	1,055	- 1,053
Hepatitis B	58	2	48	34	- 32
Hepatitis C	59	1	65	1	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	1	57	11	- 10
Measles	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	55	17	- 17
Syphilis	64	0	61	6	- 6
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	64	1	- 1
Dengue	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	63	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	9	- 9
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Kuwait

Libya

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.