MALAWI VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,121	7	4,929	+ 11,192
Road Traffic Accidents	2	4,503	4	6,221	- 1,718
Stroke	3	4,156	5	5,939	- 1,783
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,357	2	7,739	- 5,381
Hypertension	5	1,776	17	1,797	- 20
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,678	14	2,267	- 588
Breast Cancer	7	1,594	27	600	+ 994
Kidney Disease	8	1,414	19	1,567	- 153
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,400	13	2,509	- 1,109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,375	44	234	+ 1,140
Liver Disease	11	1,329	10	3,259	- 1,930
Lung Cancers	12	1,119	51	131	+ 988
Low Birth Weight	13	1,092	8	4,339	- 3,247
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	967	25	782	+ 185
Lymphomas	15	912	24	839	+ 74
Liver Cancer	16	896	38	317	+ 579
Leukemia	17	852	56	82	+ 770
Suicide	18	848	23	1,007	- 159
Falls	19	710	28	562	+ 148
Pancreas Cancer	20	614	60	38	+ 576
Lung Disease	21	583	21	1,340	- 757
Other Injuries	22	574	22	1,266	- 692
Violence	23	517	32	406	+ 110
Oral Cancer	24	513	43	251	+ 261
Stomach Cancer	25	497	45	206	+ 291
Prostate Cancer	26	404	40	271	+ 134
Bladder Cancer	27	361	33	388	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	28	302	42	257	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	29	288	48	158	+ 130
Drug Use	30	265	59	48	+ 218
Inflammatory/Heart	31	252	35	370	- 119
Oesophagus Cancer	32	244	16	1,842	- 1,598
Cervical Cancer	33	221	12	2,876	- 2,655
Tuberculosis	34	214	11	2,992	- 2,778
Uterin Cancer	35	213	62	23	+ 190
Parkinson's Disease	36	199	46	200	- 1
Skin Cancers	37	197	36	331	- 133
Fires	38	192	34	380	- 188
Epilepsy	39	151	41	260	- 109
Asthma	40	148	26	705	- 556
Drownings	41	135	30	458	- 323
Poisonings	42	113	37	325	- 212
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	96	39	280	- 184
Alcohol	44	80	52	114	- 33
Meningitis	45	63	18	1,792	- 1,729
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	59	49	154	- 96
Birth Trauma	47	51	9	3,563	- 3,512
HIV/AIDS	48	47	1	12,839	- 12,792
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	43	6	5,782	- 5,739
Multiple Sclerosis	50	32	66	9	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	51	29	63	17	+ 13
Encephalitis	52	29	58	48	- 19
Skin Disease	53	25	53	101	- 76
Maternal Conditions	54	25	15	1,854	- 1,829
Appendicitis	55	10	54	94	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	7	61	29	- 22
War	57	6	71	2	+ 3
Hepatitis B	58	5	55	88	- 83
Hepatitis C	59	3	64	15	- 11
Malnutrition	60	2	20	1,499	- 1,497
Measles	61	1	67	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	62	1	57	60	- 59
Pertussis	63	0	31	436	- 436
Syphilis	64	0	29	480	- 480
Chlamydia	65	0	70	3	- 2
Tetanus	66	0	47	178	- 177
Dengue	67	0	65	9	- 9
Diphtheria	68	0	72	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	69	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	50	143	- 143
Malaria	78	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	79	0	75	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Kuwait

Malawi

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.