MALAYSIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,604	1	36,729	- 11,125
Road Traffic Accidents	2	7,152	4	7,181	- 30
Stroke	3	6,600	3	21,592	- 14,992
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,744	2	23,477	- 19,733
Hypertension	5	2,821	38	649	+ 2,172
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,666	9	4,107	- 1,441
Breast Cancer	7	2,532	12	3,071	- 539
Kidney Disease	8	2,245	6	6,629	- 4,384
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,224	24	1,403	+ 821
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,183	11	3,832	- 1,649
Liver Disease	11	2,111	7	5,125	- 3,014
Lung Cancers	12	1,777	8	4,319	- 2,542
Low Birth Weight	13	1,735	29	1,020	+ 714
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,536	10	3,996	- 2,460
Lymphomas	15	1,449	25	1,321	+ 128
Liver Cancer	16	1,423	16	1,984	- 561
Leukemia	17	1,353	23	1,412	- 59
Suicide	18	1,348	19	1,823	- 476
Falls	19	1,128	18	1,855	- 727
Pancreas Cancer	20	975	32	994	- 19
Lung Disease	21	926	5	6,633	- 5,707
Other Injuries	22	911	14	2,222	- 1,311
Violence	23	821	34	869	- 48
Oral Cancer	24	814	17	1,865	- 1,051
Stomach Cancer	25	790	21	1,441	- 651
Prostate Cancer	26	642	33	903	- 261
Bladder Cancer	27	573	39	467	+ 106
Endocrine Disorders	28	480	37	809	- 330
Ovary Cancer	29	457	35	827	- 371
Drug Use	30	421	45	322	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	31	400	27	1,214	- 814
Oesophagus Cancer	32	388	41	435	- 47
Cervical Cancer	33	351	31	1,010	- 659
Tuberculosis	34	340	26	1,227	- 887
Uterin Cancer	35	338	43	352	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	36	316	28	1,106	- 790
Skin Cancers	37	314	50	247	+ 66
Fires	38	305	44	336	- 31
Epilepsy	39	240	52	226	+ 15
Asthma	40	236	30	1,013	- 778
Drownings	41	214	36	820	- 606
Poisonings	42	179	53	211	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	152	22	1,424	- 1,272
Alcohol	44	128	55	181	- 53
Meningitis	45	101	46	301	- 200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	93	51	246	- 153
Birth Trauma	47	80	42	359	- 278
HIV/AIDS	48	75	13	2,679	- 2,604
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	68	20	1,773	- 1,704
Multiple Sclerosis	50	51	59	30	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	51	47	48	265	- 218
Encephalitis	52	46	40	452	- 407
Skin Disease	53	40	15	2,066	- 2,025
Maternal Conditions	54	39	56	167	- 128
Appendicitis	55	16	58	71	- 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	11	60	27	- 16
War	57	9	63	11	- 1
Hepatitis B	58	8	54	206	- 197
Hepatitis C	59	5	64	6	- 0
Malnutrition	60	4	49	249	- 245
Measles	61	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	65	5	- 4
Pertussis	63	0	57	80	- 80
Syphilis	64	0	62	19	- 19
Chlamydia	65	0	68	2	- 1
Tetanus	66	0	61	21	- 21
Dengue	67	0	47	280	- 280
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Kuwait

Malaysia

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.