MAURITIUS VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	971	2	1,805	- 834
Road Traffic Accidents	2	271	11	155	+ 116
Stroke	3	250	3	985	- 735
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	142	7	346	- 204
Hypertension	5	107	6	592	- 485
Diabetes Mellitus	6	101	1	1,873	- 1,772
Breast Cancer	7	96	8	232	- 136
Kidney Disease	8	85	4	724	- 639
Congenital Anomalies	9	84	25	57	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	83	10	182	- 99
Liver Disease	11	80	12	145	- 65
Lung Cancers	12	67	9	182	- 115
Low Birth Weight	13	66	35	37	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	58	34	42	+ 16
Lymphomas	15	55	24	57	- 2
Liver Cancer	16	54	27	56	- 2
Leukemia	17	51	31	48	+ 3
Suicide	18	51	14	120	- 69
Falls	19	43	26	57	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	20	37	28	55	- 18
Lung Disease	21	35	5	646	- 611
Other Injuries	22	35	21	66	- 31
Violence	23	31	41	30	+ 1
Oral Cancer	24	31	23	63	- 32
Stomach Cancer	25	30	18	104	- 74
Prostate Cancer	26	24	15	115	- 91
Bladder Cancer	27	22	44	21	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	28	18	19	101	- 83
Ovary Cancer	29	17	32	46	- 28
Drug Use	30	16	46	16	- 0
Inflammatory/Heart	31	15	16	108	- 93
Oesophagus Cancer	32	15	37	35	- 21
Cervical Cancer	33	13	30	49	- 36
Tuberculosis	34	13	45	17	- 5
Uterin Cancer	35	13	40	32	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	36	12	47	12	+ 0
Skin Cancers	37	12	53	5	+ 7
Fires	38	12	50	10	+ 1
Epilepsy	39	9	38	35	- 26
Asthma	40	9	17	107	- 98
Drownings	41	8	33	43	- 35
Poisonings	42	7	49	11	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	6	43	22	- 17
Alcohol	44	5	29	53	- 48
Meningitis	45	4	57	2	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	4	56	3	+ 0
Birth Trauma	47	3	36	37	- 33
HIV/AIDS	48	3	13	141	- 138
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	3	42	23	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	50	2	84	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	51	2	20	77	- 75
Encephalitis	52	2	61	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	2	22	64	- 63
Maternal Conditions	54	1	48	11	- 9
Appendicitis	55	1	59	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	0	60	1	- 1
War	57	0	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	59	0	51	9	- 9
Malnutrition	60	0	54	4	- 4
Measles	61	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	63	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	39	33	- 33
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Kuwait

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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.