MYANMAR VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		MYANMAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,613	2	34,871	+ 7,742
Road Traffic Accidents	2	11,903	8	11,004	+ 899
Stroke	3	10,985	1	71,440	- 60,455
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,232	7	16,726	- 10,495
Hypertension	5	4,695	11	7,843	- 3,147
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,437	4	19,944	- 15,507
Breast Cancer	7	4,215	26	3,192	+ 1,022
Kidney Disease	8	3,737	9	9,924	- 6,187
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,701	24	3,679	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,634	27	2,996	+ 638
Liver Disease	11	3,514	6	17,143	- 13,629
Lung Cancers	12	2,957	13	7,558	- 4,602
Low Birth Weight	13	2,887	15	7,125	- 4,238
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,556	20	5,082	- 2,526
Lymphomas	15	2,411	36	1,472	+ 939
Liver Cancer	16	2,368	19	5,215	- 2,846
Leukemia	17	2,251	35	1,546	+ 705
Suicide	18	2,243	34	1,565	+ 678
Falls	19	1,877	17	5,686	- 3,809
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,622	44	743	+ 879
Lung Disease	21	1,541	3	26,531	- 24,990
Other Injuries	22	1,517	28	2,762	- 1,245
Violence	23	1,366	31	2,124	- 758
Oral Cancer	24	1,355	22	4,209	- 2,854
Stomach Cancer	25	1,315	18	5,343	- 4,029
Prostate Cancer	26	1,069	53	338	+ 731
Bladder Cancer	27	954	48	573	+ 381
Endocrine Disorders	28	798	38	1,265	- 467
Ovary Cancer	29	760	40	1,053	- 292
Drug Use	30	701	52	411	+ 290
Inflammatory/Heart	31	666	32	1,702	- 1,036
Oesophagus Cancer	32	645	25	3,325	- 2,680
Cervical Cancer	33	584	23	3,945	- 3,361
Tuberculosis	34	566	5	19,299	- 18,733
Uterin Cancer	35	563	57	263	+ 300
Parkinson's Disease	36	525	37	1,450	- 925
Skin Cancers	37	522	41	962	- 441
Fires	38	507	58	227	+ 280
Epilepsy	39	400	50	524	- 124
Asthma	40	392	10	9,557	- 9,165
Drownings	41	356	30	2,212	- 1,856
Poisonings	42	298	46	728	- 430
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	253	29	2,558	- 2,305
Alcohol	44	212	54	324	- 112
Meningitis	45	168	49	550	- 383
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	155	43	893	- 738
Birth Trauma	47	134	16	6,169	- 6,036
HIV/AIDS	48	125	12	7,707	- 7,582
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	113	14	7,237	- 7,124
Multiple Sclerosis	50	84	65	60	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	51	77	60	117	- 39
Encephalitis	52	76	59	171	- 95
Skin Disease	53	67	45	734	- 667
Maternal Conditions	54	65	33	1,681	- 1,616
Appendicitis	55	27	63	93	- 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	18	64	73	- 55
War	57	15	47	688	- 673
Hepatitis B	58	13	62	93	- 80
Hepatitis C	59	9	67	21	- 12
Malnutrition	60	6	42	945	- 939
Measles	61	3	21	4,465	- 4,462
Upper Respiratory	62	2	66	27	- 25
Pertussis	63	1	39	1,244	- 1,244
Syphilis	64	1	55	305	- 305
Chlamydia	65	0	70	3	- 3
Tetanus	66	0	51	426	- 426
Dengue	67	0	56	272	- 271
Diphtheria	68	0	69	7	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	68	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	61	109	- 109
Chagas disease	79	0	73	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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MYANMAR

Kuwait

Myanmar

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.