NAMIBIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,077	5	1,221	+ 856
Road Traffic Accidents	2	580	6	868	- 288
Stroke	3	535	4	1,333	- 798
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	304	2	1,464	- 1,161
Hypertension	5	229	12	428	- 199
Diabetes Mellitus	6	216	7	724	- 508
Breast Cancer	7	205	24	121	+ 84
Kidney Disease	8	182	15	322	- 139
Congenital Anomalies	9	180	16	283	- 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	177	36	54	+ 123
Liver Disease	11	171	14	336	- 164
Lung Cancers	12	144	35	59	+ 85
Low Birth Weight	13	141	9	516	- 375
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	125	21	176	- 51
Lymphomas	15	118	40	46	+ 72
Liver Cancer	16	115	41	45	+ 70
Leukemia	17	110	49	24	+ 86
Suicide	18	109	17	243	- 133
Falls	19	91	34	62	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	20	79	53	18	+ 62
Lung Disease	21	75	10	461	- 386
Other Injuries	22	74	19	207	- 133
Violence	23	67	11	450	- 383
Oral Cancer	24	66	30	100	- 34
Stomach Cancer	25	64	45	33	+ 32
Prostate Cancer	26	52	31	94	- 42
Bladder Cancer	27	46	54	16	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	28	39	33	73	- 34
Ovary Cancer	29	37	50	23	+ 14
Drug Use	30	34	46	32	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	31	32	22	162	- 129
Oesophagus Cancer	32	31	52	21	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	33	28	23	133	- 104
Tuberculosis	34	28	3	1,416	- 1,389
Uterin Cancer	35	27	56	11	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	36	26	42	43	- 18
Skin Cancers	37	25	29	108	- 82
Fires	38	25	28	109	- 84
Epilepsy	39	19	38	49	- 30
Asthma	40	19	20	200	- 181
Drownings	41	17	26	110	- 92
Poisonings	42	15	39	46	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	12	32	76	- 63
Alcohol	44	10	48	28	- 18
Meningitis	45	8	27	109	- 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	8	44	33	- 26
Birth Trauma	47	7	13	345	- 338
HIV/AIDS	48	6	1	2,928	- 2,922
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	6	8	645	- 639
Multiple Sclerosis	50	4	64	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	51	4	60	8	- 4
Encephalitis	52	4	59	8	- 4
Skin Disease	53	3	47	31	- 28
Maternal Conditions	54	3	25	110	- 107
Appendicitis	55	1	58	9	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	57	9	- 9
War	57	1	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	1	63	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	59	0	66	1	- 0
Malnutrition	60	0	18	224	- 223
Measles	61	0	65	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	0	61	6	- 6
Pertussis	63	0	37	54	- 54
Syphilis	64	0	43	35	- 35
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	62	6	- 6
Dengue	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	78	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Kuwait

Namibia

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.