NEPAL VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,054	2	19,677	+ 3,377
Road Traffic Accidents	2	6,440	9	4,654	+ 1,785
Stroke	3	5,943	4	12,909	- 6,966
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,371	6	6,237	- 2,866
Hypertension	5	2,540	18	2,092	+ 449
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,400	14	2,929	- 529
Breast Cancer	7	2,280	27	1,038	+ 1,242
Kidney Disease	8	2,022	10	4,284	- 2,262
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,002	21	1,949	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,966	26	1,167	+ 799
Liver Disease	11	1,901	5	6,383	- 4,482
Lung Cancers	12	1,600	12	3,586	- 1,986
Low Birth Weight	13	1,562	11	3,822	- 2,260
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,383	19	2,022	- 639
Lymphomas	15	1,305	32	768	+ 537
Liver Cancer	16	1,281	46	256	+ 1,025
Leukemia	17	1,218	36	668	+ 550
Suicide	18	1,213	16	2,571	- 1,358
Falls	19	1,015	13	3,321	- 2,306
Pancreas Cancer	20	878	41	445	+ 432
Lung Disease	21	834	1	27,027	- 26,193
Other Injuries	22	821	22	1,655	- 834
Violence	23	739	35	704	+ 35
Oral Cancer	24	733	24	1,389	- 656
Stomach Cancer	25	711	25	1,379	- 668
Prostate Cancer	26	578	58	85	+ 493
Bladder Cancer	27	516	44	325	+ 191
Endocrine Disorders	28	432	45	257	+ 174
Ovary Cancer	29	411	37	585	- 173
Drug Use	30	379	57	93	+ 286
Inflammatory/Heart	31	360	48	217	+ 143
Oesophagus Cancer	32	349	38	491	- 142
Cervical Cancer	33	316	20	1,969	- 1,654
Tuberculosis	34	306	3	16,535	- 16,228
Uterin Cancer	35	304	60	56	+ 248
Parkinson's Disease	36	284	33	760	- 475
Skin Cancers	37	282	42	400	- 117
Fires	38	274	50	184	+ 91
Epilepsy	39	216	30	874	- 658
Asthma	40	212	8	5,930	- 5,718
Drownings	41	193	23	1,505	- 1,312
Poisonings	42	161	39	474	- 313
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	137	49	191	- 55
Alcohol	44	115	52	168	- 53
Meningitis	45	91	43	377	- 287
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	84	17	2,320	- 2,236
Birth Trauma	47	72	15	2,676	- 2,603
HIV/AIDS	48	68	34	737	- 669
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	61	7	6,071	- 6,009
Multiple Sclerosis	50	46	63	38	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	51	42	61	50	- 8
Encephalitis	52	41	29	882	- 841
Skin Disease	53	36	67	17	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	54	35	28	977	- 942
Appendicitis	55	15	47	220	- 206
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	10	51	173	- 163
War	57	8	65	24	- 16
Hepatitis B	58	7	56	117	- 109
Hepatitis C	59	5	64	29	- 24
Malnutrition	60	3	31	845	- 841
Measles	61	2	59	60	- 59
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	24	- 23
Pertussis	63	0	40	453	- 452
Syphilis	64	0	54	134	- 134
Chlamydia	65	0	68	5	- 5
Tetanus	66	0	53	134	- 134
Dengue	67	0	55	120	- 120
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	4	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	69	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	62	39	- 39
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Kuwait

Nepal

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.