NETHERLANDS VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		NETHERLANDS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,165	2	17,601	- 4,436
Road Traffic Accidents	2	3,677	31	681	+ 2,996
Stroke	3	3,394	4	9,707	- 6,313
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,925	7	4,946	- 3,021
Hypertension	5	1,451	29	818	+ 632
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,371	14	2,386	- 1,015
Breast Cancer	7	1,302	9	3,535	- 2,233
Kidney Disease	8	1,155	12	2,530	- 1,376
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,143	35	544	+ 599
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,123	6	5,829	- 4,707
Liver Disease	11	1,085	28	936	+ 150
Lung Cancers	12	913	3	10,980	- 10,066
Low Birth Weight	13	892	45	167	+ 725
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	790	1	18,148	- 17,359
Lymphomas	15	745	13	2,511	- 1,766
Liver Cancer	16	732	24	1,163	- 431
Leukemia	17	696	20	1,578	- 883
Suicide	18	693	17	2,025	- 1,332
Falls	19	580	8	4,131	- 3,551
Pancreas Cancer	20	501	11	2,995	- 2,494
Lung Disease	21	476	5	9,567	- 9,091
Other Injuries	22	469	19	1,648	- 1,180
Violence	23	422	48	107	+ 315
Oral Cancer	24	419	30	768	- 349
Stomach Cancer	25	406	22	1,361	- 955
Prostate Cancer	26	330	10	3,265	- 2,935
Bladder Cancer	27	295	21	1,471	- 1,176
Endocrine Disorders	28	247	26	1,055	- 808
Ovary Cancer	29	235	25	1,067	- 832
Drug Use	30	217	42	231	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	31	206	23	1,201	- 995
Oesophagus Cancer	32	199	15	2,145	- 1,946
Cervical Cancer	33	180	39	266	- 86
Tuberculosis	34	175	56	29	+ 146
Uterin Cancer	35	174	34	566	- 392
Parkinson's Disease	36	162	16	2,120	- 1,957
Skin Cancers	37	161	27	1,024	- 863
Fires	38	157	53	49	+ 108
Epilepsy	39	123	38	289	- 166
Asthma	40	121	46	165	- 44
Drownings	41	110	49	98	+ 12
Poisonings	42	92	61	17	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	78	47	130	- 52
Alcohol	44	66	32	612	- 547
Meningitis	45	52	51	78	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	48	41	238	- 190
Birth Trauma	47	41	52	74	- 33
HIV/AIDS	48	39	55	33	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	35	33	584	- 549
Multiple Sclerosis	50	26	37	295	- 269
Other Neoplasms	51	24	18	1,831	- 1,807
Encephalitis	52	23	68	1	+ 23
Skin Disease	53	21	36	295	- 275
Maternal Conditions	54	20	65	8	+ 12
Appendicitis	55	8	58	26	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	6	44	214	- 209
War	57	5	66	2	+ 3
Hepatitis B	58	4	62	14	- 9
Hepatitis C	59	3	60	20	- 18
Malnutrition	60	2	63	12	- 10
Measles	61	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	0	57	28	- 28
Pertussis	63	0	67	1	- 1
Syphilis	64	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	64	10	- 10
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	42	- 42
Osteoarthritis	81	0	43	220	- 220
Oral conditions	82	0	59	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	50	96	- 96
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	40	249	- 249
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NETHERLANDS

Kuwait

Netherlands

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.