NEW ZEALAND VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,823	1	5,095	- 1,272
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,068	16	458	+ 610
Stroke	3	986	3	2,378	- 1,393
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	559	7	920	- 361
Hypertension	5	421	20	327	+ 94
Diabetes Mellitus	6	398	8	769	- 371
Breast Cancer	7	378	10	737	- 359
Kidney Disease	8	335	17	432	- 97
Congenital Anomalies	9	332	30	176	+ 157
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	326	6	1,495	- 1,169
Liver Disease	11	315	32	158	+ 158
Lung Cancers	12	265	4	1,873	- 1,608
Low Birth Weight	13	259	38	78	+ 181
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	229	2	3,032	- 2,802
Lymphomas	15	216	13	608	- 392
Liver Cancer	16	212	24	288	- 75
Leukemia	17	202	18	391	- 189
Suicide	18	201	15	528	- 327
Falls	19	168	11	627	- 458
Pancreas Cancer	20	146	14	543	- 397
Lung Disease	21	138	5	1,815	- 1,677
Other Injuries	22	136	28	218	- 82
Violence	23	123	42	57	+ 65
Oral Cancer	24	122	31	164	- 42
Stomach Cancer	25	118	22	323	- 205
Prostate Cancer	26	96	9	739	- 643
Bladder Cancer	27	86	26	267	- 181
Endocrine Disorders	28	72	21	325	- 253
Ovary Cancer	29	68	29	207	- 139
Drug Use	30	63	40	69	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	31	60	23	313	- 253
Oesophagus Cancer	32	58	25	279	- 221
Cervical Cancer	33	52	41	61	- 8
Tuberculosis	34	51	52	17	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	35	50	33	145	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	36	47	19	353	- 306
Skin Cancers	37	47	12	612	- 565
Fires	38	46	53	17	+ 29
Epilepsy	39	36	43	55	- 19
Asthma	40	35	36	91	- 55
Drownings	41	32	44	54	- 22
Poisonings	42	27	58	9	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	23	39	70	- 48
Alcohol	44	19	45	51	- 32
Meningitis	45	15	59	9	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	14	35	113	- 99
Birth Trauma	47	12	54	15	- 3
HIV/AIDS	48	11	57	10	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	10	37	81	- 71
Multiple Sclerosis	50	8	47	43	- 36
Other Neoplasms	51	7	27	245	- 238
Encephalitis	52	7	66	1	+ 6
Skin Disease	53	6	34	118	- 112
Maternal Conditions	54	6	63	5	+ 1
Appendicitis	55	2	62	6	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	46	47	- 45
War	57	1	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	56	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	59	1	48	30	- 29
Malnutrition	60	1	55	14	- 13
Measles	61	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	64	4	- 4
Pertussis	63	0	65	1	- 1
Syphilis	64	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Kuwait

New Zealand

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.