NIGERIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	175,370	7	61,374	+ 113,996
Road Traffic Accidents	2	48,986	12	41,693	+ 7,292
Stroke	3	45,208	8	57,744	- 12,536
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	25,645	1	207,281	- 181,636
Hypertension	5	19,324	24	10,692	+ 8,632
Diabetes Mellitus	6	18,259	18	22,497	- 4,238
Breast Cancer	7	17,345	23	11,884	+ 5,460
Kidney Disease	8	15,380	20	18,189	- 2,809
Congenital Anomalies	9	15,230	9	49,696	- 34,467
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	14,955	43	4,152	+ 10,803
Liver Disease	11	14,460	13	38,326	- 23,866
Lung Cancers	12	12,169	57	1,295	+ 10,874
Low Birth Weight	13	11,882	6	95,959	- 84,077
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	10,520	31	6,786	+ 3,734
Lymphomas	15	9,924	40	5,202	+ 4,722
Liver Cancer	16	9,747	39	5,289	+ 4,458
Leukemia	17	9,266	47	2,257	+ 7,009
Suicide	18	9,230	30	7,019	+ 2,211
Falls	19	7,725	28	7,528	+ 196
Pancreas Cancer	20	6,676	51	1,975	+ 4,701
Lung Disease	21	6,343	22	12,569	- 6,226
Other Injuries	22	6,242	17	22,696	- 16,454
Violence	23	5,623	19	18,407	- 12,784
Oral Cancer	24	5,575	48	2,238	+ 3,337
Stomach Cancer	25	5,411	50	2,129	+ 3,282
Prostate Cancer	26	4,399	35	5,914	- 1,515
Bladder Cancer	27	3,926	63	670	+ 3,257
Endocrine Disorders	28	3,285	21	15,799	- 12,513
Ovary Cancer	29	3,129	49	2,133	+ 997
Drug Use	30	2,886	34	6,273	- 3,387
Inflammatory/Heart	31	2,740	42	4,826	- 2,086
Oesophagus Cancer	32	2,655	64	560	+ 2,095
Cervical Cancer	33	2,403	25	10,574	- 8,170
Tuberculosis	34	2,328	3	127,335	- 125,007
Uterin Cancer	35	2,316	62	679	+ 1,637
Parkinson's Disease	36	2,162	46	2,473	- 311
Skin Cancers	37	2,147	53	1,933	+ 214
Fires	38	2,087	29	7,132	- 5,044
Epilepsy	39	1,645	41	5,001	- 3,356
Asthma	40	1,615	27	8,192	- 6,577
Drownings	41	1,467	32	6,584	- 5,117
Poisonings	42	1,225	33	6,570	- 5,345
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	1,040	37	5,846	- 4,806
Alcohol	44	874	58	1,031	- 157
Meningitis	45	690	11	43,651	- 42,961
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	639	52	1,946	- 1,307
Birth Trauma	47	550	5	100,186	- 99,637
HIV/AIDS	48	514	10	44,124	- 43,609
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	467	2	144,724	- 144,257
Multiple Sclerosis	50	347	68	179	+ 168
Other Neoplasms	51	319	66	290	+ 29
Encephalitis	52	312	59	937	- 624
Skin Disease	53	277	56	1,468	- 1,191
Maternal Conditions	54	268	15	23,540	- 23,272
Appendicitis	55	113	60	760	- 648
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	74	69	165	- 90
War	57	63	45	3,245	- 3,182
Hepatitis B	58	55	55	1,488	- 1,433
Hepatitis C	59	36	65	304	- 268
Malnutrition	60	26	36	5,896	- 5,870
Measles	61	12	14	29,439	- 29,427
Upper Respiratory	62	6	67	259	- 252
Pertussis	63	3	16	23,282	- 23,279
Syphilis	64	2	38	5,449	- 5,447
Chlamydia	65	2	71	14	- 12
Tetanus	66	2	26	8,355	- 8,353
Dengue	67	2	73	2	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	44	3,800	- 3,799
Otitis Media	69	0	72	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	61	685	- 685
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	1,508	- 1,508
Malaria	78	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Kuwait

Nigeria

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.