OMAN VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,890	1	5,287	- 2,397
Road Traffic Accidents	2	807	5	527	+ 280
Stroke	3	745	2	1,648	- 903
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	423	4	701	- 278
Hypertension	5	318	8	360	- 41
Diabetes Mellitus	6	301	3	1,029	- 728
Breast Cancer	7	286	18	141	+ 145
Kidney Disease	8	253	11	312	- 59
Congenital Anomalies	9	251	7	386	- 135
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	246	16	205	+ 42
Liver Disease	11	238	6	406	- 168
Lung Cancers	12	201	25	113	+ 88
Low Birth Weight	13	196	15	207	- 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	173	10	323	- 150
Lymphomas	15	164	19	138	+ 26
Liver Cancer	16	161	24	116	+ 44
Leukemia	17	153	22	127	+ 26
Suicide	18	152	13	241	- 89
Falls	19	127	12	292	- 165
Pancreas Cancer	20	110	30	77	+ 33
Lung Disease	21	105	9	325	- 221
Other Injuries	22	103	20	130	- 27
Violence	23	93	39	34	+ 58
Oral Cancer	24	92	31	70	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	25	89	17	185	- 96
Prostate Cancer	26	73	37	37	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	27	65	35	41	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	28	54	32	53	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	29	52	43	26	+ 25
Drug Use	30	48	42	29	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	31	45	21	127	- 82
Oesophagus Cancer	32	44	40	32	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	33	40	34	42	- 3
Tuberculosis	34	38	48	18	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	35	38	54	11	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	36	36	26	110	- 74
Skin Cancers	37	35	45	22	+ 14
Fires	38	34	36	38	- 4
Epilepsy	39	27	44	22	+ 5
Asthma	40	27	55	11	+ 15
Drownings	41	24	14	211	- 187
Poisonings	42	20	33	47	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	17	38	36	- 19
Alcohol	44	14	50	13	+ 1
Meningitis	45	11	47	21	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	11	53	12	- 1
Birth Trauma	47	9	29	77	- 68
HIV/AIDS	48	8	41	31	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	8	28	78	- 71
Multiple Sclerosis	50	6	52	12	- 6
Other Neoplasms	51	5	56	7	- 2
Encephalitis	52	5	23	126	- 121
Skin Disease	53	5	27	92	- 87
Maternal Conditions	54	4	46	22	- 17
Appendicitis	55	2	57	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	62	2	- 0
War	57	1	58	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	58	1	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	59	1	71	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	0	60	2	- 2
Measles	61	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	63	0	51	13	- 13
Syphilis	64	0	61	2	- 2
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	63	1	- 1
Dengue	67	0	49	16	- 16
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	2	- 2
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

Kuwait

Oman

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.