PANAMA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,311	1	2,624	+ 687
Road Traffic Accidents	2	925	9	591	+ 334
Stroke	3	854	2	2,006	- 1,152
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	484	7	697	- 213
Hypertension	5	365	10	510	- 145
Diabetes Mellitus	6	345	4	1,070	- 725
Breast Cancer	7	328	19	279	+ 49
Kidney Disease	8	290	3	1,106	- 816
Congenital Anomalies	9	288	13	378	- 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	282	14	352	- 70
Liver Disease	11	273	15	325	- 52
Lung Cancers	12	230	16	303	- 73
Low Birth Weight	13	224	22	238	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	199	17	296	- 98
Lymphomas	15	187	24	205	- 17
Liver Cancer	16	184	27	182	+ 2
Leukemia	17	175	25	189	- 14
Suicide	18	174	32	121	+ 53
Falls	19	146	37	92	+ 54
Pancreas Cancer	20	126	29	135	- 9
Lung Disease	21	120	5	815	- 695
Other Injuries	22	118	35	100	+ 18
Violence	23	106	6	730	- 624
Oral Cancer	24	105	38	78	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	25	102	11	397	- 295
Prostate Cancer	26	83	12	390	- 307
Bladder Cancer	27	74	46	33	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	28	62	18	279	- 217
Ovary Cancer	29	59	41	64	- 5
Drug Use	30	54	47	33	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	31	52	20	270	- 218
Oesophagus Cancer	32	50	45	52	- 1
Cervical Cancer	33	45	26	185	- 139
Tuberculosis	34	44	23	223	- 179
Uterin Cancer	35	44	40	66	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	36	41	33	115	- 74
Skin Cancers	37	41	44	56	- 15
Fires	38	39	57	11	+ 28
Epilepsy	39	31	39	66	- 35
Asthma	40	30	43	56	- 26
Drownings	41	28	34	103	- 76
Poisonings	42	23	61	4	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	20	50	30	- 10
Alcohol	44	17	49	30	- 14
Meningitis	45	13	52	27	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	12	53	25	- 13
Birth Trauma	47	10	36	94	- 83
HIV/AIDS	48	10	8	653	- 643
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	9	28	163	- 154
Multiple Sclerosis	50	7	62	3	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	51	6	21	256	- 250
Encephalitis	52	6	63	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	53	5	30	127	- 122
Maternal Conditions	54	5	48	32	- 27
Appendicitis	55	2	56	11	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	55	14	- 12
War	57	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	59	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	59	1	66	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	60	0	31	122	- 122
Measles	61	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	54	14	- 14
Pertussis	63	0	74	0	- 0
Syphilis	64	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	63	- 63
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.