POLAND VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,701	1	117,700	- 88,999
Road Traffic Accidents	2	8,017	22	3,555	+ 4,462
Stroke	3	7,399	2	32,693	- 25,294
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,197	4	19,998	- 15,801
Hypertension	5	3,163	15	4,937	- 1,774
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,988	8	8,947	- 5,959
Breast Cancer	7	2,839	9	7,967	- 5,128
Kidney Disease	8	2,517	20	4,065	- 1,548
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,493	36	916	+ 1,576
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,448	5	14,610	- 12,163
Liver Disease	11	2,366	10	7,912	- 5,546
Lung Cancers	12	1,992	3	25,781	- 23,789
Low Birth Weight	13	1,945	42	579	+ 1,366
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,722	21	3,701	- 1,980
Lymphomas	15	1,624	19	4,141	- 2,517
Liver Cancer	16	1,595	29	2,290	- 695
Leukemia	17	1,516	24	3,456	- 1,939
Suicide	18	1,511	18	4,282	- 2,771
Falls	19	1,264	16	4,712	- 3,447
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,093	13	5,430	- 4,337
Lung Disease	21	1,038	6	13,677	- 12,638
Other Injuries	22	1,022	28	2,527	- 1,505
Violence	23	920	49	294	+ 626
Oral Cancer	24	912	25	3,377	- 2,464
Stomach Cancer	25	886	12	5,910	- 5,025
Prostate Cancer	26	720	11	6,489	- 5,769
Bladder Cancer	27	643	17	4,700	- 4,058
Endocrine Disorders	28	538	38	831	- 293
Ovary Cancer	29	512	27	2,929	- 2,417
Drug Use	30	472	48	321	+ 151
Inflammatory/Heart	31	448	23	3,495	- 3,046
Oesophagus Cancer	32	435	33	1,803	- 1,368
Cervical Cancer	33	393	32	1,907	- 1,513
Tuberculosis	34	381	41	597	- 216
Uterin Cancer	35	379	30	2,163	- 1,784
Parkinson's Disease	36	354	34	1,500	- 1,146
Skin Cancers	37	351	31	2,155	- 1,803
Fires	38	342	45	474	- 133
Epilepsy	39	269	35	1,145	- 876
Asthma	40	264	43	540	- 276
Drownings	41	240	39	636	- 396
Poisonings	42	201	51	205	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	170	26	3,091	- 2,921
Alcohol	44	143	14	5,238	- 5,095
Meningitis	45	113	53	171	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	105	40	612	- 507
Birth Trauma	47	90	57	52	+ 38
HIV/AIDS	48	84	54	115	- 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	76	37	839	- 763
Multiple Sclerosis	50	57	44	502	- 446
Other Neoplasms	51	52	7	9,256	- 9,204
Encephalitis	52	51	64	6	+ 45
Skin Disease	53	45	46	469	- 424
Maternal Conditions	54	44	63	10	+ 34
Appendicitis	55	18	55	69	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	12	47	369	- 357
War	57	10	66	4	+ 6
Hepatitis B	58	9	56	52	- 43
Hepatitis C	59	6	52	188	- 182
Malnutrition	60	4	50	291	- 286
Measles	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	60	19	- 18
Pertussis	63	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	67	2	- 1
Dengue	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	59	29	- 29
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	18	- 18
Oral conditions	82	0	65	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	30	- 30
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	62	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

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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.