PORTUGAL VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,561	1	12,878	- 5,317
Road Traffic Accidents	2	2,112	27	838	+ 1,274
Stroke	3	1,949	2	12,339	- 10,390
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,106	4	6,851	- 5,746
Hypertension	5	833	14	1,880	- 1,047
Diabetes Mellitus	6	787	8	3,601	- 2,814
Breast Cancer	7	748	12	1,997	- 1,249
Kidney Disease	8	663	9	2,803	- 2,140
Congenital Anomalies	9	657	40	196	+ 460
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	645	6	4,389	- 3,745
Liver Disease	11	623	22	1,126	- 502
Lung Cancers	12	525	5	4,406	- 3,881
Low Birth Weight	13	512	52	79	+ 434
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	454	3	7,191	- 6,737
Lymphomas	15	428	16	1,608	- 1,180
Liver Cancer	16	420	18	1,270	- 850
Leukemia	17	399	24	1,015	- 616
Suicide	18	398	19	1,172	- 774
Falls	19	333	23	1,033	- 700
Pancreas Cancer	20	288	15	1,669	- 1,381
Lung Disease	21	273	7	4,286	- 4,013
Other Injuries	22	269	13	1,937	- 1,668
Violence	23	242	48	96	+ 146
Oral Cancer	24	240	25	912	- 672
Stomach Cancer	25	233	10	2,532	- 2,299
Prostate Cancer	26	190	11	2,124	- 1,934
Bladder Cancer	27	169	20	1,171	- 1,001
Endocrine Disorders	28	142	17	1,547	- 1,405
Ovary Cancer	29	135	33	397	- 262
Drug Use	30	124	44	128	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	31	118	26	909	- 791
Oesophagus Cancer	32	114	29	623	- 508
Cervical Cancer	33	104	34	329	- 225
Tuberculosis	34	100	38	213	- 113
Uterin Cancer	35	100	32	406	- 306
Parkinson's Disease	36	93	21	1,139	- 1,046
Skin Cancers	37	93	30	523	- 431
Fires	38	90	46	108	- 18
Epilepsy	39	71	31	415	- 344
Asthma	40	70	43	146	- 77
Drownings	41	63	51	79	- 16
Poisonings	42	53	57	29	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	45	37	229	- 184
Alcohol	44	38	45	111	- 73
Meningitis	45	30	56	43	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	28	41	169	- 141
Birth Trauma	47	24	60	24	- 0
HIV/AIDS	48	22	35	320	- 297
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	20	36	231	- 210
Multiple Sclerosis	50	15	54	56	- 41
Other Neoplasms	51	14	28	652	- 638
Encephalitis	52	13	67	1	+ 12
Skin Disease	53	12	39	202	- 190
Maternal Conditions	54	12	63	7	+ 4
Appendicitis	55	5	61	21	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	3	47	99	- 96
War	57	3	69	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	58	2	59	26	- 24
Hepatitis C	59	2	49	87	- 85
Malnutrition	60	1	53	79	- 78
Measles	61	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	62	15	- 14
Pertussis	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	49	- 49
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	151	- 151
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Kuwait

Portugal

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.