SINGAPORE VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,466	1	5,292	- 826
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,247	26	121	+ 1,126
Stroke	3	1,151	3	1,559	- 407
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	653	2	5,189	- 4,536
Hypertension	5	492	8	732	- 240
Diabetes Mellitus	6	465	28	108	+ 357
Breast Cancer	7	442	10	605	- 164
Kidney Disease	8	392	6	1,028	- 637
Congenital Anomalies	9	388	31	80	+ 308
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	381	5	1,203	- 822
Liver Disease	11	368	20	209	+ 159
Lung Cancers	12	310	4	1,540	- 1,231
Low Birth Weight	13	303	41	25	+ 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	268	36	32	+ 235
Lymphomas	15	253	13	397	- 144
Liver Cancer	16	248	7	746	- 497
Leukemia	17	236	17	249	- 13
Suicide	18	235	9	650	- 415
Falls	19	197	18	218	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	20	170	11	537	- 367
Lung Disease	21	162	14	383	- 221
Other Injuries	22	159	32	79	+ 80
Violence	23	143	46	15	+ 129
Oral Cancer	24	142	15	317	- 175
Stomach Cancer	25	138	12	405	- 267
Prostate Cancer	26	112	16	303	- 191
Bladder Cancer	27	100	27	120	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	28	84	37	30	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	29	80	21	204	- 124
Drug Use	30	73	44	19	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	31	70	19	215	- 146
Oesophagus Cancer	32	68	24	137	- 69
Cervical Cancer	33	61	30	85	- 24
Tuberculosis	34	59	40	26	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	35	59	23	147	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	36	55	29	90	- 35
Skin Cancers	37	55	34	56	- 1
Fires	38	53	49	7	+ 46
Epilepsy	39	42	42	25	+ 17
Asthma	40	41	35	37	+ 4
Drownings	41	37	38	29	+ 8
Poisonings	42	31	60	1	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	26	33	69	- 43
Alcohol	44	22	47	10	+ 12
Meningitis	45	18	48	8	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	16	43	22	- 6
Birth Trauma	47	14	55	3	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	48	13	45	18	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	12	39	28	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	50	9	57	3	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	51	8	22	195	- 187
Encephalitis	52	8	61	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	53	7	25	136	- 129
Maternal Conditions	54	7	53	3	+ 3
Appendicitis	55	3	50	6	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	58	2	- 0
War	57	2	59	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	52	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	59	1	56	3	- 2
Malnutrition	60	1	63	0	+ 1
Measles	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	54	3	- 3
Pertussis	63	0	62	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Kuwait

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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.