SOMALIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,643	7	7,233	+ 2,410
Road Traffic Accidents	2	2,693	11	4,231	- 1,538
Stroke	3	2,486	6	8,595	- 6,110
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,410	1	21,712	- 20,302
Hypertension	5	1,062	18	2,643	- 1,581
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,004	16	2,888	- 1,884
Breast Cancer	7	954	26	1,232	- 278
Kidney Disease	8	846	21	2,051	- 1,205
Congenital Anomalies	9	837	15	3,410	- 2,573
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	822	38	546	+ 276
Liver Disease	11	795	13	3,917	- 3,122
Lung Cancers	12	669	54	233	+ 436
Low Birth Weight	13	653	8	6,250	- 5,597
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	578	32	647	- 69
Lymphomas	15	546	34	605	- 59
Liver Cancer	16	536	53	256	+ 280
Leukemia	17	509	35	562	- 52
Suicide	18	507	27	1,219	- 712
Falls	19	425	37	548	- 123
Pancreas Cancer	20	367	62	108	+ 260
Lung Disease	21	349	19	2,442	- 2,094
Other Injuries	22	343	14	3,602	- 3,258
Violence	23	309	29	828	- 519
Oral Cancer	24	307	46	328	- 21
Stomach Cancer	25	298	49	310	- 12
Prostate Cancer	26	242	52	285	- 43
Bladder Cancer	27	216	61	149	+ 67
Endocrine Disorders	28	181	44	406	- 226
Ovary Cancer	29	172	50	295	- 123
Drug Use	30	159	65	54	+ 104
Inflammatory/Heart	31	151	39	521	- 370
Oesophagus Cancer	32	146	40	516	- 370
Cervical Cancer	33	132	28	883	- 751
Tuberculosis	34	128	4	10,261	- 10,133
Uterin Cancer	35	127	64	78	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	36	119	56	184	- 65
Skin Cancers	37	118	57	164	- 46
Fires	38	115	30	810	- 696
Epilepsy	39	90	43	419	- 328
Asthma	40	89	23	1,878	- 1,789
Drownings	41	81	25	1,272	- 1,191
Poisonings	42	67	31	758	- 691
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	57	36	559	- 502
Alcohol	44	48	59	151	- 103
Meningitis	45	38	9	5,381	- 5,343
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	35	41	446	- 411
Birth Trauma	47	30	5	9,573	- 9,543
HIV/AIDS	48	28	33	610	- 582
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	26	2	15,363	- 15,337
Multiple Sclerosis	50	19	71	8	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	51	18	70	12	+ 5
Encephalitis	52	17	63	91	- 74
Skin Disease	53	15	58	151	- 136
Maternal Conditions	54	15	12	4,127	- 4,112
Appendicitis	55	6	55	188	- 182
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	4	66	35	- 31
War	57	3	24	1,318	- 1,315
Hepatitis B	58	3	48	315	- 312
Hepatitis C	59	2	67	34	- 32
Malnutrition	60	1	10	4,825	- 4,823
Measles	61	1	3	11,576	- 11,575
Upper Respiratory	62	0	47	326	- 325
Pertussis	63	0	20	2,054	- 2,054
Syphilis	64	0	45	378	- 377
Chlamydia	65	0	72	5	- 5
Tetanus	66	0	17	2,648	- 2,648
Dengue	67	0	73	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	60	150	- 150
Otitis Media	69	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	69	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	435	- 435
Malaria	78	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Kuwait

Somalia

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.