SOUTH AFRICA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	44,773	3	32,739	+ 12,034
Road Traffic Accidents	2	12,506	11	13,014	- 508
Stroke	3	11,542	4	30,693	- 19,152
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,547	2	39,341	- 32,793
Hypertension	5	4,933	12	12,789	- 7,855
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,662	5	30,188	- 25,526
Breast Cancer	7	4,428	23	4,533	- 105
Kidney Disease	8	3,927	9	15,302	- 11,375
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,888	25	4,351	- 462
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,818	28	3,587	+ 231
Liver Disease	11	3,692	14	9,013	- 5,322
Lung Cancers	12	3,107	15	7,705	- 4,599
Low Birth Weight	13	3,034	16	6,250	- 3,217
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,686	22	4,676	- 1,990
Lymphomas	15	2,534	31	2,818	- 284
Liver Cancer	16	2,488	33	2,383	+ 105
Leukemia	17	2,366	40	1,464	+ 902
Suicide	18	2,356	10	13,774	- 11,418
Falls	19	1,972	42	1,399	+ 573
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,704	35	2,007	- 303
Lung Disease	21	1,619	13	11,895	- 10,275
Other Injuries	22	1,594	17	6,014	- 4,420
Violence	23	1,436	7	21,000	- 19,564
Oral Cancer	24	1,423	41	1,406	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	25	1,381	39	1,535	- 153
Prostate Cancer	26	1,123	24	4,374	- 3,251
Bladder Cancer	27	1,002	52	829	+ 173
Endocrine Disorders	28	839	19	5,890	- 5,051
Ovary Cancer	29	799	51	951	- 152
Drug Use	30	737	53	770	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	31	700	21	5,408	- 4,709
Oesophagus Cancer	32	678	29	3,486	- 2,808
Cervical Cancer	33	614	20	5,555	- 4,942
Tuberculosis	34	594	6	21,965	- 21,371
Uterin Cancer	35	591	54	512	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	36	552	46	1,077	- 525
Skin Cancers	37	548	48	993	- 444
Fires	38	533	27	3,618	- 3,085
Epilepsy	39	420	37	1,870	- 1,450
Asthma	40	412	18	5,966	- 5,554
Drownings	41	375	32	2,403	- 2,029
Poisonings	42	313	50	975	- 663
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	266	36	1,894	- 1,629
Alcohol	44	223	49	987	- 764
Meningitis	45	176	26	3,660	- 3,484
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	163	47	1,015	- 852
Birth Trauma	47	140	30	3,004	- 2,863
HIV/AIDS	48	131	1	71,996	- 71,864
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	119	8	15,843	- 15,724
Multiple Sclerosis	50	89	62	113	- 24
Other Neoplasms	51	81	58	267	- 185
Encephalitis	52	80	59	234	- 154
Skin Disease	53	71	45	1,101	- 1,031
Maternal Conditions	54	68	38	1,700	- 1,631
Appendicitis	55	29	56	274	- 245
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	19	55	376	- 357
War	57	16	64	66	- 50
Hepatitis B	58	14	61	139	- 125
Hepatitis C	59	9	70	8	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	7	34	2,381	- 2,374
Measles	61	3	57	270	- 267
Upper Respiratory	62	2	60	223	- 221
Pertussis	63	1	43	1,142	- 1,142
Syphilis	64	1	44	1,130	- 1,129
Chlamydia	65	1	68	18	- 18
Tetanus	66	0	65	38	- 37
Dengue	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	16	- 16
Otitis Media	69	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	71	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	66	35	- 35
Malaria	78	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Kuwait

South Africa

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.