SOUTH KOREA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,579	1	28,043	+ 10,537
Road Traffic Accidents	2	10,776	15	4,399	+ 6,377
Stroke	3	9,945	3	25,596	- 15,651
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,642	2	26,650	- 21,008
Hypertension	5	4,251	17	3,711	+ 540
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,017	13	6,812	- 2,795
Breast Cancer	7	3,816	21	2,880	+ 935
Kidney Disease	8	3,383	9	10,107	- 6,724
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,350	41	518	+ 2,832
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,290	8	10,180	- 6,890
Liver Disease	11	3,181	14	6,348	- 3,168
Lung Cancers	12	2,677	4	20,293	- 17,616
Low Birth Weight	13	2,614	45	370	+ 2,244
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,314	6	12,145	- 9,831
Lymphomas	15	2,183	19	3,477	- 1,294
Liver Cancer	16	2,144	7	11,589	- 9,445
Leukemia	17	2,038	23	2,140	- 102
Suicide	18	2,030	5	14,636	- 12,605
Falls	19	1,699	20	2,934	- 1,235
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,469	12	6,994	- 5,525
Lung Disease	21	1,395	11	8,526	- 7,131
Other Injuries	22	1,373	18	3,634	- 2,261
Violence	23	1,237	44	386	+ 851
Oral Cancer	24	1,227	29	1,457	- 231
Stomach Cancer	25	1,190	10	8,625	- 7,435
Prostate Cancer	26	968	22	2,316	- 1,348
Bladder Cancer	27	864	27	1,768	- 904
Endocrine Disorders	28	723	25	1,891	- 1,168
Ovary Cancer	29	688	30	1,330	- 641
Drug Use	30	635	50	154	+ 481
Inflammatory/Heart	31	603	31	1,325	- 722
Oesophagus Cancer	32	584	28	1,733	- 1,149
Cervical Cancer	33	529	34	1,065	- 536
Tuberculosis	34	512	24	1,950	- 1,438
Uterin Cancer	35	509	43	420	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	36	476	16	3,951	- 3,476
Skin Cancers	37	472	37	585	- 112
Fires	38	459	47	263	+ 196
Epilepsy	39	362	40	524	- 162
Asthma	40	355	32	1,150	- 795
Drownings	41	323	42	501	- 178
Poisonings	42	270	52	115	+ 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	229	38	540	- 311
Alcohol	44	192	33	1,081	- 888
Meningitis	45	152	58	51	+ 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	141	48	224	- 84
Birth Trauma	47	121	54	88	+ 33
HIV/AIDS	48	113	55	84	+ 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	103	35	929	- 826
Multiple Sclerosis	50	76	66	11	+ 66
Other Neoplasms	51	70	26	1,807	- 1,737
Encephalitis	52	69	65	19	+ 50
Skin Disease	53	61	36	704	- 643
Maternal Conditions	54	59	61	34	+ 25
Appendicitis	55	25	57	54	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	16	51	150	- 134
War	57	14	68	5	+ 9
Hepatitis B	58	12	39	526	- 514
Hepatitis C	59	8	49	168	- 160
Malnutrition	60	6	53	88	- 83
Measles	61	3	83	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	1	63	26	- 24
Pertussis	63	1	67	6	- 5
Syphilis	64	0	62	27	- 26
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	69	5	- 4
Dengue	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	78	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	59	49	- 49
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	41	- 41
Oral conditions	82	0	64	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	329	- 329
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Kuwait

South Korea

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.