SPAIN VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,023	1	51,684	- 16,661
Road Traffic Accidents	2	9,783	31	1,829	+ 7,954
Stroke	3	9,028	3	29,004	- 19,975
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,122	7	13,717	- 8,595
Hypertension	5	3,859	9	9,115	- 5,255
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,646	10	7,773	- 4,127
Breast Cancer	7	3,464	11	7,067	- 3,604
Kidney Disease	8	3,072	8	9,725	- 6,653
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,042	38	863	+ 2,179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,987	6	16,957	- 13,971
Liver Disease	11	2,888	23	4,231	- 1,343
Lung Cancers	12	2,430	4	22,131	- 19,700
Low Birth Weight	13	2,373	52	253	+ 2,120
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,101	2	42,339	- 40,238
Lymphomas	15	1,982	16	5,335	- 3,353
Liver Cancer	16	1,947	18	5,098	- 3,152
Leukemia	17	1,850	24	3,772	- 1,922
Suicide	18	1,843	25	3,609	- 1,766
Falls	19	1,543	26	3,246	- 1,704
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,333	12	6,752	- 5,419
Lung Disease	21	1,267	5	18,926	- 17,660
Other Injuries	22	1,247	15	5,536	- 4,289
Violence	23	1,123	51	262	+ 861
Oral Cancer	24	1,113	27	2,583	- 1,469
Stomach Cancer	25	1,081	14	5,796	- 4,716
Prostate Cancer	26	879	13	6,420	- 5,541
Bladder Cancer	27	784	17	5,222	- 4,438
Endocrine Disorders	28	656	21	4,863	- 4,207
Ovary Cancer	29	625	28	2,026	- 1,401
Drug Use	30	576	41	776	- 200
Inflammatory/Heart	31	547	19	4,984	- 4,437
Oesophagus Cancer	32	530	29	2,011	- 1,481
Cervical Cancer	33	480	39	855	- 375
Tuberculosis	34	465	50	270	+ 195
Uterin Cancer	35	463	34	1,612	- 1,149
Parkinson's Disease	36	432	20	4,943	- 4,511
Skin Cancers	37	429	32	1,803	- 1,374
Fires	38	417	55	185	+ 232
Epilepsy	39	329	40	824	- 495
Asthma	40	322	35	1,133	- 811
Drownings	41	293	45	446	- 153
Poisonings	42	245	57	170	+ 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	208	44	475	- 267
Alcohol	44	175	46	333	- 159
Meningitis	45	138	59	129	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	128	33	1,612	- 1,484
Birth Trauma	47	110	60	113	- 3
HIV/AIDS	48	103	43	538	- 436
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	93	36	1,064	- 970
Multiple Sclerosis	50	69	49	287	- 218
Other Neoplasms	51	64	22	4,748	- 4,684
Encephalitis	52	62	70	4	+ 59
Skin Disease	53	55	30	1,840	- 1,785
Maternal Conditions	54	54	64	14	+ 40
Appendicitis	55	22	61	79	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	15	48	294	- 279
War	57	13	68	6	+ 7
Hepatitis B	58	11	58	162	- 151
Hepatitis C	59	7	42	652	- 645
Malnutrition	60	5	47	302	- 297
Measles	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	62	47	- 45
Pertussis	63	1	73	2	- 1
Syphilis	64	0	67	9	- 9
Chlamydia	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	72	2	- 1
Dengue	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	9	- 9
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	69	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	11	- 11
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	204	- 204
Osteoarthritis	81	0	53	212	- 212
Oral conditions	82	0	63	44	- 44
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	181	- 181
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	37	914	- 914
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Kuwait

Spain

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.