SWEDEN VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,844	1	15,136	- 7,291
Road Traffic Accidents	2	2,191	34	315	+ 1,876
Stroke	3	2,022	3	6,035	- 4,013
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,147	7	2,659	- 1,512
Hypertension	5	864	10	1,838	- 974
Diabetes Mellitus	6	817	11	1,834	- 1,018
Breast Cancer	7	776	13	1,582	- 807
Kidney Disease	8	688	12	1,629	- 941
Congenital Anomalies	9	681	35	308	+ 374
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	669	6	3,049	- 2,380
Liver Disease	11	647	23	723	- 77
Lung Cancers	12	544	5	3,722	- 3,178
Low Birth Weight	13	532	51	50	+ 481
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	471	2	10,917	- 10,446
Lymphomas	15	444	16	1,357	- 913
Liver Cancer	16	436	22	752	- 316
Leukemia	17	414	20	825	- 411
Suicide	18	413	14	1,479	- 1,067
Falls	19	346	17	1,109	- 764
Pancreas Cancer	20	299	9	1,849	- 1,550
Lung Disease	21	284	4	4,344	- 4,061
Other Injuries	22	279	15	1,374	- 1,094
Violence	23	252	47	113	+ 139
Oral Cancer	24	249	31	379	- 130
Stomach Cancer	25	242	26	612	- 370
Prostate Cancer	26	197	8	2,622	- 2,425
Bladder Cancer	27	176	21	760	- 585
Endocrine Disorders	28	147	24	702	- 555
Ovary Cancer	29	140	27	553	- 413
Drug Use	30	129	30	423	- 294
Inflammatory/Heart	31	123	28	547	- 424
Oesophagus Cancer	32	119	29	538	- 419
Cervical Cancer	33	108	38	228	- 120
Tuberculosis	34	104	56	24	+ 80
Uterin Cancer	35	104	33	345	- 241
Parkinson's Disease	36	97	19	943	- 846
Skin Cancers	37	96	25	650	- 554
Fires	38	93	49	65	+ 29
Epilepsy	39	74	44	121	- 47
Asthma	40	72	42	158	- 86
Drownings	41	66	46	114	- 49
Poisonings	42	55	60	18	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	47	37	277	- 231
Alcohol	44	39	32	359	- 320
Meningitis	45	31	54	35	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	29	48	110	- 82
Birth Trauma	47	25	55	34	- 9
HIV/AIDS	48	23	61	13	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	21	36	289	- 268
Multiple Sclerosis	50	16	41	170	- 155
Other Neoplasms	51	14	18	1,036	- 1,022
Encephalitis	52	14	71	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	53	12	39	220	- 208
Maternal Conditions	54	12	64	5	+ 7
Appendicitis	55	5	59	18	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	3	43	129	- 125
War	57	3	65	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	2	62	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	59	2	53	44	- 42
Malnutrition	60	1	45	117	- 116
Measles	61	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	0	58	20	- 19
Pertussis	63	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	50	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	40	175	- 175
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Kuwait

Sweden

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.