SWITZERLAND VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,563	1	10,713	- 4,150
Road Traffic Accidents	2	1,833	34	193	+ 1,640
Stroke	3	1,692	3	3,918	- 2,226
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	960	8	1,949	- 989
Hypertension	5	723	6	2,471	- 1,748
Diabetes Mellitus	6	683	17	1,022	- 338
Breast Cancer	7	649	11	1,577	- 928
Kidney Disease	8	576	13	1,261	- 685
Congenital Anomalies	9	570	31	305	+ 265
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	560	7	1,995	- 1,435
Liver Disease	11	541	21	677	- 136
Lung Cancers	12	455	4	3,520	- 3,064
Low Birth Weight	13	445	43	105	+ 340
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	394	2	7,192	- 6,799
Lymphomas	15	371	15	1,131	- 760
Liver Cancer	16	365	19	805	- 440
Leukemia	17	347	22	671	- 324
Suicide	18	345	14	1,249	- 904
Falls	19	289	9	1,919	- 1,630
Pancreas Cancer	20	250	12	1,486	- 1,236
Lung Disease	21	237	5	2,902	- 2,665
Other Injuries	22	234	30	410	- 176
Violence	23	210	51	42	+ 168
Oral Cancer	24	209	26	500	- 292
Stomach Cancer	25	203	24	614	- 411
Prostate Cancer	26	165	10	1,579	- 1,415
Bladder Cancer	27	147	23	669	- 523
Endocrine Disorders	28	123	25	593	- 470
Ovary Cancer	29	117	29	457	- 340
Drug Use	30	108	36	176	- 68
Inflammatory/Heart	31	103	16	1,027	- 924
Oesophagus Cancer	32	99	28	491	- 391
Cervical Cancer	33	90	42	105	- 15
Tuberculosis	34	87	56	21	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	35	87	33	224	- 137
Parkinson's Disease	36	81	18	857	- 776
Skin Cancers	37	80	27	493	- 413
Fires	38	78	55	21	+ 57
Epilepsy	39	62	39	159	- 97
Asthma	40	60	46	95	- 34
Drownings	41	55	50	49	+ 6
Poisonings	42	46	60	13	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	39	41	122	- 83
Alcohol	44	33	32	229	- 196
Meningitis	45	26	57	20	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	24	48	78	- 54
Birth Trauma	47	21	52	32	- 11
HIV/AIDS	48	19	54	29	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	17	35	186	- 168
Multiple Sclerosis	50	13	38	160	- 147
Other Neoplasms	51	12	20	681	- 669
Encephalitis	52	12	68	1	+ 11
Skin Disease	53	10	40	129	- 119
Maternal Conditions	54	10	64	4	+ 6
Appendicitis	55	4	59	15	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	3	49	68	- 65
War	57	2	67	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	2	63	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	59	1	58	15	- 14
Malnutrition	60	1	47	84	- 83
Measles	61	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	61	11	- 11
Pertussis	63	0	73	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	65	2	- 1
Chlamydia	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	66	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	66	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	45	96	- 96
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	102	- 102
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Kuwait

Switzerland

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.