SYRIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,678	1	28,203	- 10,525
Road Traffic Accidents	2	4,938	5	2,550	+ 2,388
Stroke	3	4,557	2	8,088	- 3,531
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,585	4	2,958	- 373
Hypertension	5	1,948	23	707	+ 1,240
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,841	15	1,534	+ 307
Breast Cancer	7	1,748	10	1,953	- 204
Kidney Disease	8	1,550	6	2,329	- 779
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,535	8	2,077	- 542
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,508	16	1,224	+ 284
Liver Disease	11	1,458	11	1,720	- 262
Lung Cancers	12	1,227	9	2,048	- 821
Low Birth Weight	13	1,198	12	1,652	- 454
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,060	14	1,551	- 490
Lymphomas	15	1,000	18	827	+ 173
Liver Cancer	16	983	31	366	+ 616
Leukemia	17	934	19	796	+ 138
Suicide	18	930	33	333	+ 598
Falls	19	779	29	383	+ 396
Pancreas Cancer	20	673	27	411	+ 262
Lung Disease	21	639	13	1,601	- 962
Other Injuries	22	629	24	521	+ 108
Violence	23	567	25	444	+ 123
Oral Cancer	24	562	36	289	+ 273
Stomach Cancer	25	545	22	725	- 179
Prostate Cancer	26	443	28	404	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	27	396	20	757	- 362
Endocrine Disorders	28	331	26	418	- 87
Ovary Cancer	29	315	34	328	- 12
Drug Use	30	291	39	249	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	31	276	32	337	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	32	268	47	97	+ 170
Cervical Cancer	33	242	42	188	+ 54
Tuberculosis	34	235	56	23	+ 211
Uterin Cancer	35	233	44	146	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	36	218	30	367	- 149
Skin Cancers	37	216	38	276	- 60
Fires	38	210	43	179	+ 32
Epilepsy	39	166	48	92	+ 73
Asthma	40	163	17	1,052	- 890
Drownings	41	148	40	215	- 67
Poisonings	42	124	46	98	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	105	49	79	+ 26
Alcohol	44	88	53	51	+ 37
Meningitis	45	70	35	295	- 225
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	64	41	197	- 133
Birth Trauma	47	55	21	744	- 689
HIV/AIDS	48	52	58	15	+ 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	47	7	2,156	- 2,109
Multiple Sclerosis	50	35	59	14	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	51	32	57	21	+ 11
Encephalitis	52	31	50	77	- 46
Skin Disease	53	28	61	8	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	54	27	45	105	- 78
Appendicitis	55	11	54	36	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	7	62	7	+ 1
War	57	6	3	7,760	- 7,754
Hepatitis B	58	6	63	5	+ 1
Hepatitis C	59	4	68	1	+ 3
Malnutrition	60	3	51	73	- 70
Measles	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	3	- 3
Pertussis	63	0	37	289	- 289
Syphilis	64	0	55	31	- 30
Chlamydia	65	0	69	1	- 1
Tetanus	66	0	52	57	- 57
Dengue	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	64	5	- 5
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	11	- 11
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Kuwait

Syria

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.