THAILAND VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	51,794	1	51,305	+ 488
Road Traffic Accidents	2	14,467	7	22,428	- 7,960
Stroke	3	13,352	2	50,273	- 36,922
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,574	3	31,289	- 23,715
Hypertension	5	5,707	34	2,179	+ 3,528
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,393	10	18,776	- 13,384
Breast Cancer	7	5,123	17	6,053	- 930
Kidney Disease	8	4,542	4	26,822	- 22,280
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,498	35	2,107	+ 2,391
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	4,417	13	9,908	- 5,492
Liver Disease	11	4,271	11	17,596	- 13,326
Lung Cancers	12	3,594	8	22,296	- 18,702
Low Birth Weight	13	3,509	40	1,548	+ 1,962
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,107	6	22,851	- 19,744
Lymphomas	15	2,931	22	4,539	- 1,608
Liver Cancer	16	2,879	5	23,883	- 21,004
Leukemia	17	2,737	26	3,902	- 1,166
Suicide	18	2,726	16	6,147	- 3,421
Falls	19	2,281	18	5,409	- 3,128
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,972	33	2,383	- 411
Lung Disease	21	1,873	9	19,474	- 17,601
Other Injuries	22	1,844	21	4,869	- 3,026
Violence	23	1,661	31	2,965	- 1,305
Oral Cancer	24	1,647	20	4,961	- 3,314
Stomach Cancer	25	1,598	27	3,451	- 1,853
Prostate Cancer	26	1,299	30	3,013	- 1,714
Bladder Cancer	27	1,160	38	1,798	- 639
Endocrine Disorders	28	970	37	1,888	- 918
Ovary Cancer	29	924	36	2,003	- 1,079
Drug Use	30	852	45	794	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	31	809	32	2,879	- 2,069
Oesophagus Cancer	32	784	29	3,156	- 2,372
Cervical Cancer	33	710	19	5,110	- 4,400
Tuberculosis	34	688	14	9,551	- 8,864
Uterin Cancer	35	684	44	864	- 180
Parkinson's Disease	36	639	23	4,292	- 3,654
Skin Cancers	37	634	41	1,133	- 498
Fires	38	617	48	617	- 1
Epilepsy	39	486	47	689	- 203
Asthma	40	477	24	4,182	- 3,705
Drownings	41	433	25	3,956	- 3,523
Poisonings	42	362	57	132	+ 230
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	307	39	1,679	- 1,371
Alcohol	44	258	49	548	- 290
Meningitis	45	204	43	931	- 727
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	189	51	436	- 247
Birth Trauma	47	162	50	533	- 371
HIV/AIDS	48	152	12	13,922	- 13,771
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	138	15	6,863	- 6,725
Multiple Sclerosis	50	102	61	86	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	51	94	54	192	- 98
Encephalitis	52	92	46	722	- 629
Skin Disease	53	82	28	3,375	- 3,294
Maternal Conditions	54	79	52	227	- 148
Appendicitis	55	33	59	114	- 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	22	53	194	- 173
War	57	19	60	87	- 69
Hepatitis B	58	16	56	153	- 137
Hepatitis C	59	11	67	7	+ 3
Malnutrition	60	8	42	962	- 954
Measles	61	3	63	56	- 52
Upper Respiratory	62	2	65	18	- 16
Pertussis	63	1	62	77	- 77
Syphilis	64	1	64	36	- 36
Chlamydia	65	1	70	3	- 3
Tetanus	66	1	58	116	- 116
Dengue	67	0	55	172	- 171
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	68	7	- 7
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	69	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	66	13	- 13
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Kuwait

Thailand

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.