TURKEY VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,311	1	85,905	- 23,594
Road Traffic Accidents	2	17,405	16	5,573	+ 11,832
Stroke	3	16,063	2	44,006	- 27,943
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,112	9	12,845	- 3,733
Hypertension	5	6,866	8	14,763	- 7,897
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,488	5	17,900	- 11,412
Breast Cancer	7	6,163	14	5,643	+ 520
Kidney Disease	8	5,465	7	17,021	- 11,556
Congenital Anomalies	9	5,411	17	4,966	+ 445
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	5,314	10	10,606	- 5,292
Liver Disease	11	5,138	13	6,340	- 1,202
Lung Cancers	12	4,324	3	35,070	- 30,747
Low Birth Weight	13	4,222	24	3,478	+ 744
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,738	6	17,308	- 13,570
Lymphomas	15	3,526	19	4,849	- 1,323
Liver Cancer	16	3,463	20	4,542	- 1,079
Leukemia	17	3,292	18	4,870	- 1,578
Suicide	18	3,280	29	2,003	+ 1,276
Falls	19	2,745	22	4,373	- 1,629
Pancreas Cancer	20	2,372	12	6,882	- 4,510
Lung Disease	21	2,254	4	25,088	- 22,835
Other Injuries	22	2,218	30	1,678	+ 540
Violence	23	1,998	23	4,010	- 2,013
Oral Cancer	24	1,981	35	1,305	+ 676
Stomach Cancer	25	1,923	11	10,333	- 8,410
Prostate Cancer	26	1,563	15	5,608	- 4,045
Bladder Cancer	27	1,395	21	4,485	- 3,090
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,167	26	2,612	- 1,445
Ovary Cancer	29	1,112	28	2,287	- 1,175
Drug Use	30	1,025	38	972	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	31	974	31	1,632	- 659
Oesophagus Cancer	32	943	33	1,321	- 378
Cervical Cancer	33	854	34	1,311	- 457
Tuberculosis	34	827	50	303	+ 524
Uterin Cancer	35	823	37	1,090	- 267
Parkinson's Disease	36	768	25	3,439	- 2,671
Skin Cancers	37	763	32	1,548	- 785
Fires	38	742	47	343	+ 399
Epilepsy	39	585	36	1,147	- 563
Asthma	40	574	27	2,434	- 1,861
Drownings	41	521	44	549	- 27
Poisonings	42	435	46	369	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	370	39	789	- 420
Alcohol	44	311	55	182	+ 128
Meningitis	45	245	51	274	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	227	45	452	- 225
Birth Trauma	47	195	41	720	- 525
HIV/AIDS	48	183	53	204	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	166	40	741	- 575
Multiple Sclerosis	50	123	56	169	- 46
Other Neoplasms	51	113	42	646	- 533
Encephalitis	52	111	54	184	- 73
Skin Disease	53	98	48	324	- 226
Maternal Conditions	54	95	57	109	- 14
Appendicitis	55	40	59	93	- 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	26	52	237	- 211
War	57	22	49	318	- 296
Hepatitis B	58	20	60	72	- 53
Hepatitis C	59	13	63	19	- 6
Malnutrition	60	9	43	588	- 579
Measles	61	4	65	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	66	5	- 3
Pertussis	63	1	58	103	- 102
Syphilis	64	1	61	50	- 50
Chlamydia	65	1	69	2	- 1
Tetanus	66	1	64	12	- 11
Dengue	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	68	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	62	33	- 33
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Kuwait

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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.