UGANDA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,506	9	8,784	+ 27,722
Road Traffic Accidents	2	10,197	4	13,012	- 2,815
Stroke	3	9,411	6	11,181	- 1,770
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,338	2	18,865	- 13,526
Hypertension	5	4,023	21	3,120	+ 902
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,801	14	4,794	- 994
Breast Cancer	7	3,611	32	1,128	+ 2,483
Kidney Disease	8	3,202	19	3,168	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,170	11	6,641	- 3,470
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	3,113	35	919	+ 2,194
Liver Disease	11	3,010	13	5,122	- 2,112
Lung Cancers	12	2,533	46	441	+ 2,093
Low Birth Weight	13	2,473	8	9,673	- 7,200
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,190	30	1,286	+ 904
Lymphomas	15	2,066	26	1,762	+ 304
Liver Cancer	16	2,029	29	1,522	+ 507
Leukemia	17	1,929	42	599	+ 1,330
Suicide	18	1,921	24	2,033	- 112
Falls	19	1,608	33	1,127	+ 481
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,390	47	358	+ 1,032
Lung Disease	21	1,320	22	3,051	- 1,730
Other Injuries	22	1,299	20	3,130	- 1,830
Violence	23	1,171	12	6,175	- 5,004
Oral Cancer	24	1,161	40	731	+ 430
Stomach Cancer	25	1,126	45	515	+ 611
Prostate Cancer	26	916	34	950	- 34
Bladder Cancer	27	817	59	181	+ 637
Endocrine Disorders	28	684	38	761	- 77
Ovary Cancer	29	651	44	519	+ 132
Drug Use	30	601	57	233	+ 368
Inflammatory/Heart	31	570	37	859	- 289
Oesophagus Cancer	32	553	28	1,674	- 1,122
Cervical Cancer	33	500	15	4,378	- 3,877
Tuberculosis	34	485	10	7,255	- 6,770
Uterin Cancer	35	482	56	234	+ 248
Parkinson's Disease	36	450	48	351	+ 99
Skin Cancers	37	447	49	349	+ 98
Fires	38	435	36	872	- 438
Epilepsy	39	342	43	599	- 256
Asthma	40	336	27	1,745	- 1,409
Drownings	41	305	31	1,238	- 932
Poisonings	42	255	39	745	- 490
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	217	41	687	- 470
Alcohol	44	182	54	256	- 74
Meningitis	45	144	16	3,718	- 3,574
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	133	50	348	- 215
Birth Trauma	47	114	7	10,405	- 10,290
HIV/AIDS	48	107	1	21,188	- 21,081
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	97	5	12,103	- 12,006
Multiple Sclerosis	50	72	69	16	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	51	66	66	37	+ 29
Encephalitis	52	65	62	122	- 57
Skin Disease	53	58	55	242	- 185
Maternal Conditions	54	56	17	3,641	- 3,586
Appendicitis	55	23	58	211	- 188
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	15	64	55	- 40
War	57	13	63	88	- 75
Hepatitis B	58	12	61	123	- 112
Hepatitis C	59	8	67	30	- 23
Malnutrition	60	5	18	3,317	- 3,312
Measles	61	2	51	343	- 341
Upper Respiratory	62	1	60	144	- 142
Pertussis	63	1	25	1,909	- 1,909
Syphilis	64	0	23	2,235	- 2,235
Chlamydia	65	0	73	6	- 6
Tetanus	66	0	53	271	- 270
Dengue	67	0	74	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	72	11	- 11
Otitis Media	69	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	70	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	65	50	- 50
Leishmaniasis	76	0	68	28	- 28
Schistosomiasis	77	0	52	286	- 286
Malaria	78	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Kuwait

Uganda

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.