UNITED KINGDOM VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,711	2	71,728	- 21,017
Road Traffic Accidents	2	14,165	33	2,169	+ 11,996
Stroke	3	13,072	4	37,626	- 24,554
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,416	3	40,540	- 33,125
Hypertension	5	5,588	23	5,208	+ 380
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,280	17	5,842	- 563
Breast Cancer	7	5,015	9	12,718	- 7,703
Kidney Disease	8	4,447	18	5,471	- 1,023
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,404	35	2,127	+ 2,277
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	4,325	7	18,446	- 14,122
Liver Disease	11	4,181	14	7,666	- 3,484
Lung Cancers	12	3,519	5	35,715	- 32,196
Low Birth Weight	13	3,436	40	1,313	+ 2,122
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,042	1	98,135	- 95,093
Lymphomas	15	2,870	10	9,350	- 6,481
Liver Cancer	16	2,819	21	5,237	- 2,418
Leukemia	17	2,679	22	5,211	- 2,532
Suicide	18	2,669	20	5,325	- 2,656
Falls	19	2,234	15	7,618	- 5,385
Pancreas Cancer	20	1,931	11	8,995	- 7,065
Lung Disease	21	1,834	6	32,896	- 31,062
Other Injuries	22	1,805	19	5,464	- 3,659
Violence	23	1,626	46	868	+ 758
Oral Cancer	24	1,612	30	3,109	- 1,497
Stomach Cancer	25	1,565	24	4,999	- 3,434
Prostate Cancer	26	1,272	8	13,289	- 12,017
Bladder Cancer	27	1,135	16	6,133	- 4,998
Endocrine Disorders	28	950	28	3,297	- 2,347
Ovary Cancer	29	905	25	4,019	- 3,114
Drug Use	30	835	31	2,824	- 1,990
Inflammatory/Heart	31	792	29	3,126	- 2,334
Oesophagus Cancer	32	768	12	8,727	- 7,959
Cervical Cancer	33	695	43	1,099	- 404
Tuberculosis	34	673	47	351	+ 322
Uterin Cancer	35	670	32	2,346	- 1,677
Parkinson's Disease	36	625	13	8,573	- 7,947
Skin Cancers	37	621	27	3,727	- 3,106
Fires	38	604	48	334	+ 269
Epilepsy	39	476	42	1,193	- 718
Asthma	40	467	41	1,302	- 835
Drownings	41	424	49	301	+ 123
Poisonings	42	354	53	221	+ 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	301	36	2,090	- 1,789
Alcohol	44	253	39	1,555	- 1,302
Meningitis	45	199	52	232	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	185	45	876	- 691
Birth Trauma	47	159	54	190	- 31
HIV/AIDS	48	149	55	188	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	135	38	1,599	- 1,464
Multiple Sclerosis	50	100	37	1,856	- 1,755
Other Neoplasms	51	92	26	3,986	- 3,894
Encephalitis	52	90	68	6	+ 85
Skin Disease	53	80	34	2,134	- 2,054
Maternal Conditions	54	77	64	47	+ 31
Appendicitis	55	33	59	105	- 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	22	44	1,014	- 992
War	57	18	67	10	+ 9
Hepatitis B	58	16	65	40	- 24
Hepatitis C	59	10	51	267	- 257
Malnutrition	60	8	58	116	- 108
Measles	61	3	75	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	63	48	- 47
Pertussis	63	1	69	3	- 2
Syphilis	64	1	62	49	- 48
Chlamydia	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Tetanus	66	1	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	16	- 16
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	184	- 184
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	167	- 167
Oral conditions	82	0	61	54	- 54
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	50	277	- 277
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Kuwait

United Kingdom

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.