ZAMBIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,407	10	4,432	+ 10,975
Road Traffic Accidents	2	4,304	11	3,654	+ 650
Stroke	3	3,972	3	7,948	- 3,976
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,253	2	9,517	- 7,264
Hypertension	5	1,698	13	2,616	- 919
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,604	14	2,395	- 791
Breast Cancer	7	1,524	35	366	+ 1,158
Kidney Disease	8	1,351	18	1,760	- 409
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,338	12	3,146	- 1,808
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,314	43	203	+ 1,111
Liver Disease	11	1,270	9	4,501	- 3,230
Lung Cancers	12	1,069	41	226	+ 843
Low Birth Weight	13	1,044	8	4,857	- 3,813
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	924	29	590	+ 335
Lymphomas	15	872	31	548	+ 324
Liver Cancer	16	856	46	177	+ 680
Leukemia	17	814	39	261	+ 553
Suicide	18	811	20	1,303	- 492
Falls	19	679	28	596	+ 82
Pancreas Cancer	20	587	62	42	+ 544
Lung Disease	21	557	21	1,273	- 715
Other Injuries	22	548	19	1,729	- 1,180
Violence	23	494	23	1,153	- 659
Oral Cancer	24	490	48	155	+ 335
Stomach Cancer	25	475	42	206	+ 269
Prostate Cancer	26	386	30	561	- 175
Bladder Cancer	27	345	50	132	+ 213
Endocrine Disorders	28	289	37	354	- 65
Ovary Cancer	29	275	57	82	+ 192
Drug Use	30	254	53	122	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	31	241	33	501	- 261
Oesophagus Cancer	32	233	36	359	- 125
Cervical Cancer	33	211	17	1,799	- 1,587
Tuberculosis	34	205	6	5,941	- 5,737
Uterin Cancer	35	203	64	30	+ 174
Parkinson's Disease	36	190	47	164	+ 26
Skin Cancers	37	189	54	108	+ 81
Fires	38	183	32	546	- 363
Epilepsy	39	145	38	332	- 187
Asthma	40	142	26	741	- 599
Drownings	41	129	27	689	- 560
Poisonings	42	108	34	456	- 349
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	91	40	246	- 154
Alcohol	44	77	49	140	- 63
Meningitis	45	61	16	1,976	- 1,915
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	56	45	190	- 134
Birth Trauma	47	48	7	5,062	- 5,013
HIV/AIDS	48	45	1	17,234	- 17,189
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	41	5	6,275	- 6,234
Multiple Sclerosis	50	30	67	13	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	51	28	65	20	+ 8
Encephalitis	52	27	59	70	- 43
Skin Disease	53	24	52	126	- 101
Maternal Conditions	54	24	22	1,188	- 1,164
Appendicitis	55	10	56	84	- 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	7	63	30	- 23
War	57	6	69	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	58	5	55	104	- 99
Hepatitis C	59	3	66	18	- 15
Malnutrition	60	2	15	2,303	- 2,300
Measles	61	1	61	48	- 47
Upper Respiratory	62	1	60	68	- 67
Pertussis	63	0	25	743	- 742
Syphilis	64	0	24	885	- 885
Chlamydia	65	0	71	3	- 3
Tetanus	66	0	44	190	- 190
Dengue	67	0	74	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	73	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	68	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	128	- 128
Malaria	78	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 ZAMBIA

Kuwait

Zambia

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.