ZIMBABWE VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,704	3	8,493	+ 4,211
Road Traffic Accidents	2	3,549	4	6,037	- 2,489
Stroke	3	3,275	5	5,126	- 1,851
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,858	2	10,779	- 8,922
Hypertension	5	1,400	24	1,146	+ 254
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,323	9	3,344	- 2,021
Breast Cancer	7	1,256	28	839	+ 417
Kidney Disease	8	1,114	12	2,214	- 1,099
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,103	11	2,217	- 1,114
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,083	40	505	+ 578
Liver Disease	11	1,047	17	1,941	- 894
Lung Cancers	12	882	43	286	+ 596
Low Birth Weight	13	861	7	4,038	- 3,177
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	762	31	768	- 5
Lymphomas	15	719	26	960	- 241
Liver Cancer	16	706	38	510	+ 196
Leukemia	17	671	45	244	+ 428
Suicide	18	669	13	2,069	- 1,400
Falls	19	560	41	465	+ 95
Pancreas Cancer	20	484	47	217	+ 267
Lung Disease	21	459	23	1,163	- 704
Other Injuries	22	452	20	1,656	- 1,203
Violence	23	407	18	1,916	- 1,509
Oral Cancer	24	404	49	208	+ 196
Stomach Cancer	25	392	33	559	- 167
Prostate Cancer	26	319	32	628	- 309
Bladder Cancer	27	284	54	125	+ 160
Endocrine Disorders	28	238	34	553	- 315
Ovary Cancer	29	227	51	173	+ 53
Drug Use	30	209	48	213	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	31	199	25	1,047	- 849
Oesophagus Cancer	32	192	29	801	- 609
Cervical Cancer	33	174	14	2,023	- 1,849
Tuberculosis	34	169	16	1,999	- 1,830
Uterin Cancer	35	168	50	182	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	36	157	46	226	- 69
Skin Cancers	37	156	44	264	- 108
Fires	38	151	30	793	- 641
Epilepsy	39	119	39	508	- 389
Asthma	40	117	21	1,531	- 1,414
Drownings	41	106	27	956	- 849
Poisonings	42	89	37	515	- 426
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	75	35	548	- 473
Alcohol	44	63	61	48	+ 15
Meningitis	45	50	22	1,325	- 1,275
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	46	36	542	- 496
Birth Trauma	47	40	8	3,405	- 3,366
HIV/AIDS	48	37	1	19,988	- 19,951
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	34	6	4,595	- 4,561
Multiple Sclerosis	50	25	67	14	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	51	23	62	37	- 14
Encephalitis	52	23	56	117	- 95
Skin Disease	53	20	52	173	- 153
Maternal Conditions	54	19	19	1,749	- 1,730
Appendicitis	55	8	58	66	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	5	64	26	- 21
War	57	5	65	26	- 22
Hepatitis B	58	4	60	57	- 53
Hepatitis C	59	3	66	14	- 12
Malnutrition	60	2	10	2,396	- 2,394
Measles	61	1	63	30	- 30
Upper Respiratory	62	0	59	65	- 65
Pertussis	63	0	42	419	- 419
Syphilis	64	0	55	124	- 124
Chlamydia	65	0	69	3	- 3
Tetanus	66	0	57	102	- 102
Dengue	67	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	72	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	70	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	53	172	- 172
Malaria	78	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	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 ZIMBABWE

Kuwait

Zimbabwe

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.