KUWAIT VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,277	3	599	+ 1,677
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,048	1	2,325	- 277
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,113	4	340	+ 773
Tuberculosis	4	769	34	31	+ 738
Kidney Disease	5	649	8	204	+ 446
Lung Disease	6	642	21	84	+ 558
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	612	49	6	+ 606
Diabetes Mellitus	8	579	6	242	+ 337
Road Traffic Accidents	9	505	2	649	- 144
Liver Disease	10	462	11	192	+ 270
Low Birth Weight	11	456	13	158	+ 299
Birth Trauma	12	440	47	7	+ 433
Liver Cancer	13	436	16	129	+ 306
Lung Cancers	14	363	12	161	+ 201
Hypertension	15	351	5	256	+ 95
Asthma	16	332	40	21	+ 310
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	257	43	14	+ 243
Congenital Anomalies	18	255	9	202	+ 53
Drownings	19	224	41	19	+ 205
Stomach Cancer	20	209	25	72	+ 137
Other Injuries	21	205	22	83	+ 122
Violence	22	187	23	75	+ 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	181	14	139	+ 41
Falls	24	174	19	102	+ 71
Breast Cancer	25	172	7	230	- 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	167	10	198	- 32
Suicide	27	154	18	122	+ 31
Oral Cancer	28	138	24	74	+ 64
HIV/AIDS	29	124	48	7	+ 117
Pertussis	30	120	63	0	+ 120
Leukemia	31	114	17	123	- 8
Maternal Conditions	32	86	54	4	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	33	84	32	35	+ 49
Lymphomas	34	83	15	132	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	82	46	8	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	36	81	31	36	+ 45
Cervical Cancer	37	74	33	32	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	38	73	28	44	+ 30
Malnutrition	39	66	60	0	+ 65
Meningitis	40	61	45	9	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	41	55	36	29	+ 26
Fires	42	43	38	28	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	43	40	29	41	- 2
Tetanus	44	38	66	0	+ 38
Skin Disease	45	35	53	4	+ 31
Encephalitis	46	27	52	4	+ 23
Alcohol	47	24	44	12	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	48	24	20	89	- 65
Skin Cancers	49	23	37	28	- 5
Epilepsy	50	23	39	22	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	51	19	27	52	- 33
Poisonings	52	16	42	16	- 0
Prostate Cancer	53	15	26	58	- 44
Drug Use	54	13	30	38	- 25
Uterin Cancer	55	12	35	31	- 19
Measles	56	12	61	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	57	11	55	1	+ 10
Syphilis	58	11	64	0	+ 11
Dengue	59	7	67	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	60	7	58	1	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	61	5	51	4	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	62	5	77	0	+ 5
Malaria	63	4	78	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	56	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	65	3	50	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	2	59	0	+ 1
War	68	1	57	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Laos

Kuwait

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.