KUWAIT VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,597	34	31	+ 1,566
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,554	4	340	+ 1,214
Measles	3	1,474	61	0	+ 1,474
Malaria	4	1,401	78	0	+ 1,401
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,108	2	649	+ 459
HIV/AIDS	6	1,108	48	7	+ 1,101
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,088	1	2,325	- 1,237
Low Birth Weight	8	953	13	158	+ 796
Birth Trauma	9	924	47	7	+ 917
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	919	49	6	+ 913
Stroke	11	911	3	599	+ 312
Maternal Conditions	12	502	54	4	+ 498
Liver Disease	13	495	11	192	+ 304
Congenital Anomalies	14	481	9	202	+ 279
Diabetes Mellitus	15	375	6	242	+ 133
Kidney Disease	16	351	8	204	+ 147
Meningitis	17	319	45	9	+ 309
Violence	18	275	23	75	+ 201
Cervical Cancer	19	273	33	32	+ 242
Liver Cancer	20	254	16	129	+ 124
Syphilis	21	228	64	0	+ 228
Other Injuries	22	219	22	83	+ 137
Hypertension	23	214	5	256	- 42
Malnutrition	24	204	60	0	+ 204
Prostate Cancer	25	172	26	58	+ 113
Lung Disease	26	169	21	84	+ 85
Breast Cancer	27	142	7	230	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	28	142	28	44	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	135	14	139	- 4
Suicide	30	127	18	122	+ 4
Asthma	31	115	40	21	+ 94
Pertussis	32	114	63	0	+ 114
Falls	33	90	19	102	- 13
Fires	34	88	38	28	+ 61
Drownings	35	73	41	19	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	73	43	14	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	37	70	25	72	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	38	67	31	36	+ 30
Lymphomas	39	54	15	132	- 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	52	10	198	- 147
Poisonings	41	47	42	16	+ 31
Epilepsy	42	47	39	22	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	43	42	36	29	+ 13
Lung Cancers	44	38	12	161	- 123
Schistosomiasis	45	30	77	0	+ 30
Skin Cancers	46	29	37	28	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	47	29	29	41	- 12
Oral Cancer	48	29	24	74	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	29	46	8	+ 20
Drug Use	50	24	30	38	- 14
Skin Disease	51	24	53	4	+ 20
Hepatitis B	52	23	58	1	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	53	22	20	89	- 67
Tetanus	54	18	66	0	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	55	16	35	31	- 14
Encephalitis	56	16	52	4	+ 12
Alcohol	57	15	44	12	+ 3
Leukemia	58	13	17	123	- 109
Bladder Cancer	59	11	27	52	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	60	9	32	35	- 26
Appendicitis	61	7	55	1	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	62	3	51	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	50	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	56	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	59	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	2	62	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	+ 0
War	70	0	57	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Liberia

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.