KUWAIT VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,335	1	2,325	+ 1,010
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,132	4	340	+ 1,792
Stroke	3	1,960	3	599	+ 1,361
Road Traffic Accidents	4	652	2	649	+ 3
Lung Disease	5	602	21	84	+ 518
Kidney Disease	6	602	8	204	+ 398
Liver Disease	7	465	11	192	+ 274
Lung Cancers	8	392	12	161	+ 231
Diabetes Mellitus	9	373	6	242	+ 131
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	363	14	139	+ 223
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	348	10	198	+ 150
Breast Cancer	12	279	7	230	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	13	243	48	7	+ 236
Other Injuries	14	202	22	83	+ 119
Skin Disease	15	188	53	4	+ 184
Liver Cancer	16	180	16	129	+ 51
Oral Cancer	17	169	24	74	+ 95
Falls	18	168	19	102	+ 66
Suicide	19	166	18	122	+ 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	161	49	6	+ 155
Stomach Cancer	21	131	25	72	+ 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	129	43	14	+ 116
Leukemia	23	128	17	123	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	24	127	9	202	- 75
Lymphomas	25	120	15	132	- 12
Tuberculosis	26	111	34	31	+ 81
Inflammatory/Heart	27	110	31	36	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	28	100	36	29	+ 72
Low Birth Weight	29	93	13	158	- 65
Asthma	30	92	40	21	+ 71
Cervical Cancer	31	92	33	32	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	32	90	20	89	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	33	82	26	58	+ 24
Violence	34	79	23	75	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	35	75	29	41	+ 34
Drownings	36	74	41	19	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	37	73	28	44	+ 30
Hypertension	38	59	5	256	- 197
Bladder Cancer	39	42	27	52	- 10
Encephalitis	40	41	52	4	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	41	39	32	35	+ 4
Birth Trauma	42	33	47	7	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	43	32	35	31	+ 1
Fires	44	30	38	28	+ 3
Drug Use	45	29	30	38	- 9
Meningitis	46	27	45	9	+ 18
Dengue	47	25	67	0	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	48	24	51	4	+ 20
Malnutrition	49	23	60	0	+ 22
Skin Cancers	50	22	37	28	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	22	46	8	+ 14
Epilepsy	52	20	39	22	- 1
Poisonings	53	19	42	16	+ 3
Hepatitis B	54	19	58	1	+ 18
Alcohol	55	16	44	12	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	56	15	54	4	+ 12
Pertussis	57	7	63	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	6	55	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	50	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	56	1	+ 1
Tetanus	61	2	66	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	64	0	+ 2
War	63	1	57	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	59	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	61	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Malaysia

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.