KUWAIT VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	MICRONESIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,089	1	2,325	+ 3,764
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,867	6	242	+ 3,625
Stroke	3	3,753	3	599	+ 3,154
Kidney Disease	4	1,772	8	204	+ 1,568
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,631	4	340	+ 1,291
Lung Disease	6	1,299	21	84	+ 1,215
Suicide	7	1,012	18	122	+ 889
Hypertension	8	854	5	256	+ 598
Liver Disease	9	747	11	192	+ 555
Lung Cancers	10	723	12	161	+ 561
Drownings	11	543	41	19	+ 523
Breast Cancer	12	535	7	230	+ 305
Asthma	13	501	40	21	+ 480
Low Birth Weight	14	472	13	158	+ 314
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	432	46	8	+ 424
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	423	49	6	+ 417
Other Injuries	17	419	22	83	+ 337
Congenital Anomalies	18	418	9	202	+ 216
Tuberculosis	19	394	34	31	+ 363
Stomach Cancer	20	370	25	72	+ 298
Birth Trauma	21	341	47	7	+ 334
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	266	10	198	+ 67
Cervical Cancer	23	262	33	32	+ 230
Liver Cancer	24	257	16	129	+ 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	208	43	14	+ 195
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	205	14	139	+ 66
Falls	27	194	19	102	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	28	190	31	36	+ 154
Prostate Cancer	29	174	26	58	+ 115
Endocrine Disorders	30	167	28	44	+ 124
Violence	31	166	23	75	+ 91
Leukemia	32	158	17	123	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	33	147	36	29	+ 118
Maternal Conditions	34	116	54	4	+ 112
Pancreas Cancer	35	114	20	89	+ 26
Lymphomas	36	113	15	132	- 18
Pertussis	37	111	63	0	+ 111
Oral Cancer	38	106	24	74	+ 32
Meningitis	39	101	45	9	+ 91
Syphilis	40	95	64	0	+ 95
Uterin Cancer	41	90	35	31	+ 60
Skin Disease	42	86	53	4	+ 83
Epilepsy	43	86	39	22	+ 64
Malnutrition	44	84	60	0	+ 83
Ovary Cancer	45	73	29	41	+ 31
Alcohol	46	72	44	12	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	47	69	32	35	+ 34
Fires	48	63	38	28	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	49	49	27	52	- 3
Poisonings	50	32	42	16	+ 16
Skin Cancers	51	29	37	28	+ 0
Drug Use	52	19	30	38	- 19
Encephalitis	53	19	52	4	+ 15
Appendicitis	54	14	55	1	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	55	12	51	4	+ 7
Measles	56	11	61	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	57	9	58	1	+ 9
Road Traffic Accidents	58	6	2	649	- 644
Tetanus	59	5	66	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	56	1	+ 4
Dengue	61	4	67	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	50	5	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	1	59	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	73	0	+ 1
War	66	0	57	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	48	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	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	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Micronesia

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.