KUWAIT VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,278	48	7	+ 3,271
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,639	4	340	+ 1,299
Tuberculosis	3	1,585	34	31	+ 1,554
Stroke	4	1,492	3	599	+ 893
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,366	1	2,325	- 958
Road Traffic Accidents	6	972	2	649	+ 323
Diabetes Mellitus	7	811	6	242	+ 569
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	722	49	6	+ 716
Low Birth Weight	9	578	13	158	+ 420
Lung Disease	10	516	21	84	+ 432
Violence	11	503	23	75	+ 429
Hypertension	12	479	5	256	+ 223
Birth Trauma	13	386	47	7	+ 378
Liver Disease	14	376	11	192	+ 184
Kidney Disease	15	360	8	204	+ 156
Congenital Anomalies	16	317	9	202	+ 115
Suicide	17	272	18	122	+ 149
Malnutrition	18	250	60	0	+ 250
Other Injuries	19	231	22	83	+ 149
Asthma	20	224	40	21	+ 203
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	197	14	139	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	22	181	31	36	+ 145
Cervical Cancer	23	149	33	32	+ 117
Breast Cancer	24	136	7	230	- 94
Maternal Conditions	25	123	54	4	+ 120
Drownings	26	123	41	19	+ 103
Meningitis	27	122	45	9	+ 113
Fires	28	122	38	28	+ 94
Skin Cancers	29	121	37	28	+ 92
Oral Cancer	30	112	24	74	+ 38
Prostate Cancer	31	106	26	58	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	85	43	14	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	33	82	28	44	+ 38
Falls	34	70	19	102	- 33
Lung Cancers	35	66	12	161	- 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	61	10	198	- 137
Pertussis	37	61	63	0	+ 61
Epilepsy	38	55	39	22	+ 33
Poisonings	39	52	42	16	+ 36
Lymphomas	40	51	15	132	- 80
Liver Cancer	41	50	16	129	- 79
Parkinson's Disease	42	49	36	29	+ 20
Syphilis	43	39	64	0	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	37	46	8	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	45	36	25	72	- 35
Drug Use	46	35	30	38	- 3
Skin Disease	47	35	53	4	+ 31
Alcohol	48	31	44	12	+ 20
Leukemia	49	27	17	123	- 96
Ovary Cancer	50	26	29	41	- 15
Malaria	51	24	78	0	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	52	23	32	35	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	53	20	20	89	- 69
Bladder Cancer	54	18	27	52	- 35
Schistosomiasis	55	15	77	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	56	13	35	31	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	11	56	1	+ 10
Appendicitis	58	10	55	1	+ 8
Encephalitis	59	9	52	4	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	60	9	51	4	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	61	7	62	0	+ 7
Tetanus	62	7	66	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	5	58	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	50	5	- 2
Measles	65	2	61	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	59	0	+ 0
War	67	1	57	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Namibia

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.