KUWAIT VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,135	1	2,325	- 189
Stroke	2	1,591	3	599	+ 992
Lung Disease	3	1,418	21	84	+ 1,333
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,416	6	242	+ 1,174
Tuberculosis	5	1,240	34	31	+ 1,209
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	811	4	340	+ 471
Malaria	7	764	78	0	+ 764
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	717	49	6	+ 711
Asthma	9	575	40	21	+ 554
Low Birth Weight	10	519	13	158	+ 361
Birth Trauma	11	470	47	7	+ 462
Road Traffic Accidents	12	345	2	649	- 304
Hypertension	13	342	5	256	+ 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	335	46	8	+ 326
Violence	15	303	23	75	+ 228
Congenital Anomalies	16	297	9	202	+ 95
Breast Cancer	17	239	7	230	+ 9
Kidney Disease	18	215	8	204	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	19	208	33	32	+ 176
Other Injuries	20	202	22	83	+ 119
Liver Cancer	21	201	16	129	+ 72
Liver Disease	22	195	11	192	+ 3
Lung Cancers	23	194	12	161	+ 33
HIV/AIDS	24	191	48	7	+ 184
Oral Cancer	25	181	24	74	+ 107
Falls	26	157	19	102	+ 54
Fires	27	152	38	28	+ 125
Stomach Cancer	28	140	25	72	+ 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	139	10	198	- 59
Maternal Conditions	30	131	54	4	+ 128
Skin Cancers	31	130	37	28	+ 102
Lymphomas	32	110	15	132	- 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	107	14	139	- 32
Meningitis	34	101	45	9	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	94	43	14	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	36	89	26	58	+ 31
Suicide	37	81	18	122	- 42
Leukemia	38	79	17	123	- 44
Pertussis	39	77	63	0	+ 77
Drownings	40	75	41	19	+ 55
Measles	41	74	61	0	+ 74
Syphilis	42	73	64	0	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	43	71	31	36	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	44	62	32	35	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	45	58	36	29	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	46	56	29	41	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	47	48	28	44	+ 4
Malnutrition	48	42	60	0	+ 42
Skin Disease	49	39	53	4	+ 36
Poisonings	50	38	42	16	+ 22
Epilepsy	51	35	39	22	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	52	33	20	89	- 55
Alcohol	53	29	44	12	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	54	26	27	52	- 26
Uterin Cancer	55	25	35	31	- 5
Tetanus	56	15	66	0	+ 15
Encephalitis	57	10	52	4	+ 5
Hepatitis B	58	8	58	1	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	6	55	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	60	5	51	4	+ 1
Drug Use	61	4	30	38	- 34
Hepatitis C	62	2	59	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	73	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	56	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	50	5	- 3
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	0	+ 1
War	69	0	57	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

New Guinea

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.