KUWAIT VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,748	4	340	+ 2,408
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,918	49	6	+ 1,912
Tuberculosis	3	1,688	34	31	+ 1,657
Malaria	4	1,338	78	0	+ 1,338
Birth Trauma	5	1,328	47	7	+ 1,321
Low Birth Weight	6	1,272	13	158	+ 1,115
Coronary Heart Disease	7	814	1	2,325	- 1,511
Stroke	8	765	3	599	+ 166
Congenital Anomalies	9	659	9	202	+ 457
HIV/AIDS	10	585	48	7	+ 578
Meningitis	11	579	45	9	+ 570
Road Traffic Accidents	12	553	2	649	- 97
Liver Disease	13	508	11	192	+ 316
Measles	14	390	61	0	+ 390
Maternal Conditions	15	312	54	4	+ 308
Pertussis	16	309	63	0	+ 309
Other Injuries	17	301	22	83	+ 218
Diabetes Mellitus	18	298	6	242	+ 56
Violence	19	244	23	75	+ 169
Kidney Disease	20	241	8	204	+ 37
Endocrine Disorders	21	209	28	44	+ 166
Lung Disease	22	167	21	84	+ 83
Breast Cancer	23	158	7	230	- 72
Hypertension	24	142	5	256	- 114
Cervical Cancer	25	140	33	32	+ 108
Tetanus	26	111	66	0	+ 111
Asthma	27	109	40	21	+ 87
Falls	28	100	19	102	- 3
Fires	29	95	38	28	+ 67
Suicide	30	93	18	122	- 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	90	14	139	- 50
Drownings	32	87	41	19	+ 68
Poisonings	33	87	42	16	+ 71
Drug Use	34	83	30	38	+ 45
Prostate Cancer	35	78	26	58	+ 20
Malnutrition	36	78	60	0	+ 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	77	43	14	+ 64
Syphilis	38	72	64	0	+ 72
Liver Cancer	39	70	16	129	- 59
Lymphomas	40	69	15	132	- 63
Epilepsy	41	66	39	22	+ 44
Inflammatory/Heart	42	64	31	36	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	55	10	198	- 143
Diphtheria	44	50	68	0	+ 50
War	45	43	57	1	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	46	33	36	29	+ 4
Leukemia	47	30	17	123	- 93
Oral Cancer	48	30	24	74	- 44
Ovary Cancer	49	28	29	41	- 13
Stomach Cancer	50	28	25	72	- 44
Pancreas Cancer	51	26	20	89	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	26	46	8	+ 17
Skin Cancers	53	26	37	28	- 3
Schistosomiasis	54	20	77	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	55	20	58	1	+ 19
Skin Disease	56	19	53	4	+ 16
Lung Cancers	57	17	12	161	- 144
Alcohol	58	14	44	12	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	12	52	4	+ 8
Appendicitis	60	10	55	1	+ 9
Ascariasis	61	9	73	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	62	9	35	31	- 22
Bladder Cancer	63	9	27	52	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	64	7	32	35	- 28
Hepatitis C	65	4	59	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	4	51	4	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	3	62	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	50	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	2	56	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	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
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

Nigeria

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.