KUWAIT VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,031	1	2,325	+ 706
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,543	14	139	+ 2,403
Lung Disease	3	1,551	21	84	+ 1,467
Stroke	4	1,410	3	599	+ 811
Lung Cancers	5	1,321	12	161	+ 1,160
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,023	4	340	+ 683
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,018	10	198	+ 819
Prostate Cancer	8	668	26	58	+ 609
Falls	9	443	19	102	+ 340
Pancreas Cancer	10	439	20	89	+ 350
Breast Cancer	11	398	7	230	+ 168
Lymphomas	12	368	15	132	+ 236
Suicide	13	361	18	122	+ 238
Kidney Disease	14	348	8	204	+ 144
Other Injuries	15	332	22	83	+ 249
Diabetes Mellitus	16	319	6	242	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	17	316	36	29	+ 287
Skin Cancers	18	232	37	28	+ 204
Endocrine Disorders	19	204	28	44	+ 161
Bladder Cancer	20	203	27	52	+ 151
Leukemia	21	201	17	123	+ 79
Stomach Cancer	22	196	25	72	+ 124
Other Neoplasms	23	185	51	4	+ 181
Ovary Cancer	24	176	29	41	+ 134
Drug Use	25	150	30	38	+ 112
Liver Cancer	26	148	16	129	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	27	141	32	35	+ 106
Hypertension	28	131	5	256	- 125
Inflammatory/Heart	29	126	31	36	+ 90
Liver Disease	30	122	11	192	- 70
Alcohol	31	117	44	12	+ 105
Oral Cancer	32	96	24	74	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	91	43	14	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	34	78	9	202	- 124
Malnutrition	35	77	60	0	+ 77
Uterin Cancer	36	76	35	31	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	73	49	6	+ 67
Skin Disease	38	73	53	4	+ 69
Cervical Cancer	39	71	33	32	+ 39
Epilepsy	40	68	39	22	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	41	68	50	5	+ 63
Road Traffic Accidents	42	65	2	649	- 584
Asthma	43	48	40	21	+ 27
Anemia	44	42	86	0	+ 42
Drownings	45	37	41	19	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	35	46	8	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	34	56	1	+ 33
Fires	48	25	38	28	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	18	80	0	+ 18
Violence	50	18	23	75	- 56
Osteoarthritis	51	16	81	0	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	52	13	13	158	- 144
Schizophrenia	53	13	84	0	+ 13
Birth Trauma	54	10	47	7	+ 3
Hepatitis C	55	10	59	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	56	9	34	31	- 22
Poisonings	57	8	42	16	- 8
Meningitis	58	8	45	9	- 1
Appendicitis	59	7	55	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	7	62	0	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	61	6	48	7	- 1
Oral conditions	62	5	82	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	2	58	1	+ 1
Pertussis	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	66	1	54	4	- 3
Syphilis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
War	68	0	57	1	- 1
Tetanus	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	52	4	- 4
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	61	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

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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.