KUWAIT VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,960	1	2,325	+ 1,635
Stroke	2	3,794	3	599	+ 3,195
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,211	14	139	+ 2,072
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,107	4	340	+ 1,767
Lung Cancers	5	1,355	12	161	+ 1,193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,350	10	198	+ 1,151
Lung Disease	7	1,318	21	84	+ 1,234
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,107	6	242	+ 865
Kidney Disease	9	862	8	204	+ 658
Stomach Cancer	10	779	25	72	+ 707
Prostate Cancer	11	653	26	58	+ 595
Breast Cancer	12	614	7	230	+ 384
Other Injuries	13	596	22	83	+ 513
Hypertension	14	578	5	256	+ 322
Pancreas Cancer	15	513	20	89	+ 425
Lymphomas	16	494	15	132	+ 363
Endocrine Disorders	17	476	28	44	+ 432
Liver Cancer	18	391	16	129	+ 261
Suicide	19	360	18	122	+ 238
Bladder Cancer	20	360	27	52	+ 308
Parkinson's Disease	21	350	36	29	+ 322
Liver Disease	22	346	11	192	+ 154
Falls	23	318	19	102	+ 215
Leukemia	24	312	17	123	+ 189
Oral Cancer	25	280	24	74	+ 207
Inflammatory/Heart	26	279	31	36	+ 243
Road Traffic Accidents	27	258	2	649	- 392
Other Neoplasms	28	200	51	4	+ 196
Oesophagus Cancer	29	191	32	35	+ 156
Skin Cancers	30	161	37	28	+ 132
Epilepsy	31	128	39	22	+ 106
Uterin Cancer	32	125	35	31	+ 94
Ovary Cancer	33	122	29	41	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	34	101	33	32	+ 69
HIV/AIDS	35	98	48	7	+ 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	71	49	6	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	70	43	14	+ 56
Tuberculosis	38	65	34	31	+ 35
Skin Disease	39	62	53	4	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	40	60	9	202	- 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	52	46	8	+ 43
Anemia	42	46	86	0	+ 46
Asthma	43	45	40	21	+ 24
Drug Use	44	39	30	38	+ 1
Alcohol	45	34	44	12	+ 23
Fires	46	33	38	28	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	30	56	1	+ 29
Violence	48	30	23	75	- 45
Hepatitis C	49	27	59	0	+ 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	25	80	0	+ 25
Drownings	51	24	41	19	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	52	24	13	158	- 133
Malnutrition	53	24	60	0	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	54	17	50	5	+ 13
Schizophrenia	55	15	84	0	+ 15
Meningitis	56	13	45	9	+ 4
Poisonings	57	9	42	16	- 7
Osteoarthritis	58	9	81	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	59	8	58	1	+ 7
Birth Trauma	60	7	47	7	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	6	55	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	5	62	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	63	2	54	4	- 1
Syphilis	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	0	52	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
War	69	0	57	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	61	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	63	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	65	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Portugal

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.