KUWAIT VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,216	4	340	+ 876
Stroke	2	1,166	3	599	+ 566
Road Traffic Accidents	3	857	2	649	+ 207
Coronary Heart Disease	4	831	1	2,325	- 1,494
Malaria	5	760	78	0	+ 760
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	719	49	6	+ 713
HIV/AIDS	7	651	48	7	+ 644
Liver Disease	8	587	11	192	+ 395
Low Birth Weight	9	505	13	158	+ 348
Birth Trauma	10	435	47	7	+ 428
Diabetes Mellitus	11	428	6	242	+ 186
Congenital Anomalies	12	409	9	202	+ 208
Lung Disease	13	358	21	84	+ 274
Hypertension	14	313	5	256	+ 57
Kidney Disease	15	278	8	204	+ 74
Malnutrition	16	269	60	0	+ 269
Other Injuries	17	217	22	83	+ 135
Cervical Cancer	18	217	33	32	+ 185
Meningitis	19	195	45	9	+ 186
Stomach Cancer	20	180	25	72	+ 108
Maternal Conditions	21	166	54	4	+ 163
Asthma	22	165	40	21	+ 144
Liver Cancer	23	163	16	129	+ 34
Suicide	24	162	18	122	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	151	14	139	+ 12
Tuberculosis	26	144	34	31	+ 113
Breast Cancer	27	138	7	230	- 92
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	136	10	198	- 62
Violence	29	126	23	75	+ 52
Lymphomas	30	104	15	132	- 28
Falls	31	95	19	102	- 7
Prostate Cancer	32	91	26	58	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	83	43	14	+ 70
Inflammatory/Heart	34	80	31	36	+ 44
Leukemia	35	73	17	123	- 50
Drownings	36	66	41	19	+ 46
Oral Cancer	37	63	24	74	- 11
Fires	38	62	38	28	+ 34
Lung Cancers	39	54	12	161	- 107
Poisonings	40	51	42	16	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	41	51	28	44	+ 7
Pertussis	42	50	63	0	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	43	49	20	89	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	44	49	32	35	+ 14
Epilepsy	45	44	39	22	+ 22
Syphilis	46	40	64	0	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	47	34	36	29	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	31	46	8	+ 23
Alcohol	49	29	44	12	+ 17
Skin Cancers	50	26	37	28	- 2
Schistosomiasis	51	26	77	0	+ 26
Skin Disease	52	24	53	4	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	53	21	29	41	- 20
Appendicitis	54	16	55	1	+ 15
Hepatitis B	55	16	58	1	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	56	13	35	31	- 17
Upper Respiratory	57	13	62	0	+ 13
Tetanus	58	12	66	0	+ 12
Measles	59	12	61	0	+ 12
Drug Use	60	10	30	38	- 28
Encephalitis	61	9	52	4	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	62	8	27	52	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	56	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	64	4	51	4	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	3	59	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	50	5	- 3
Ascariasis	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
War	69	1	57	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	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.