KUWAIT VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,615	1	2,325	+ 1,291
Stroke	2	2,225	3	599	+ 1,625
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,619	6	242	+ 1,377
Lung Disease	4	856	21	84	+ 772
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	797	4	340	+ 457
Kidney Disease	6	789	8	204	+ 585
Hypertension	7	448	5	256	+ 192
Liver Disease	8	411	11	192	+ 219
Lung Cancers	9	398	12	161	+ 236
Road Traffic Accidents	10	386	2	649	- 263
Suicide	11	372	18	122	+ 249
Asthma	12	312	40	21	+ 291
Breast Cancer	13	288	7	230	+ 58
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	285	14	139	+ 145
Congenital Anomalies	15	264	9	202	+ 62
Low Birth Weight	16	246	13	158	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	17	240	25	72	+ 169
Measles	18	233	61	0	+ 233
Drownings	19	198	41	19	+ 179
Other Injuries	20	193	22	83	+ 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	179	49	6	+ 173
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	178	10	198	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	170	46	8	+ 162
Prostate Cancer	24	160	26	58	+ 102
Ovary Cancer	25	150	29	41	+ 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	131	43	14	+ 117
Falls	27	118	19	102	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	28	110	36	29	+ 81
Inflammatory/Heart	29	108	31	36	+ 72
Liver Cancer	30	101	16	129	- 28
Endocrine Disorders	31	91	28	44	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	32	88	33	32	+ 56
Lymphomas	33	84	15	132	- 48
Violence	34	83	23	75	+ 9
Birth Trauma	35	81	47	7	+ 74
Uterin Cancer	36	79	35	31	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	37	79	54	4	+ 75
Bladder Cancer	38	72	27	52	+ 20
Oral Cancer	39	66	24	74	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	40	56	20	89	- 33
Skin Disease	41	52	53	4	+ 48
Leukemia	42	47	17	123	- 75
Malnutrition	43	42	60	0	+ 42
Meningitis	44	36	45	9	+ 27
Epilepsy	45	35	39	22	+ 13
Alcohol	46	32	44	12	+ 20
Skin Cancers	47	29	37	28	+ 1
Fires	48	27	38	28	- 1
Syphilis	49	26	64	0	+ 26
Tuberculosis	50	26	34	31	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	51	14	32	35	- 21
Poisonings	52	13	42	16	- 4
Other Neoplasms	53	10	51	4	+ 6
Encephalitis	54	9	52	4	+ 5
Drug Use	55	8	30	38	- 30
Appendicitis	56	6	55	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	57	5	58	1	+ 4
Pertussis	58	3	63	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	56	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	50	5	- 2
Dengue	61	2	67	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	59	0	- 0
War	65	0	57	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	48	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Samoa

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.