KUWAIT VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,558	4	340	+ 1,218
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,512	1	2,325	- 813
Stroke	3	1,290	3	599	+ 691
Road Traffic Accidents	4	842	2	649	+ 193
Kidney Disease	5	615	8	204	+ 411
Tuberculosis	6	579	34	31	+ 548
Lung Disease	7	576	21	84	+ 492
Liver Disease	8	568	11	192	+ 376
Low Birth Weight	9	428	13	158	+ 271
Birth Trauma	10	392	47	7	+ 385
Congenital Anomalies	11	379	9	202	+ 177
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	336	49	6	+ 329
Asthma	13	312	40	21	+ 290
Falls	14	215	19	102	+ 113
Lung Cancers	15	205	12	161	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	16	191	25	72	+ 119
Diabetes Mellitus	17	184	6	242	- 58
Other Injuries	18	182	22	83	+ 99
Violence	19	170	23	75	+ 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	169	14	139	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	21	134	28	44	+ 90
Liver Cancer	22	133	16	129	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	23	125	33	32	+ 93
Malnutrition	24	125	60	0	+ 125
Hypertension	25	97	5	256	- 159
Breast Cancer	26	84	7	230	- 146
Pertussis	27	82	63	0	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	28	82	26	58	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	29	79	31	36	+ 42
Maternal Conditions	30	74	54	4	+ 71
Meningitis	31	71	45	9	+ 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	60	10	198	- 139
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	59	46	8	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	34	56	36	29	+ 27
Drownings	35	56	41	19	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	36	54	27	52	+ 2
Syphilis	37	48	64	0	+ 48
Epilepsy	38	47	39	22	+ 25
Suicide	39	45	18	122	- 78
Encephalitis	40	44	52	4	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	41	41	29	41	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	36	43	14	+ 23
Drug Use	43	25	30	38	- 14
Skin Disease	44	23	53	4	+ 19
Tetanus	45	22	66	0	+ 22
Alcohol	46	20	44	12	+ 9
Poisonings	47	20	42	16	+ 4
Hepatitis B	48	20	58	1	+ 19
Leukemia	49	19	17	123	- 104
Measles	50	19	61	0	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	51	16	32	35	- 20
Fires	52	10	38	28	- 18
Malaria	53	6	78	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	54	5	51	4	+ 1
Appendicitis	55	3	55	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	50	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	3	56	1	+ 2
Lymphomas	58	2	15	132	- 130
Schistosomiasis	59	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	60	1	59	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	62	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	1	73	0	+ 1
War	63	0	57	1	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	20	89	- 88
Oral Cancer	65	0	24	74	- 74
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	37	28	- 28
Uterin Cancer	70	0	35	31	- 31
Anemia	71	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	48	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

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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.