KUWAIT VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,352	1	2,325	+ 1,028
Stroke	2	1,442	3	599	+ 843
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,058	2	649	+ 408
Kidney Disease	4	777	8	204	+ 573
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	527	4	340	+ 187
Falls	6	459	19	102	+ 356
Liver Disease	7	423	11	192	+ 232
Other Injuries	8	344	22	83	+ 261
Diabetes Mellitus	9	334	6	242	+ 92
Lung Disease	10	244	21	84	+ 160
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	210	14	139	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	12	198	9	202	- 4
Suicide	13	176	18	122	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	140	10	198	- 58
Endocrine Disorders	15	124	28	44	+ 81
Inflammatory/Heart	16	115	31	36	+ 79
Asthma	17	100	40	21	+ 79
Low Birth Weight	18	85	13	158	- 73
Leukemia	19	79	17	123	- 43
Breast Cancer	20	78	7	230	- 152
Liver Cancer	21	73	16	129	- 57
Hypertension	22	72	5	256	- 185
Fires	23	71	38	28	+ 43
Drownings	24	71	41	19	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	25	67	36	29	+ 38
Lung Cancers	26	67	12	161	- 95
Tuberculosis	27	65	34	31	+ 34
Lymphomas	28	61	15	132	- 70
Epilepsy	29	60	39	22	+ 38
Violence	30	55	23	75	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	31	45	20	89	- 43
Skin Disease	32	44	53	4	+ 41
Drug Use	33	42	30	38	+ 4
Oral Cancer	34	40	24	74	- 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	39	49	6	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	36	33	25	72	- 38
Birth Trauma	37	29	47	7	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	38	28	35	31	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	24	46	8	+ 16
Poisonings	40	24	42	16	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	24	43	14	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	42	21	29	41	- 20
Encephalitis	43	20	52	4	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	44	20	32	35	- 16
Meningitis	45	19	45	9	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	46	18	27	52	- 34
HIV/AIDS	47	16	48	7	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	48	15	54	4	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	49	13	33	32	- 18
Prostate Cancer	50	13	26	58	- 46
Alcohol	51	11	44	12	- 1
Malnutrition	52	7	60	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	53	5	58	1	+ 4
Pertussis	54	5	63	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	55	5	37	28	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	50	5	- 0
Other Neoplasms	57	3	51	4	- 1
Appendicitis	58	3	55	1	+ 1
Syphilis	59	3	64	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	60	2	77	0	+ 2
Tetanus	61	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	56	1	- 0
Dengue	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	59	0	+ 0
War	65	0	57	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	61	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.