KUWAIT VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,235	4	340	+ 4,895
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,704	49	6	+ 3,698
Measles	3	2,791	61	0	+ 2,791
Tuberculosis	4	2,474	34	31	+ 2,443
Birth Trauma	5	2,308	47	7	+ 2,301
Stroke	6	2,072	3	599	+ 1,473
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,744	1	2,325	- 581
Low Birth Weight	8	1,507	13	158	+ 1,349
Meningitis	9	1,297	45	9	+ 1,288
Malnutrition	10	1,163	60	0	+ 1,163
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,020	2	649	+ 371
Maternal Conditions	12	995	54	4	+ 991
Liver Disease	13	944	11	192	+ 753
Other Injuries	14	868	22	83	+ 786
Congenital Anomalies	15	822	9	202	+ 620
Diabetes Mellitus	16	696	6	242	+ 454
Tetanus	17	638	66	0	+ 638
Hypertension	18	637	5	256	+ 381
Lung Disease	19	589	21	84	+ 505
Pertussis	20	495	63	0	+ 495
Kidney Disease	21	494	8	204	+ 291
Malaria	22	468	78	0	+ 468
Asthma	23	453	40	21	+ 431
War	24	318	57	1	+ 317
Drownings	25	307	41	19	+ 287
Breast Cancer	26	297	7	230	+ 67
Suicide	27	294	18	122	+ 172
Cervical Cancer	28	213	33	32	+ 181
Violence	29	200	23	75	+ 125
Fires	30	195	38	28	+ 168
Poisonings	31	183	42	16	+ 167
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	156	14	139	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	33	147	48	7	+ 140
Lymphomas	34	146	15	132	+ 14
Leukemia	35	135	17	123	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	135	43	14	+ 121
Falls	37	132	19	102	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	132	10	198	- 67
Inflammatory/Heart	39	126	31	36	+ 89
Oesophagus Cancer	40	124	32	35	+ 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	108	46	8	+ 99
Schistosomiasis	42	105	77	0	+ 105
Epilepsy	43	101	39	22	+ 79
Endocrine Disorders	44	98	28	44	+ 54
Syphilis	45	91	64	0	+ 91
Oral Cancer	46	79	24	74	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	47	79	62	0	+ 78
Hepatitis B	48	76	58	1	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	49	75	25	72	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	50	71	29	41	+ 30
Leishmaniasis	51	70	76	0	+ 70
Prostate Cancer	52	69	26	58	+ 10
Liver Cancer	53	62	16	129	- 68
Lung Cancers	54	56	12	161	- 105
Appendicitis	55	45	55	1	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	56	44	36	29	+ 16
Skin Cancers	57	39	37	28	+ 11
Skin Disease	58	36	53	4	+ 33
Alcohol	59	36	44	12	+ 25
Diphtheria	60	36	68	0	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	61	36	27	52	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	62	26	20	89	- 63
Encephalitis	63	22	52	4	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	64	19	35	31	- 12
Drug Use	65	13	30	38	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	56	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	67	8	59	0	+ 8
Otitis Media	68	8	69	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	69	7	73	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	70	3	51	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	71	2	50	5	- 3
Chlamydia	72	1	65	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Somalia

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.