KUWAIT VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,738	48	7	+ 3,731
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,043	4	340	+ 1,703
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,700	1	2,325	- 625
Stroke	4	1,594	3	599	+ 994
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,567	6	242	+ 1,325
Tuberculosis	6	1,141	34	31	+ 1,110
Violence	7	1,090	23	75	+ 1,016
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	823	49	6	+ 816
Kidney Disease	9	795	8	204	+ 591
Suicide	10	715	18	122	+ 593
Road Traffic Accidents	11	676	2	649	+ 26
Hypertension	12	664	5	256	+ 408
Lung Disease	13	618	21	84	+ 534
Liver Disease	14	468	11	192	+ 276
Lung Cancers	15	400	12	161	+ 239
Low Birth Weight	16	325	13	158	+ 167
Other Injuries	17	312	22	83	+ 230
Asthma	18	310	40	21	+ 288
Endocrine Disorders	19	306	28	44	+ 262
Cervical Cancer	20	288	33	32	+ 257
Inflammatory/Heart	21	281	31	36	+ 244
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	243	14	139	+ 103
Breast Cancer	23	235	7	230	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	24	227	26	58	+ 169
Congenital Anomalies	25	226	9	202	+ 24
Meningitis	26	190	45	9	+ 181
Fires	27	188	38	28	+ 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	186	10	198	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	29	181	32	35	+ 146
Birth Trauma	30	156	47	7	+ 149
Lymphomas	31	146	15	132	+ 15
Drownings	32	125	41	19	+ 105
Liver Cancer	33	124	16	129	- 5
Malnutrition	34	124	60	0	+ 123
Pancreas Cancer	35	104	20	89	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	98	43	14	+ 85
Epilepsy	37	97	39	22	+ 75
Maternal Conditions	38	88	54	4	+ 85
Stomach Cancer	39	80	25	72	+ 8
Leukemia	40	76	17	123	- 47
Oral Cancer	41	73	24	74	- 1
Falls	42	73	19	102	- 30
Pertussis	43	59	63	0	+ 59
Syphilis	44	59	64	0	+ 59
Skin Disease	45	57	53	4	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	46	56	36	29	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	53	46	8	+ 44
Skin Cancers	48	52	37	28	+ 23
Alcohol	49	51	44	12	+ 40
Poisonings	50	51	42	16	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	51	49	29	41	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	52	43	27	52	- 9
Drug Use	53	40	30	38	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	54	27	35	31	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	20	56	1	+ 19
Appendicitis	56	14	55	1	+ 13
Measles	57	14	61	0	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	58	14	51	4	+ 10
Encephalitis	59	12	52	4	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	12	62	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	61	7	58	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	50	5	+ 1
Malaria	63	4	78	0	+ 4
War	64	3	57	1	+ 3
Tetanus	65	2	66	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	66	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	59	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

South Africa

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.