KUWAIT VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,690	1	2,325	- 635
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,606	4	340	+ 1,266
Stroke	3	1,542	3	599	+ 943
Lung Cancers	4	1,223	12	161	+ 1,062
Suicide	5	882	18	122	+ 760
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	732	14	139	+ 592
Liver Cancer	7	698	16	129	+ 569
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	613	10	198	+ 415
Kidney Disease	9	609	8	204	+ 405
Stomach Cancer	10	520	25	72	+ 448
Lung Disease	11	514	21	84	+ 430
Pancreas Cancer	12	421	20	89	+ 333
Diabetes Mellitus	13	410	6	242	+ 168
Liver Disease	14	383	11	192	+ 191
Road Traffic Accidents	15	265	2	649	- 384
Parkinson's Disease	16	238	36	29	+ 209
Hypertension	17	224	5	256	- 33
Other Injuries	18	219	22	83	+ 136
Lymphomas	19	210	15	132	+ 78
Falls	20	177	19	102	+ 74
Breast Cancer	21	174	7	230	- 56
Prostate Cancer	22	140	26	58	+ 81
Leukemia	23	129	17	123	+ 6
Tuberculosis	24	118	34	31	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	25	114	28	44	+ 70
Other Neoplasms	26	109	51	4	+ 105
Bladder Cancer	27	107	27	52	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	28	104	32	35	+ 69
Oral Cancer	29	88	24	74	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	30	80	29	41	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	31	80	31	36	+ 44
Asthma	32	69	40	21	+ 48
Alcohol	33	65	44	12	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	34	64	33	32	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	56	49	6	+ 50
Skin Disease	36	42	53	4	+ 39
Skin Cancers	37	35	37	28	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	33	43	14	+ 19
Hepatitis B	39	32	58	1	+ 31
Epilepsy	40	32	39	22	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	41	31	9	202	- 171
Drownings	42	30	41	19	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	43	25	35	31	- 5
Violence	44	23	23	75	- 51
Low Birth Weight	45	22	13	158	- 135
Anemia	46	20	86	0	+ 20
Fires	47	16	38	28	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	14	46	8	+ 5
Hepatitis C	49	10	59	0	+ 10
Drug Use	50	9	30	38	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	56	1	+ 8
Poisonings	52	7	42	16	- 9
Malnutrition	53	5	60	0	+ 5
Birth Trauma	54	5	47	7	- 2
HIV/AIDS	55	5	48	7	- 2
Schizophrenia	56	5	84	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	3	55	1	+ 2
Meningitis	58	3	45	9	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	3	80	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	2	54	4	- 2
Syphilis	62	2	64	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	52	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	50	5	- 4
Pertussis	67	0	63	0	+ 0
War	68	0	57	1	- 1
Tetanus	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	61	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	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.