KUWAIT VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,755	1	2,325	+ 1,431
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,779	6	242	+ 1,537
Lung Disease	3	1,350	21	84	+ 1,266
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	991	14	139	+ 851
Kidney Disease	5	979	8	204	+ 775
Stroke	6	972	3	599	+ 372
Asthma	7	924	40	21	+ 902
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	730	4	340	+ 391
Road Traffic Accidents	9	600	2	649	- 50
Suicide	10	425	18	122	+ 303
Oral Cancer	11	413	24	74	+ 339
Lung Cancers	12	253	12	161	+ 92
Oesophagus Cancer	13	220	32	35	+ 185
Other Injuries	14	218	22	83	+ 136
Breast Cancer	15	197	7	230	- 32
Stomach Cancer	16	189	25	72	+ 117
Liver Disease	17	186	11	192	- 6
Leukemia	18	165	17	123	+ 42
Liver Cancer	19	156	16	129	+ 26
Hypertension	20	151	5	256	- 105
Lymphomas	21	147	15	132	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	22	141	9	202	- 61
Falls	23	138	19	102	+ 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	130	10	198	- 68
Tuberculosis	25	110	34	31	+ 79
Cervical Cancer	26	109	33	32	+ 77
Drownings	27	104	41	19	+ 85
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	86	49	6	+ 80
Low Birth Weight	29	77	13	158	- 81
Prostate Cancer	30	72	26	58	+ 14
Violence	31	71	23	75	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	32	66	28	44	+ 22
Anemia	33	64	86	0	+ 64
Bladder Cancer	34	62	27	52	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	35	61	31	36	+ 24
Skin Disease	36	42	53	4	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	37	40	29	41	- 1
War	38	40	57	1	+ 39
Epilepsy	39	38	39	22	+ 17
Drug Use	40	37	30	38	- 2
Fires	41	34	38	28	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	42	31	35	31	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	43	30	20	89	- 58
Birth Trauma	44	28	47	7	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	45	24	36	29	- 5
Meningitis	46	21	45	9	+ 12
Dengue	47	19	67	0	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	48	14	54	4	+ 10
Poisonings	49	13	42	16	- 3
Other Neoplasms	50	12	51	4	+ 8
Alcohol	51	12	44	12	+ 0
Skin Cancers	52	8	37	28	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	7	46	8	- 1
Malnutrition	54	6	60	0	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	55	6	48	7	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	5	43	14	- 8
Tetanus	57	4	66	0	+ 4
Syphilis	58	2	64	0	+ 2
Pertussis	59	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	56	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	61	1	52	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	62	1	58	1	+ 0
Leprosy	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	55	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	50	5	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	59	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	61	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	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

Sri Lanka

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.