KUWAIT VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,709	1	2,325	+ 1,384
Stroke	2	1,064	3	599	+ 464
War	3	1,021	57	1	+ 1,020
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	389	4	340	+ 49
Road Traffic Accidents	5	335	2	649	- 314
Kidney Disease	6	306	8	204	+ 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	284	49	6	+ 277
Congenital Anomalies	8	273	9	202	+ 71
Lung Cancers	9	269	12	161	+ 108
Breast Cancer	10	257	7	230	+ 27
Liver Disease	11	226	11	192	+ 34
Low Birth Weight	12	217	13	158	+ 60
Lung Disease	13	211	21	84	+ 126
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	204	14	139	+ 64
Diabetes Mellitus	15	202	6	242	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	161	10	198	- 37
Asthma	17	138	40	21	+ 117
Lymphomas	18	109	15	132	- 23
Leukemia	19	105	17	123	- 18
Bladder Cancer	20	100	27	52	+ 48
Birth Trauma	21	98	47	7	+ 91
Stomach Cancer	22	95	25	72	+ 24
Hypertension	23	93	5	256	- 163
Other Injuries	24	69	22	83	- 14
Violence	25	58	23	75	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	26	55	28	44	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	27	54	20	89	- 34
Prostate Cancer	28	53	26	58	- 5
Falls	29	50	19	102	- 52
Parkinson's Disease	30	48	36	29	+ 20
Liver Cancer	31	48	16	129	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	32	44	31	36	+ 8
Suicide	33	44	18	122	- 79
Ovary Cancer	34	43	29	41	+ 2
Meningitis	35	39	45	9	+ 30
Oral Cancer	36	38	24	74	- 36
Pertussis	37	38	63	0	+ 38
Skin Cancers	38	36	37	28	+ 8
Drug Use	39	33	30	38	- 5
Drownings	40	28	41	19	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	26	46	8	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	42	25	33	32	- 7
Fires	43	24	38	28	- 4
Uterin Cancer	44	19	35	31	- 12
Maternal Conditions	45	14	54	4	+ 10
Poisonings	46	13	42	16	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	13	32	35	- 22
Epilepsy	48	12	39	22	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	10	43	14	- 3
Encephalitis	50	10	52	4	+ 6
Malnutrition	51	10	60	0	+ 9
Tetanus	52	8	66	0	+ 8
Alcohol	53	7	44	12	- 5
Appendicitis	54	5	55	1	+ 3
Syphilis	55	4	64	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	3	34	31	- 28
Other Neoplasms	57	3	51	4	- 1
HIV/AIDS	58	2	48	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	50	5	- 3
Schistosomiasis	60	1	77	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	1	53	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	56	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	58	1	- 0
Diphtheria	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	59	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	61	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Syria

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.