KUWAIT VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,622	1	2,325	+ 297
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,235	6	242	+ 1,993
Stroke	3	1,493	3	599	+ 893
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,030	2	649	+ 381
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	923	4	340	+ 583
Kidney Disease	6	868	8	204	+ 664
Lung Disease	7	793	21	84	+ 709
Lung Cancers	8	660	12	161	+ 499
Liver Cancer	9	584	16	129	+ 455
Liver Disease	10	508	11	192	+ 316
Breast Cancer	11	400	7	230	+ 171
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	398	14	139	+ 258
Congenital Anomalies	13	334	9	202	+ 132
Stomach Cancer	14	303	25	72	+ 231
Prostate Cancer	15	302	26	58	+ 243
Low Birth Weight	16	268	13	158	+ 111
Asthma	17	230	40	21	+ 209
Cervical Cancer	18	214	33	32	+ 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	179	43	14	+ 165
Other Injuries	20	171	22	83	+ 88
Hypertension	21	155	5	256	- 101
Lymphomas	22	151	15	132	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	147	10	198	- 52
Parkinson's Disease	24	138	36	29	+ 109
Drownings	25	128	41	19	+ 108
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	120	49	6	+ 114
Suicide	27	119	18	122	- 3
Violence	28	107	23	75	+ 33
Meningitis	29	105	45	9	+ 96
Pancreas Cancer	30	100	20	89	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	31	87	28	44	+ 44
Falls	32	83	19	102	- 19
Birth Trauma	33	81	47	7	+ 74
Leukemia	34	75	17	123	- 47
Dengue	35	74	67	0	+ 74
Fires	36	73	38	28	+ 45
Malnutrition	37	68	60	0	+ 68
Inflammatory/Heart	38	68	31	36	+ 32
Oral Cancer	39	65	24	74	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	64	46	8	+ 56
Hepatitis B	41	62	58	1	+ 61
Skin Cancers	42	60	37	28	+ 31
Skin Disease	43	58	53	4	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	44	51	29	41	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	45	51	54	4	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	46	49	32	35	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	47	44	35	31	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	48	37	27	52	- 15
Poisonings	49	34	42	16	+ 18
Pertussis	50	31	63	0	+ 31
Tuberculosis	51	28	34	31	- 3
Alcohol	52	23	44	12	+ 12
Epilepsy	53	22	39	22	+ 1
Syphilis	54	22	64	0	+ 22
Drug Use	55	13	30	38	- 26
Encephalitis	56	10	52	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	57	10	51	4	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	8	55	1	+ 6
Hepatitis C	59	6	59	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	56	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	50	5	- 2
War	62	0	57	1	- 1
Tetanus	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	48	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

Tonga

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.