KUWAIT VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,205	1	2,325	+ 880
Stroke	2	1,642	3	599	+ 1,042
Lung Cancers	3	1,308	12	161	+ 1,147
Lung Disease	4	936	21	84	+ 852
Diabetes Mellitus	5	668	6	242	+ 426
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	646	14	139	+ 506
Kidney Disease	7	635	8	204	+ 431
Hypertension	8	551	5	256	+ 295
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	479	4	340	+ 139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	396	10	198	+ 197
Stomach Cancer	11	385	25	72	+ 314
Pancreas Cancer	12	257	20	89	+ 168
Liver Disease	13	237	11	192	+ 45
Breast Cancer	14	211	7	230	- 19
Prostate Cancer	15	209	26	58	+ 151
Road Traffic Accidents	16	208	2	649	- 441
Congenital Anomalies	17	185	9	202	- 17
Leukemia	18	182	17	123	+ 59
Lymphomas	19	181	15	132	+ 49
Liver Cancer	20	169	16	129	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	21	167	27	52	+ 115
Falls	22	163	19	102	+ 61
Violence	23	150	23	75	+ 75
Low Birth Weight	24	130	13	158	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	25	128	36	29	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	26	97	28	44	+ 54
Asthma	27	91	40	21	+ 69
Ovary Cancer	28	85	29	41	+ 44
Suicide	29	75	18	122	- 48
Other Injuries	30	63	22	83	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	31	61	31	36	+ 25
Skin Cancers	32	58	37	28	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	33	49	32	35	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	34	49	33	32	+ 17
Oral Cancer	35	49	24	74	- 25
Epilepsy	36	43	39	22	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	37	41	35	31	+ 10
Drug Use	38	36	30	38	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	29	43	14	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	28	49	6	+ 21
Birth Trauma	41	27	47	7	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	42	24	51	4	+ 20
Malnutrition	43	22	60	0	+ 22
Drownings	44	20	41	19	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	17	46	8	+ 8
Poisonings	46	14	42	16	- 2
Fires	47	13	38	28	- 15
Skin Disease	48	12	53	4	+ 8
War	49	12	57	1	+ 11
Tuberculosis	50	11	34	31	- 20
Meningitis	51	10	45	9	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	9	56	1	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	53	8	48	7	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	7	52	4	+ 3
Alcohol	55	7	44	12	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	50	5	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	57	4	54	4	+ 1
Pertussis	58	4	63	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	3	55	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	3	58	1	+ 2
Syphilis	61	2	64	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	59	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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

Turkey

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.