KUWAIT VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,634	1	2,325	+ 2,309
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,636	14	139	+ 2,496
Lung Disease	3	1,793	21	84	+ 1,709
Stroke	4	1,455	3	599	+ 856
Lung Cancers	5	1,427	12	161	+ 1,266
Kidney Disease	6	788	8	204	+ 584
Drug Use	7	683	30	38	+ 645
Hypertension	8	605	5	256	+ 349
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	567	10	198	+ 369
Diabetes Mellitus	10	564	6	242	+ 322
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	554	4	340	+ 214
Suicide	12	487	18	122	+ 365
Breast Cancer	13	447	7	230	+ 217
Endocrine Disorders	14	431	28	44	+ 388
Pancreas Cancer	15	406	20	89	+ 318
Liver Disease	16	398	11	192	+ 207
Road Traffic Accidents	17	383	2	649	- 267
Falls	18	371	19	102	+ 269
Lymphomas	19	370	15	132	+ 238
Prostate Cancer	20	327	26	58	+ 269
Parkinson's Disease	21	317	36	29	+ 288
Inflammatory/Heart	22	299	31	36	+ 262
Liver Cancer	23	248	16	129	+ 119
Leukemia	24	247	17	123	+ 125
Other Injuries	25	239	22	83	+ 156
Bladder Cancer	26	180	27	52	+ 128
Violence	27	174	23	75	+ 100
Oesophagus Cancer	28	164	32	35	+ 128
Other Neoplasms	29	163	51	4	+ 159
Alcohol	30	135	44	12	+ 123
Ovary Cancer	31	134	29	41	+ 92
Skin Cancers	32	131	37	28	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	33	120	25	72	+ 48
Congenital Anomalies	34	108	9	202	- 94
Oral Cancer	35	106	24	74	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	36	92	35	31	+ 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	91	49	6	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	38	64	33	32	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	39	64	13	158	- 94
Malnutrition	40	62	60	0	+ 62
Hepatitis C	41	52	59	0	+ 52
HIV/AIDS	42	52	48	7	+ 45
Skin Disease	43	50	53	4	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	44	46	50	5	+ 42
Drownings	45	37	41	19	+ 18
Asthma	46	35	40	21	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	33	46	8	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	32	43	14	+ 18
Fires	49	29	38	28	+ 2
Epilepsy	50	29	39	22	+ 7
Anemia	51	29	86	0	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	23	56	1	+ 22
Poisonings	53	15	42	16	- 1
Birth Trauma	54	11	47	7	+ 4
War	55	11	57	1	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	56	7	54	4	+ 4
Schizophrenia	57	7	84	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	6	80	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	6	58	1	+ 5
Meningitis	60	6	45	9	- 4
Osteoarthritis	61	5	81	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	62	5	34	31	- 26
Appendicitis	63	4	55	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	3	82	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	2	62	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	52	4	- 4
Pertussis	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	61	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	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

United States

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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.