KUWAIT VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,719	3	599	+ 4,120
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,728	1	2,325	+ 404
Lung Disease	3	1,065	21	84	+ 980
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,005	6	242	+ 763
Road Traffic Accidents	5	875	2	649	+ 225
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	870	14	139	+ 730
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	826	4	340	+ 486
Kidney Disease	8	749	8	204	+ 545
Liver Cancer	9	742	16	129	+ 612
Liver Disease	10	709	11	192	+ 518
Lung Cancers	11	632	12	161	+ 471
Hypertension	12	590	5	256	+ 334
Falls	13	458	19	102	+ 355
Stomach Cancer	14	449	25	72	+ 377
Tuberculosis	15	280	34	31	+ 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	245	10	198	+ 47
Asthma	17	242	40	21	+ 220
Suicide	18	215	18	122	+ 93
Low Birth Weight	19	212	13	158	+ 54
Oral Cancer	20	210	24	74	+ 136
Congenital Anomalies	21	210	9	202	+ 8
Breast Cancer	22	184	7	230	- 46
Other Injuries	23	164	22	83	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	24	159	31	36	+ 123
Parkinson's Disease	25	158	36	29	+ 130
Drownings	26	151	41	19	+ 132
HIV/AIDS	27	148	48	7	+ 141
Leukemia	28	145	17	123	+ 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	130	49	6	+ 124
Lymphomas	30	88	15	132	- 44
Cervical Cancer	31	71	33	32	+ 39
Birth Trauma	32	69	47	7	+ 62
Oesophagus Cancer	33	67	32	35	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	34	62	28	44	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	35	57	26	58	- 2
Violence	36	53	23	75	- 22
Measles	37	53	61	0	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	51	46	8	+ 42
Encephalitis	39	46	52	4	+ 42
Skin Disease	40	45	53	4	+ 41
Drug Use	41	41	30	38	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	42	34	35	31	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	28	43	14	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	44	28	20	89	- 61
Bladder Cancer	45	27	27	52	- 25
Alcohol	46	26	44	12	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	47	26	29	41	- 16
Poisonings	48	25	42	16	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	49	23	54	4	+ 19
Pertussis	50	21	63	0	+ 21
Meningitis	51	19	45	9	+ 9
Fires	52	18	38	28	- 10
Epilepsy	53	17	39	22	- 5
Skin Cancers	54	14	37	28	- 15
Hepatitis B	55	11	58	1	+ 11
Syphilis	56	10	64	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	57	10	51	4	+ 5
Tetanus	58	8	66	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	56	1	+ 6
Appendicitis	60	6	55	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	50	5	- 1
Dengue	62	4	67	0	+ 4
Malnutrition	63	4	60	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	2	59	0	+ 2
War	65	1	57	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

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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.