KUWAIT VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,945	1	2,325	+ 620
Stroke	2	1,325	3	599	+ 726
War	3	1,261	57	1	+ 1,260
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,170	4	340	+ 830
Low Birth Weight	5	860	13	158	+ 703
Road Traffic Accidents	6	836	2	649	+ 187
Birth Trauma	7	580	47	7	+ 573
Hypertension	8	517	5	256	+ 261
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	427	49	6	+ 421
Congenital Anomalies	10	419	9	202	+ 217
Lung Disease	11	312	21	84	+ 228
Measles	12	295	61	0	+ 295
Liver Disease	13	282	11	192	+ 91
Violence	14	277	23	75	+ 203
Kidney Disease	15	262	8	204	+ 58
Other Injuries	16	217	22	83	+ 135
Asthma	17	206	40	21	+ 184
Tuberculosis	18	185	34	31	+ 155
Diabetes Mellitus	19	175	6	242	- 67
Malaria	20	168	78	0	+ 168
Suicide	21	166	18	122	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	137	14	139	- 2
Pertussis	23	121	63	0	+ 121
Falls	24	114	19	102	+ 12
Drownings	25	112	41	19	+ 92
Breast Cancer	26	111	7	230	- 119
Malnutrition	27	103	60	0	+ 103
Meningitis	28	99	45	9	+ 90
Fires	29	97	38	28	+ 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	89	10	198	- 109
Stomach Cancer	31	88	25	72	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	32	87	54	4	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	81	43	14	+ 68
Leukemia	34	76	17	123	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	35	75	32	35	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	36	72	28	44	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	69	46	8	+ 61
Drug Use	38	60	30	38	+ 22
Liver Cancer	39	59	16	129	- 70
Inflammatory/Heart	40	57	31	36	+ 21
Lung Cancers	41	56	12	161	- 106
Oral Cancer	42	53	24	74	- 20
Epilepsy	43	53	39	22	+ 31
Poisonings	44	52	42	16	+ 36
Lymphomas	45	42	15	132	- 89
HIV/AIDS	46	39	48	7	+ 32
Tetanus	47	39	66	0	+ 39
Encephalitis	48	36	52	4	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	49	35	36	29	+ 7
Hepatitis B	50	29	58	1	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	51	28	20	89	- 61
Ovary Cancer	52	18	29	41	- 23
Syphilis	53	17	64	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	54	16	55	1	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	55	16	27	52	- 36
Schistosomiasis	56	12	77	0	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	57	12	33	32	- 20
Skin Cancers	58	10	37	28	- 19
Alcohol	59	8	44	12	- 4
Dengue	60	7	67	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	61	4	53	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	50	5	- 1
Prostate Cancer	63	4	26	58	- 54
Other Neoplasms	64	2	51	4	- 2
Ascariasis	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	56	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	59	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	1	35	31	- 30
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Yemen

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.