KUWAIT VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,658	48	7	+ 3,651
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,973	4	340	+ 1,633
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,554	1	2,325	- 771
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,105	2	649	+ 455
Stroke	5	938	3	599	+ 339
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	841	49	6	+ 835
Low Birth Weight	7	739	13	158	+ 581
Birth Trauma	8	623	47	7	+ 616
Diabetes Mellitus	9	612	6	242	+ 370
Malnutrition	10	438	60	0	+ 438
Congenital Anomalies	11	406	9	202	+ 204
Kidney Disease	12	405	8	204	+ 201
Suicide	13	379	18	122	+ 256
Cervical Cancer	14	370	33	32	+ 338
Malaria	15	367	78	0	+ 367
Tuberculosis	16	366	34	31	+ 335
Liver Disease	17	355	11	192	+ 164
Violence	18	351	23	75	+ 276
Maternal Conditions	19	320	54	4	+ 317
Other Injuries	20	303	22	83	+ 220
Asthma	21	280	40	21	+ 259
Meningitis	22	242	45	9	+ 233
Lung Disease	23	213	21	84	+ 129
Hypertension	24	210	5	256	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	25	192	31	36	+ 155
Lymphomas	26	176	15	132	+ 44
Drownings	27	175	41	19	+ 155
Breast Cancer	28	154	7	230	- 76
Oesophagus Cancer	29	147	32	35	+ 111
Fires	30	145	38	28	+ 117
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	140	14	139	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	32	115	26	58	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	33	102	25	72	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	34	101	28	44	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	100	43	14	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	99	46	8	+ 91
Poisonings	37	94	42	16	+ 78
Liver Cancer	38	93	16	129	- 36
Epilepsy	39	93	39	22	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	92	10	198	- 106
Falls	41	85	19	102	- 17
Pertussis	42	77	63	0	+ 77
Lung Cancers	43	52	12	161	- 109
Skin Cancers	44	48	37	28	+ 20
Leukemia	45	45	17	123	- 78
Parkinson's Disease	46	41	36	29	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	47	40	20	89	- 49
Drug Use	48	39	30	38	+ 1
Oral Cancer	49	38	24	74	- 36
Uterin Cancer	50	33	35	31	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	51	32	29	41	- 10
Skin Disease	52	32	53	4	+ 28
Schistosomiasis	53	31	77	0	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	54	23	27	52	- 29
Syphilis	55	23	64	0	+ 23
Encephalitis	56	21	52	4	+ 17
Tetanus	57	19	66	0	+ 19
Appendicitis	58	12	55	1	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	59	12	62	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	60	10	58	1	+ 10
Alcohol	61	9	44	12	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	7	51	4	+ 3
Measles	63	6	61	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	56	1	+ 4
War	65	5	57	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	3	59	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	50	5	- 2
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	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

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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.