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Kuwait
COUNTRY #1
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KUWAIT VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Kuwait and South Africa health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

South Africa
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Kuwait Population Pyramid
5,393,471
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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
58.1
61.5
59.8
63
65
64
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.9
24
19
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
79.3
83.9
24
19
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
79.9
84.5
21
13
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
80.0
84.6
21
13
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
80.1
84.7
21
13
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
80.2
84.7
21
13
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
80.4
84.8
20
13
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
80.6
84.8
19
13
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
80.8
84.9
22
14
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
81.0
84.9
23
14
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
81.2
85.1
23
15
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
81.6
85.2
23
15
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
82.1
85.5
23
15
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
82.8
85.9
23
16
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
83.8
86.5
22
17
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
85.0
87.4
21
16
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
86.7
88.5
17
15
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
88.7
90.0
17
13
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
91.1
92.0
18
12
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
94.14
119
83.76
128
2. Stroke
37.49
140
80.50
93
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.91
93
83.23
40
4. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
18.21
76
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18.99
80
22.70
61
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.42
96
16.44
118
7. Hypertension
15.74
106
33.86
36
8. Diabetes Mellitus
14.78
127
74.67
16
9. Kidney Disease
12.44
132
35.72
35
10. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
35.20
22
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.90
89
12. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
18.34
64
13. Liver Disease
6.90
153
18.41
95
14. Lung Disease
6.49
182
31.41
47
15. Lymphomas
6.31
32
6.08
39
16. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
5.46
87
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.27
105
6.23
83
18. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
2.15
99
19. Leukemia
4.74
29
3.34
108
20. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
4.98
65
21. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
3.85
115
22. Low Birth Weight
3.94
106
7.16
63
23. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
2.19
83
24. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
3.68
137
25. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
20.99
37
26. Falls
2.93
152
2.99
150
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.84
148
3.36
130
28. Suicide
2.66
167
23.49
8
29. Other Injuries
2.62
174
10.77
57
30. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
3.18
80
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
8.50
16
32. Violence
1.82
135
37.54
8
33. Endocrine Disorders
1.67
157
11.70
14
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.37
177
12.75
17
35. Drug Use
1.35
78
1.52
67
36. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
2.47
53
37. Asthma
1.12
126
13.63
45
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.96
150
4.52
65
39. Fires
0.80
122
6.64
4
40. Tuberculosis
0.71
134
39.83
26
41. Epilepsy
0.61
169
3.28
22
42. Drownings
0.52
169
4.06
44
43. Poisonings
0.40
110
1.62
54
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
169
2.04
70
45. Meningitis
0.30
138
6.74
41
46. Skin Disease
0.28
163
2.91
30
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.24
172
33.37
46
48. Alcohol
0.24
168
1.93
61
49. Other Neoplasms
0.20
164
0.65
75
50. Birth Trauma
0.18
179
3.36
78
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,325
30.48
32,739
7.20
2. Road Traffic Accidents
649
8.51
13,014
2.86
3. Stroke
599
7.85
30,693
6.75
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
340
4.46
39,341
8.65
5. Hypertension
256
3.36
12,789
2.81
6. Diabetes Mellitus
242
3.17
30,188
6.64
7. Breast Cancer
230
3.01
4,533
1.00
8. Kidney Disease
204
2.67
15,302
3.37
9. Congenital Anomalies
202
2.65
4,351
0.96
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
2.60
3,587
0.79
11. Liver Disease
192
2.52
9,013
1.98
12. Lung Cancers
161
2.11
7,705
1.70
13. Low Birth Weight
158
2.07
6,250
1.37
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
139
1.82
4,676
1.03
15. Lymphomas
132
1.73
2,818
0.62
16. Liver Cancer
129
1.69
2,383
0.52
17. Leukemia
123
1.61
1,464
0.32
18. Suicide
122
1.60
13,774
3.03
19. Falls
102
1.34
1,399
0.31
20. Pancreas Cancer
89
1.17
2,007
0.44
21. Lung Disease
84
1.10
11,895
2.62
22. Other Injuries
83
1.09
6,014
1.32
23. Violence
75
0.98
21,000
4.62
24. Oral Cancer
74
0.97
1,406
0.31
25. Stomach Cancer
72
0.94
1,535
0.34
26. Prostate Cancer
58
0.76
4,374
0.96
27. Bladder Cancer
52
0.68
829
0.18
28. Endocrine Disorders
44
0.58
5,890
1.30
29. Ovary Cancer
41
0.54
951
0.21
30. Drug Use
38
0.50
770
0.17
31. Inflammatory/Heart
36
0.47
5,408
1.19
32. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.46
3,486
0.77
33. Cervical Cancer
32
0.42
5,555
1.22
34. Tuberculosis
31
0.41
21,965
4.83
35. Uterin Cancer
31
0.41
512
0.11
36. Parkinson's Disease
29
0.38
1,077
0.24
37. Skin Cancers
28
0.37
993
0.22
38. Fires
28
0.37
3,618
0.80
39. Epilepsy
22
0.29
1,870
0.41
40. Asthma
21
0.28
5,966
1.31
41. Drownings
19
0.25
2,403
0.53
42. Poisonings
16
0.21
975
0.21
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.18
1,894
0.42
44. Alcohol
12
0.16
987
0.22
45. Meningitis
9
0.12
3,660
0.81
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.10
1,015
0.22
47. HIV/AIDS
7
0.09
71,996
15.84
48. Birth Trauma
7
0.09
3,004
0.66
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.08
15,843
3.49
50. Multiple Sclerosis
5
0.07
113
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
18.21
76
2. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
35.20
22
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.90
89
4. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
18.34
64
5. Lymphomas
6.31
32
6.08
39
6. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
5.46
87
7. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
2.15
99
8. Leukemia
4.74
29
3.34
108
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
4.98
65
10. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
3.85
115
11. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
2.19
83
12. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
3.68
137
13. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
20.99
37
14. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
3.18
80
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
8.50
16
16. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
2.47
53
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.