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Kuwait
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Kuwait and Suriname 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.

Suriname
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Kuwait Population Pyramid
5,393,471
Suriname Population Pyramid
680,234
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Suriname SURINAME
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Suriname SURINAME
       
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
 
58.0
61.7
59.8
64
63
63
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
66
66
65
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
 
64.0
69.0
66.4
71
73
74
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
 
65.9
71.0
68.4
79
85
84
2000
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
 
64.2
70.8
67.4
109
105
107
2010
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
 
67.1
73.6
70.3
105
104
104
2019
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
 
68.5
74.6
71.5
117
107
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Suriname SURINAME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.9
24
19
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age
79.3
83.9
24
19
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age 5
79.9
84.5
21
13
69.9
75.8
124
110
Age 10
80.0
84.6
21
13
70.0
75.9
124
111
Age 15
80.1
84.7
21
13
70.1
76.0
128
110
Age 20
80.2
84.7
21
13
70.3
76.2
129
110
Age 25
80.4
84.8
20
13
70.6
76.3
130
110
Age 30
80.6
84.8
19
13
71.2
76.6
128
109
Age 35
80.8
84.9
22
14
71.7
77.1
125
106
Age 40
81.0
84.9
23
14
72.2
77.5
128
106
Age 45
81.2
85.1
23
15
72.8
77.9
129
105
Age 50
81.6
85.2
23
15
73.6
78.6
134
101
Age 55
82.1
85.5
23
15
74.6
79.2
141
102
Age 60
82.8
85.9
23
16
76.4
80.5
137
101
Age 65
83.8
86.5
22
17
78.2
81.7
138
100
Age 70
85.0
87.4
21
16
80.3
83.0
141
102
Age 75
86.7
88.5
17
15
82.6
85.0
161
100
Age 80
88.7
90.0
17
13
85.5
87.1
165
115
Age 85
91.1
92.0
18
12
89.1
89.8
161
147
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Suriname SURINAME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
94.14
119
123.28
75
2. Stroke
37.49
140
117.53
47
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.91
93
32.82
81
4. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
18.46
72
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18.99
80
15.53
92
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.42
96
23.53
21
7. Hypertension
15.74
106
25.66
56
8. Diabetes Mellitus
14.78
127
53.75
34
9. Kidney Disease
12.44
132
52.54
9
10. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
39.62
15
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
13.75
35
12. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
18.83
60
13. Liver Disease
6.90
153
24.32
79
14. Lung Disease
6.49
182
18.00
115
15. Lymphomas
6.31
32
4.23
110
16. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
8.43
44
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.27
105
5.78
93
18. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
1.81
120
19. Leukemia
4.74
29
3.60
91
20. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
4.88
66
21. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
4.45
92
22. Low Birth Weight
3.94
106
6.28
74
23. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
1.06
154
24. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
4.64
121
25. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
16.24
50
26. Falls
2.93
152
6.60
76
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.84
148
5.52
34
28. Suicide
2.66
167
25.89
6
29. Other Injuries
2.62
174
13.07
35
30. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
2.80
90
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
0.42
179
32. Violence
1.82
135
5.85
82
33. Endocrine Disorders
1.67
157
6.72
43
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.37
177
6.86
52
35. Drug Use
1.35
78
1.30
86
36. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
0.19
175
37. Asthma
1.12
126
2.86
101
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.96
150
5.41
54
39. Fires
0.80
122
2.29
68
40. Tuberculosis
0.71
134
2.93
96
41. Epilepsy
0.61
169
3.21
25
42. Drownings
0.52
169
4.80
29
43. Poisonings
0.40
110
0.30
123
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
169
1.15
108
45. Meningitis
0.30
138
0.92
84
46. Skin Disease
0.28
163
10.27
2
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.24
172
5.98
77
48. Alcohol
0.24
168
2.81
41
49. Other Neoplasms
0.20
164
0.52
87
50. Birth Trauma
0.18
179
3.68
76
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Suriname SURINAME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,325
30.48
650
16.05
2. Road Traffic Accidents
649
8.51
89
2.20
3. Stroke
599
7.85
615
15.19
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
340
4.46
171
4.22
5. Hypertension
256
3.36
134
3.31
6. Diabetes Mellitus
242
3.17
286
7.06
7. Breast Cancer
230
3.01
55
1.36
8. Kidney Disease
204
2.67
281
6.94
9. Congenital Anomalies
202
2.65
40
0.99
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
2.60
72
1.78
11. Liver Disease
192
2.52
134
3.31
12. Lung Cancers
161
2.11
102
2.52
13. Low Birth Weight
158
2.07
51
1.26
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
139
1.82
117
2.89
15. Lymphomas
132
1.73
23
0.57
16. Liver Cancer
129
1.69
45
1.11
17. Leukemia
123
1.61
20
0.49
18. Suicide
122
1.60
148
3.65
19. Falls
102
1.34
34
0.84
20. Pancreas Cancer
89
1.17
26
0.64
21. Lung Disease
84
1.10
93
2.30
22. Other Injuries
83
1.09
73
1.80
23. Violence
75
0.98
34
0.84
24. Oral Cancer
74
0.97
16
0.40
25. Stomach Cancer
72
0.94
25
0.62
26. Prostate Cancer
58
0.76
78
1.93
27. Bladder Cancer
52
0.68
5
0.12
28. Endocrine Disorders
44
0.58
37
0.91
29. Ovary Cancer
41
0.54
14
0.35
30. Drug Use
38
0.50
7
0.17
31. Inflammatory/Heart
36
0.47
37
0.91
32. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.46
2
0.05
33. Cervical Cancer
32
0.42
48
1.19
34. Tuberculosis
31
0.41
17
0.42
35. Uterin Cancer
31
0.41
5
0.12
36. Parkinson's Disease
29
0.38
28
0.69
37. Skin Cancers
28
0.37
1
0.02
38. Fires
28
0.37
13
0.32
39. Epilepsy
22
0.29
18
0.44
40. Asthma
21
0.28
16
0.40
41. Drownings
19
0.25
28
0.69
42. Poisonings
16
0.21
2
0.05
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.18
29
0.72
44. Alcohol
12
0.16
16
0.40
45. Meningitis
9
0.12
5
0.12
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.10
6
0.15
47. HIV/AIDS
7
0.09
138
3.41
48. Birth Trauma
7
0.09
28
0.69
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.08
31
0.77
50. Multiple Sclerosis
5
0.07
1
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Suriname SURINAME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
18.46
72
2. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
39.62
15
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
13.75
35
4. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
18.83
60
5. Lymphomas
6.31
32
4.23
110
6. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
8.43
44
7. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
1.81
120
8. Leukemia
4.74
29
3.60
91
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
4.88
66
10. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
4.45
92
11. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
1.06
154
12. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
4.64
121
13. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
16.24
50
14. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
2.80
90
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
0.42
179
16. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
0.19
175
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.