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Kuwait
COUNTRY #1
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KUWAIT VS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Compare Kuwait and Dominican Republic 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.

Dominican Republic
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Kuwait Population Pyramid
5,393,471
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Dominican Republic Population Pyramid
12,795,809
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Kuwait KUWAIT   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
       
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
  
50.7
53.6
52.1
88
88
88
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
  
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
  
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
  
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
2000
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
  
69.6
74.7
72.0
63
70
64
2010
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
  
69.7
75.9
72.7
92
86
90
2019
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
  
69.8
76.2
72.8
103
95
104
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.9
24
19
69.8
76.2
103
95
Age
79.3
83.9
24
19
69.8
76.2
103
95
Age 5
79.9
84.5
21
13
72.0
78.2
95
87
Age 10
80.0
84.6
21
13
72.1
78.3
96
88
Age 15
80.1
84.7
21
13
72.2
78.4
97
88
Age 20
80.2
84.7
21
13
72.5
78.5
95
88
Age 25
80.4
84.8
20
13
73.0
78.7
91
87
Age 30
80.6
84.8
19
13
73.5
79.0
90
80
Age 35
80.8
84.9
22
14
74.1
79.3
87
79
Age 40
81.0
84.9
23
14
74.8
79.7
85
77
Age 45
81.2
85.1
23
15
75.5
80.2
81
75
Age 50
81.6
85.2
23
15
76.5
80.7
79
72
Age 55
82.1
85.5
23
15
77.7
81.5
78
70
Age 60
82.8
85.9
23
16
79.0
82.4
72
68
Age 65
83.8
86.5
22
17
80.8
83.5
65
62
Age 70
85.0
87.4
21
16
82.8
84.8
62
60
Age 75
86.7
88.5
17
15
85.2
86.5
55
58
Age 80
88.7
90.0
17
13
87.7
88.2
53
64
Age 85
91.1
92.0
18
12
90.4
90.5
56
78
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
94.14
119
144.42
50
2. Stroke
37.49
140
76.94
97
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.91
93
20.03
116
4. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
28.28
14
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18.99
80
67.23
1
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.42
96
15.84
126
7. Hypertension
15.74
106
18.05
93
8. Diabetes Mellitus
14.78
127
27.63
93
9. Kidney Disease
12.44
132
20.79
105
10. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
35.41
21
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.53
95
12. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
12.65
92
13. Liver Disease
6.90
153
26.51
71
14. Lung Disease
6.49
182
13.00
153
15. Lymphomas
6.31
32
3.77
130
16. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
6.73
60
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.27
105
7.20
49
18. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
0.83
167
19. Leukemia
4.74
29
3.99
71
20. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
4.61
73
21. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
1.73
177
22. Low Birth Weight
3.94
106
9.31
41
23. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
0.91
159
24. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
5.54
98
25. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
10.82
79
26. Falls
2.93
152
3.93
126
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.84
148
4.27
82
28. Suicide
2.66
167
5.12
141
29. Other Injuries
2.62
174
8.26
84
30. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
4.35
51
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
2.08
110
32. Violence
1.82
135
18.10
23
33. Endocrine Disorders
1.67
157
5.59
59
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.37
177
2.98
138
35. Drug Use
1.35
78
1.53
66
36. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
1.71
104
37. Asthma
1.12
126
4.26
94
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.96
150
2.84
87
39. Fires
0.80
122
1.27
99
40. Tuberculosis
0.71
134
2.34
104
41. Epilepsy
0.61
169
1.51
97
42. Drownings
0.52
169
2.29
100
43. Poisonings
0.40
110
0.42
107
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
169
1.17
104
45. Meningitis
0.30
138
1.21
72
46. Skin Disease
0.28
163
0.47
143
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.24
172
4.57
81
48. Alcohol
0.24
168
1.20
105
49. Other Neoplasms
0.20
164
0.35
119
50. Birth Trauma
0.18
179
5.51
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,325
30.48
14,986
21.98
2. Road Traffic Accidents
649
8.51
6,937
10.17
3. Stroke
599
7.85
7,882
11.56
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
340
4.46
2,254
3.31
5. Hypertension
256
3.36
1,894
2.78
6. Diabetes Mellitus
242
3.17
2,762
4.05
7. Breast Cancer
230
3.01
1,460
2.14
8. Kidney Disease
204
2.67
2,121
3.11
9. Congenital Anomalies
202
2.65
1,038
1.52
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
2.60
851
1.25
11. Liver Disease
192
2.52
2,680
3.93
12. Lung Cancers
161
2.11
1,244
1.82
13. Low Birth Weight
158
2.07
1,532
2.25
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
139
1.82
1,808
2.65
15. Lymphomas
132
1.73
374
0.55
16. Liver Cancer
129
1.69
664
0.97
17. Leukemia
123
1.61
409
0.60
18. Suicide
122
1.60
530
0.78
19. Falls
102
1.34
435
0.64
20. Pancreas Cancer
89
1.17
456
0.67
21. Lung Disease
84
1.10
1,360
1.99
22. Other Injuries
83
1.09
890
1.31
23. Violence
75
0.98
1,917
2.81
24. Oral Cancer
74
0.97
434
0.64
25. Stomach Cancer
72
0.94
547
0.80
26. Prostate Cancer
58
0.76
1,655
2.43
27. Bladder Cancer
52
0.68
92
0.13
28. Endocrine Disorders
44
0.58
602
0.88
29. Ovary Cancer
41
0.54
89
0.13
30. Drug Use
38
0.50
156
0.23
31. Inflammatory/Heart
36
0.47
312
0.46
32. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.46
200
0.29
33. Cervical Cancer
32
0.42
560
0.82
34. Tuberculosis
31
0.41
242
0.35
35. Uterin Cancer
31
0.41
43
0.06
36. Parkinson's Disease
29
0.38
446
0.65
37. Skin Cancers
28
0.37
172
0.25
38. Fires
28
0.37
139
0.20
39. Epilepsy
22
0.29
158
0.23
40. Asthma
21
0.28
441
0.65
41. Drownings
19
0.25
248
0.36
42. Poisonings
16
0.21
47
0.07
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.18
295
0.43
44. Alcohol
12
0.16
120
0.18
45. Meningitis
9
0.12
134
0.20
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.10
123
0.18
47. HIV/AIDS
7
0.09
1,931
2.83
48. Birth Trauma
7
0.09
915
1.34
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.08
504
0.74
50. Multiple Sclerosis
5
0.07
13
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
28.28
14
2. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
35.41
21
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.53
95
4. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
12.65
92
5. Lymphomas
6.31
32
3.77
130
6. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
6.73
60
7. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
0.83
167
8. Leukemia
4.74
29
3.99
71
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
4.61
73
10. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
1.73
177
11. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
0.91
159
12. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
5.54
98
13. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
10.82
79
14. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
4.35
51
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
2.08
110
16. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
1.71
104
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.