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Kuwait
COUNTRY #1
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KUWAIT VS LAOS

Compare Kuwait and Laos 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.

Laos
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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Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Laos LAOS
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Laos LAOS
       
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
  
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
  
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
  
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
  
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
  
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
  
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
  
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.9
24
19
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
79.3
83.9
24
19
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
79.9
84.5
21
13
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
80.0
84.6
21
13
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
80.1
84.7
21
13
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
80.2
84.7
21
13
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
80.4
84.8
20
13
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
80.6
84.8
19
13
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
80.8
84.9
22
14
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
81.0
84.9
23
14
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
81.2
85.1
23
15
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
81.6
85.2
23
15
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
82.1
85.5
23
15
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
82.8
85.9
23
16
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
83.8
86.5
22
17
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
85.0
87.4
21
16
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
86.7
88.5
17
15
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
88.7
90.0
17
13
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
91.1
92.0
18
12
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
94.14
119
139.74
56
2. Stroke
37.49
140
152.50
21
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.91
93
59.07
61
4. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
17.83
80
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18.99
80
19.78
77
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.42
96
16.42
119
7. Hypertension
15.74
106
24.41
59
8. Diabetes Mellitus
14.78
127
36.38
71
9. Kidney Disease
12.44
132
38.60
25
10. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
3.01
174
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
10.17
74
12. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
21.02
48
13. Liver Disease
6.90
153
24.75
75
14. Lung Disease
6.49
182
46.19
20
15. Lymphomas
6.31
32
4.47
102
16. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
25.37
4
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.27
105
5.84
92
18. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
1.27
151
19. Leukemia
4.74
29
5.00
19
20. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
1.38
157
21. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
4.05
108
22. Low Birth Weight
3.94
106
8.47
50
23. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
1.36
137
24. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
11.97
22
25. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
7.80
96
26. Falls
2.93
152
9.16
28
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.84
148
4.40
75
28. Suicide
2.66
167
5.98
128
29. Other Injuries
2.62
174
7.53
92
30. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
7.55
14
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
4.43
41
32. Violence
1.82
135
6.67
74
33. Endocrine Disorders
1.67
157
3.39
92
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.37
177
4.66
93
35. Drug Use
1.35
78
0.53
157
36. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
1.43
123
37. Asthma
1.12
126
19.60
22
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.96
150
16.83
4
39. Fires
0.80
122
1.68
85
40. Tuberculosis
0.71
134
34.86
29
41. Epilepsy
0.61
169
0.86
144
42. Drownings
0.52
169
7.51
9
43. Poisonings
0.40
110
0.56
92
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
169
3.57
33
45. Meningitis
0.30
138
1.88
64
46. Skin Disease
0.28
163
2.37
45
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.24
172
27.89
53
48. Alcohol
0.24
168
1.13
107
49. Other Neoplasms
0.20
164
0.29
143
50. Birth Trauma
0.18
179
8.00
40
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,325
30.48
5,190
12.89
2. Road Traffic Accidents
649
8.51
1,281
3.18
3. Stroke
599
7.85
5,769
14.33
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
340
4.46
2,820
7.01
5. Hypertension
256
3.36
890
2.21
6. Diabetes Mellitus
242
3.17
1,466
3.64
7. Breast Cancer
230
3.01
437
1.09
8. Kidney Disease
204
2.67
1,646
4.09
9. Congenital Anomalies
202
2.65
647
1.61
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
2.60
422
1.05
11. Liver Disease
192
2.52
1,171
2.91
12. Lung Cancers
161
2.11
919
2.28
13. Low Birth Weight
158
2.07
1,156
2.87
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
139
1.82
458
1.14
15. Lymphomas
132
1.73
211
0.52
16. Liver Cancer
129
1.69
1,104
2.74
17. Leukemia
123
1.61
290
0.72
18. Suicide
122
1.60
390
0.97
19. Falls
102
1.34
440
1.09
20. Pancreas Cancer
89
1.17
61
0.15
21. Lung Disease
84
1.10
1,626
4.04
22. Other Injuries
83
1.09
519
1.29
23. Violence
75
0.98
475
1.18
24. Oral Cancer
74
0.97
349
0.87
25. Stomach Cancer
72
0.94
530
1.32
26. Prostate Cancer
58
0.76
37
0.09
27. Bladder Cancer
52
0.68
49
0.12
28. Endocrine Disorders
44
0.58
186
0.46
29. Ovary Cancer
41
0.54
101
0.25
30. Drug Use
38
0.50
33
0.08
31. Inflammatory/Heart
36
0.47
206
0.51
32. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.46
214
0.53
33. Cervical Cancer
32
0.42
187
0.46
34. Tuberculosis
31
0.41
1,949
4.84
35. Uterin Cancer
31
0.41
29
0.07
36. Parkinson's Disease
29
0.38
139
0.35
37. Skin Cancers
28
0.37
59
0.15
38. Fires
28
0.37
108
0.27
39. Epilepsy
22
0.29
58
0.14
40. Asthma
21
0.28
840
2.09
41. Drownings
19
0.25
568
1.41
42. Poisonings
16
0.21
41
0.10
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.18
651
1.62
44. Alcohol
12
0.16
61
0.15
45. Meningitis
9
0.12
154
0.38
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.10
207
0.51
47. HIV/AIDS
7
0.09
313
0.78
48. Birth Trauma
7
0.09
1,116
2.77
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.08
1,552
3.86
50. Multiple Sclerosis
5
0.07
6
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
17.83
80
2. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
3.01
174
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
10.17
74
4. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
21.02
48
5. Lymphomas
6.31
32
4.47
102
6. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
25.37
4
7. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
1.27
151
8. Leukemia
4.74
29
5.00
19
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
1.38
157
10. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
4.05
108
11. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
1.36
137
12. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
11.97
22
13. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
7.80
96
14. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
7.55
14
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
4.43
41
16. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
1.43
123
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.