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Kuwait
COUNTRY #1
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KUWAIT VS SOUTH SUDAN

Compare Kuwait and South Sudan 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 Sudan
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 Sudan Population Pyramid
19,962,715
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
  
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
2010
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
  
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
2019
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
  
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.9
24
19
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age
79.3
83.9
24
19
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age 5
79.9
84.5
21
13
67.6
71.4
145
145
Age 10
80.0
84.6
21
13
68.4
72.3
141
141
Age 15
80.1
84.7
21
13
68.9
72.6
139
141
Age 20
80.2
84.7
21
13
69.3
72.9
139
141
Age 25
80.4
84.8
20
13
69.8
73.3
139
141
Age 30
80.6
84.8
19
13
70.3
73.8
139
139
Age 35
80.8
84.9
22
14
71.0
74.4
136
138
Age 40
81.0
84.9
23
14
71.8
75.1
135
138
Age 45
81.2
85.1
23
15
72.7
75.9
131
137
Age 50
81.6
85.2
23
15
73.8
76.8
128
134
Age 55
82.1
85.5
23
15
75.1
77.8
128
133
Age 60
82.8
85.9
23
16
76.6
78.9
130
130
Age 65
83.8
86.5
22
17
78.5
80.4
128
127
Age 70
85.0
87.4
21
16
80.7
82.2
127
123
Age 75
86.7
88.5
17
15
83.3
84.5
127
113
Age 80
88.7
90.0
17
13
86.3
87.2
117
99
Age 85
91.1
92.0
18
12
89.7
90.4
101
79
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
94.14
119
67.24
147
2. Stroke
37.49
140
78.18
96
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.91
93
91.82
32
4. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
24.61
32
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18.99
80
50.94
9
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.42
96
16.37
120
7. Hypertension
15.74
106
26.49
52
8. Diabetes Mellitus
14.78
127
28.11
91
9. Kidney Disease
12.44
132
21.96
98
10. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
20.76
59
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
7.03
119
12. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
3.26
155
13. Liver Disease
6.90
153
33.72
46
14. Lung Disease
6.49
182
20.35
103
15. Lymphomas
6.31
32
7.27
16
16. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
6.30
69
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.27
105
7.99
32
18. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
2.48
81
19. Leukemia
4.74
29
4.90
23
20. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
2.21
137
21. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
6.66
22
22. Low Birth Weight
3.94
106
13.19
12
23. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
1.83
105
24. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
4.83
115
25. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
26.49
21
26. Falls
2.93
152
5.13
100
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.84
148
3.13
139
28. Suicide
2.66
167
6.69
120
29. Other Injuries
2.62
174
12.63
39
30. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
4.79
40
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
8.47
17
32. Violence
1.82
135
20.51
17
33. Endocrine Disorders
1.67
157
2.34
137
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.37
177
3.15
132
35. Drug Use
1.35
78
0.59
151
36. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
2.57
49
37. Asthma
1.12
126
10.14
63
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.96
150
3.46
78
39. Fires
0.80
122
3.92
30
40. Tuberculosis
0.71
134
53.50
17
41. Epilepsy
0.61
169
1.73
85
42. Drownings
0.52
169
3.07
73
43. Poisonings
0.40
110
2.36
37
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
169
1.89
73
45. Meningitis
0.30
138
13.97
18
46. Skin Disease
0.28
163
1.70
85
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.24
172
89.87
9
48. Alcohol
0.24
168
1.00
117
49. Other Neoplasms
0.20
164
0.29
144
50. Birth Trauma
0.18
179
15.46
3
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,325
30.48
2,930
3.49
2. Road Traffic Accidents
649
8.51
4,063
4.84
3. Stroke
599
7.85
3,541
4.22
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
340
4.46
9,918
11.82
5. Hypertension
256
3.36
1,131
1.35
6. Diabetes Mellitus
242
3.17
1,312
1.56
7. Breast Cancer
230
3.01
695
0.83
8. Kidney Disease
204
2.67
1,090
1.30
9. Congenital Anomalies
202
2.65
2,020
2.41
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
2.60
360
0.43
11. Liver Disease
192
2.52
1,823
2.17
12. Lung Cancers
161
2.11
164
0.20
13. Low Birth Weight
158
2.07
4,339
5.17
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
139
1.82
543
0.65
15. Lymphomas
132
1.73
422
0.50
16. Liver Cancer
129
1.69
346
0.41
17. Leukemia
123
1.61
314
0.37
18. Suicide
122
1.60
425
0.51
19. Falls
102
1.34
269
0.32
20. Pancreas Cancer
89
1.17
109
0.13
21. Lung Disease
84
1.10
894
1.07
22. Other Injuries
83
1.09
1,207
1.44
23. Violence
75
0.98
1,584
1.89
24. Oral Cancer
74
0.97
259
0.31
25. Stomach Cancer
72
0.94
241
0.29
26. Prostate Cancer
58
0.76
409
0.49
27. Bladder Cancer
52
0.68
88
0.10
28. Endocrine Disorders
44
0.58
192
0.23
29. Ovary Cancer
41
0.54
188
0.22
30. Drug Use
38
0.50
33
0.04
31. Inflammatory/Heart
36
0.47
217
0.26
32. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.46
435
0.52
33. Cervical Cancer
32
0.42
761
0.91
34. Uterin Cancer
31
0.41
66
0.08
35. Tuberculosis
31
0.41
3,771
4.50
36. Parkinson's Disease
29
0.38
125
0.15
37. Skin Cancers
28
0.37
127
0.15
38. Fires
28
0.37
433
0.52
39. Epilepsy
22
0.29
152
0.18
40. Asthma
21
0.28
587
0.70
41. Drownings
19
0.25
466
0.56
42. Poisonings
16
0.21
259
0.31
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.18
186
0.22
44. Alcohol
12
0.16
53
0.06
45. Meningitis
9
0.12
1,780
2.12
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.10
121
0.14
47. Birth Trauma
7
0.09
5,210
6.21
48. HIV/AIDS
7
0.09
7,915
9.44
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.08
7,270
8.67
50. Multiple Sclerosis
5
0.07
4
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
24.61
32
2. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
20.76
59
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
7.03
119
4. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
3.26
155
5. Lymphomas
6.31
32
7.27
16
6. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
6.30
69
7. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
2.48
81
8. Leukemia
4.74
29
4.90
23
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
2.21
137
10. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
6.66
22
11. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
1.83
105
12. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
4.83
115
13. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
26.49
21
14. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
4.79
40
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
8.47
17
16. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
2.57
49
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.