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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait
KUWAIT		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
58.1
61.5
59.8
63
65
64
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
75.0
78.8
76.9
22
34
28
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
76.6
79.2
77.9
21
49
30
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Kuwait
KUWAIT		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
76.6
79.2
21
49
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
80.0
80.5
15
50
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
80.1
80.6
15
50
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
80.2
80.7
14
50
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
80.4
80.8
13
50
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
80.6
80.9
13
50
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
80.8
81.0
13
52
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
80.9
81.1
14
53
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
81.1
81.2
14
56
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
81.2
81.4
16
56
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
81.5
81.6
18
58
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
82.0
81.9
20
63
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
82.5
82.4
26
69
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.3
83.3
34
72
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.6
84.7
37
75
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.6
86.7
37
71
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.9
89.6
37
55
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.8
92.6
38
40
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.1
95.8
37
31
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.9
99.4
33
22
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.1
103.4
35
20
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait
KUWAIT		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
109.58
98
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
73.83
118
  
36.89
160
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
27.75
111
  
23.69
125
4 Diabetes Mellitus
25.75
102
  
5.04
185
5 Breast Cancer
18.52
67
  
23.62
20
6 Hypertension
17.85
133
  
3.67
183
7 Kidney Disease
17.37
90
  
3.23
185
8 Road Traffic Accidents
16.46
89
  
4.77
180
9 Congenital Anomalies
9.76
16
  
3.68
164
10 Lung Cancers
8.36
118
  
30.98
18
11 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.33
92
  
15.49
33
12 Low Birth Weight
5.49
125
  
3.39
144
13 Liver Cancer
4.74
119
  
3.07
164
14 Pancreas Cancer
4.68
64
  
6.81
39
15 Asthma
4.23
95
  
1.09
153
16 Other Injuries
3.82
183
  
5.54
170
17 Lymphomas
3.53
143
  
7.35
36
18 Prostate Cancer
3.51
146
  
8.21
58
19 Bladder Cancer
3.22
59
  
4.27
28
20 Inflammatory/Heart
3.18
145
  
2.97
152
21 Leukemia
3.05
132
  
4.39
63
22 Tuberculosis
2.77
127
  
0.41
170
23 Liver Disease
2.74
182
  
9.48
96
24 Stomach Cancer
2.64
173
  
4.81
130
25 Lung Disease
2.22
190
  
21.47
98
26 Falls
1.91
153
  
3.51
109
27 Endocrine Disorders
1.86
166
  
3.13
147
28 Fires
1.57
99
  
0.45
158
29 Oral Cancer
1.41
173
  
2.39
113
30 Cervical Cancer
1.28
164
  
1.38
161
31 Suicide
1.23
184
  
6.90
101
32 Hepatitis C
1.20
25
  
0.23
107
33 Violence
1.19
156
  
1.14
160
34 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.19
157
  
2.54
123
35 Ovary Cancer
1.07
176
  
3.96
20
36 Epilepsy
0.85
163
  
1.57
104
37 Oesophagus Cancer
0.79
175
  
7.62
30
38 Poisonings
0.74
149
  
2.81
89
39 Hepatitis B
0.67
87
  
0.07
177
40 Drownings
0.66
178
  
0.35
187
41 Anaemia
0.66
134
  
0.15
171
42 Uterin Cancer
0.64
127
  
1.53
64
43 Parkinson Disease
0.58
160
  
3.48
8
44 Birth Trauma
0.46
177
  
0.64
166
45 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.37
180
  
0.90
140
46 Other Neoplasms
0.35
185
  
2.95
92
47 Alzheimers/Dementia
0.25
181
  
17.08
14
48 Skin Disease
0.22
170
  
1.50
104
49 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.21
177
  
1.95
119
50 Meningitis
0.21
175
  
0.41
149
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Kuwait
KUWAIT		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
1,179
27.17
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
578
13.32
  
55,919
11.98
3 Road Traffic Accidents
402
9.26
  
3,073
0.66
4 Congenital Anomalies
275
6.34
  
1,950
0.42
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
195
4.49
  
37,348
8.00
6 Diabetes Mellitus
179
4.13
  
6,682
1.43
7 Low Birth Weight
155
3.57
  
1,386
0.30
8 Hypertension
138
3.18
  
5,191
1.11
9 Kidney Disease
128
2.95
  
4,804
1.03
10 Breast Cancer
99
2.28
  
14,343
3.07
11 Lung Cancers
81
1.87
  
35,845
7.68
12 Other Injuries
73
1.68
  
6,029
1.29
13 Colon-Rectum Cancers
69
1.59
  
18,951
4.06
14 Falls
55
1.27
  
4,450
0.95
15 Liver Cancer
48
1.11
  
3,470
0.74
16 Leukemia
46
1.06
  
5,077
1.09
17 Lymphomas
45
1.04
  
8,744
1.87
18 Suicide
42
0.97
  
4,660
1.00
19 Pancreas Cancer
39
0.90
  
7,954
1.70
20 Fires
39
0.90
  
380
0.08
21 Asthma
36
0.83
  
1,260
0.27
22 Violence
31
0.71
  
703
0.15
23 Liver Disease
27
0.62
  
7,767
1.66
24 Stomach Cancer
25
0.58
  
6,006
1.29
25 Endocrine Disorders
25
0.58
  
3,056
0.65
26 Prostate Cancer
24
0.55
  
11,508
2.46
27 Inflammatory/Heart
24
0.55
  
3,014
0.65
28 Bladder Cancer
22
0.51
  
5,842
1.25
29 Tuberculosis
22
0.51
  
443
0.09
30 Hepatitis C
20
0.46
  
189
0.04
31 Epilepsy
20
0.46
  
1,201
0.26
32 Ovary Cancer
18
0.41
  
4,366
0.94
33 Poisonings
17
0.39
  
1,805
0.39
34 Cervical Cancer
17
0.39
  
1,322
0.28
35 Drownings
16
0.37
  
233
0.05
36 Lung Disease
15
0.35
  
29,069
6.23
37 Birth Trauma
13
0.30
  
262
0.06
38 Oral Cancer
12
0.28
  
2,428
0.52
39 Peptic Ulcer Disease
11
0.25
  
3,294
0.71
40 Uterin Cancer
11
0.25
  
1,852
0.40
41 Hepatitis B
10
0.23
  
57
0.01
42 Oesophagus Cancer
7
0.16
  
8,762
1.88
43 Rheumatic Heart Disease
6
0.14
  
1,204
0.26
44 Maternal Conditions
6
0.14
  
81
0.02
45 Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.14
  
3,081
0.66
46 Meningitis
5
0.12
  
278
0.06
47 Anaemia
5
0.12
  
260
0.06
48 Skin Disease
5
0.12
  
2,188
0.47
49 Other Neoplasms
4
0.09
  
3,829
0.82
50 Appendicitis
2
0.05
  
157
0.03
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait
KUWAIT		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
18.52
67
  
23.62
20
2 Lung Cancers
8.36
118
  
30.98
18
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.33
92
  
15.49
33
4 Liver Cancer
4.74
119
  
3.07
164
5 Pancreas Cancer
4.68
64
  
6.81
39
6 Lymphomas
3.53
143
  
7.35
36
7 Prostate Cancer
3.51
146
  
8.21
58
8 Bladder Cancer
3.22
59
  
4.27
28
9 Leukemia
3.05
132
  
4.39
63
10 Stomach Cancer
2.64
173
  
4.81
130
11 Oral Cancer
1.41
173
  
2.39
113
12 Cervical Cancer
1.28
164
  
1.38
161
13 Ovary Cancer
1.07
176
  
3.96
20
14 Oesophagus Cancer
0.79
175
  
7.62
30
15 Uterin Cancer
0.64
127
  
1.53
64
16 Other Neoplasms
0.35
185
  
2.95
92
17 Skin Cancers
0.08
183
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Kuwait
KUWAIT		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
2,691,158
135
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.54
3
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
26.4 %
110
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
70.7 %
20
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.9 %
166
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
21.81
80
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
2.35
189
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.76
73
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
8.96
145
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.78
3
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
1.66
2
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
16.02
3
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
3.55
3
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
93.3
80
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
94.4
80
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
91.0
82
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
2.2
151
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
77.9
30
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
69.0
37
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$57,400
3
  
$36,600
23
 

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