Kuwait - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 8.50
2010 9.71
2015 8.59
2019 7.09

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 20.06
2010 18.52
2015 18.43
2019 13.55

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 71.43
2010 71.77
2015 72.98
2019 79.37

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Kuwait was 8.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 15.30 in 2002, while its lowest value was 8.00 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 15.30
2001 14.40
2002 15.30
2003 15.10
2004 14.30
2005 13.50
2006 13.30
2007 13.50
2008 13.20
2009 12.80
2010 11.50
2011 10.50
2012 9.70
2013 9.00
2014 8.80
2015 8.20
2016 8.10
2017 8.00
2018 8.10
2019 8.00

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Kuwait was 13.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 18.50 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.80 in 2014.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 18.50
2001 15.80
2002 17.00
2003 16.40
2004 16.80
2005 17.00
2006 17.20
2007 16.20
2008 18.10
2009 16.40
2010 14.30
2011 12.90
2012 13.00
2013 13.10
2014 12.80
2015 13.20
2016 13.40
2017 13.60
2018 13.70
2019 13.80

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Kuwait was 11.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.30 in 2014.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 17.30
2001 15.30
2002 16.40
2003 15.90
2004 15.90
2005 15.70
2006 15.70
2007 15.20
2008 16.20
2009 15.00
2010 13.20
2011 12.00
2012 11.80
2013 11.50
2014 11.30
2015 11.40
2016 11.50
2017 11.70
2018 11.80
2019 11.90

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 89.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 114.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 103.80

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Kuwait was 0.400 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.600 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.300 in 2011.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.500
2001 0.600
2002 0.600
2003 0.500
2004 0.500
2005 0.500
2006 0.500
2007 0.500
2008 0.500
2009 0.500
2010 0.400
2011 0.300
2012 0.300
2013 0.300
2014 0.400
2015 0.300
2016 0.400
2017 0.400
2018 0.400
2019 0.400

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Kuwait was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.400 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.300
2001 0.400
2002 0.400
2003 0.300
2004 0.300
2005 0.300
2006 0.300
2007 0.300
2008 0.300
2009 0.300
2010 0.300
2011 0.200
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.100
2016 0.100
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Kuwait was 0.600 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2004 and a minimum value of 0.500 in 2010.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.700
2001 0.700
2002 0.700
2003 0.700
2004 0.700
2005 0.600
2006 0.600
2007 0.600
2008 0.600
2009 0.600
2010 0.500
2011 0.500
2012 0.500
2013 0.500
2014 0.500
2015 0.500
2016 0.500
2017 0.500
2018 0.500
2019 0.600

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Kuwait was 0.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.60 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.70 in 2015.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.60
2001 1.50
2002 1.40
2003 1.30
2004 1.30
2005 1.30
2006 1.20
2007 1.20
2008 1.20
2009 1.10
2010 1.00
2011 0.90
2012 0.90
2013 0.80
2014 0.80
2015 0.70
2016 0.70
2017 0.70
2018 0.70
2019 0.70

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Kuwait was 4.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.30 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3.30 in 2011.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 4.00
2001 3.40
2002 3.70
2003 3.50
2004 3.60
2005 3.60
2006 3.70
2007 3.60
2008 4.10
2009 3.80
2010 3.50
2011 3.30
2012 3.50
2013 3.60
2014 3.70
2015 3.80
2016 3.90
2017 4.00
2018 4.20
2019 4.30

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Kuwait was 2.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2.30 in 2011.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.00
2001 2.60
2002 2.80
2003 2.60
2004 2.70
2005 2.60
2006 2.70
2007 2.60
2008 2.90
2009 2.70
2010 2.50
2011 2.30
2012 2.40
2013 2.40
2014 2.50
2015 2.60
2016 2.60
2017 2.70
2018 2.80
2019 2.90

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Kuwait was 15.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29.50 in 2007 and a minimum value of 15.40 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 26.10
2001 23.60
2002 23.50
2003 26.00
2004 25.40
2005 29.50
2006 29.00
2007 29.50
2008 28.50
2009 25.60
2010 20.10
2011 22.10
2012 24.70
2013 21.60
2014 19.00
2015 18.80
2016 18.10
2017 17.10
2018 16.20
2019 15.40

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 0.100

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors