209 people in Kuwait were identified as AIDS patients during this year, local daily Al-Shahed reported quoting Ministry report. Daily also added that the number of hepatitis cases discovered this year is 564 for hepatitis C, 530 for hepatitis B and 435 for hepatitis A.
In addition, the report stated that 6,000 cases of heart diseases, accidents and tumors, which represented the top causes of death in Kuwait in one year, were reported. It added that stomach cancer is the leading type of cancer in the country followed by lung cancer.