KENYA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,353	9	11,972	+ 46,380
War	2	37,193	65	89	+ 37,104
Stroke	3	27,671	4	15,895	+ 11,775
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	21,267	1	22,571	- 1,304
Low Birth Weight	5	18,336	11	9,562	+ 8,775
Birth Trauma	6	15,567	10	9,957	+ 5,610
Tuberculosis	7	14,284	3	19,655	- 5,371
Hypertension	8	11,607	17	4,418	+ 7,189
Maternal Conditions	9	11,334	13	5,651	+ 5,682
Kidney Disease	10	9,567	16	4,464	+ 5,104
Road Traffic Accidents	11	8,759	6	14,883	- 6,124
Diabetes Mellitus	12	8,347	14	5,651	+ 2,696
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	8,065	5	15,420	- 7,355
Congenital Anomalies	14	7,260	12	6,115	+ 1,144
Lung Disease	15	6,751	20	4,280	+ 2,470
Liver Disease	16	6,678	7	13,405	- 6,727
Asthma	17	4,940	26	2,300	+ 2,640
Other Injuries	18	4,706	19	4,336	+ 370
Violence	19	4,670	24	2,942	+ 1,727
Meningitis	20	3,812	15	5,364	- 1,552
Pertussis	21	3,059	42	1,014	+ 2,046
Breast Cancer	22	2,645	25	2,658	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	2,562	31	1,827	+ 735
Suicide	24	2,283	23	3,214	- 931
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	2,185	41	1,089	+ 1,096
Stomach Cancer	26	2,178	28	2,010	+ 169
Oral Cancer	27	2,130	30	1,842	+ 288
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,980	44	831	+ 1,149
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,908	18	4,373	- 2,464
Tetanus	30	1,821	27	2,129	- 308
Encephalitis	31	1,728	60	189	+ 1,539
Lung Cancers	32	1,562	47	669	+ 893
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,511	53	408	+ 1,103
Drownings	34	1,446	39	1,200	+ 246
Epilepsy	35	1,441	43	832	+ 609
Lymphomas	36	1,373	29	1,931	- 558
Falls	37	1,314	33	1,465	- 151
Hepatitis B	38	1,254	49	522	+ 731
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	1,076	32	1,477	- 401
Liver Cancer	40	954	34	1,351	- 397
Parkinson's Disease	41	911	50	470	+ 441
Leukemia	42	886	35	1,327	- 441
Malnutrition	43	855	21	4,212	- 3,357
Cervical Cancer	44	785	22	3,389	- 2,604
Inflammatory/Heart	45	765	40	1,121	- 357
HIV/AIDS	46	674	2	20,885	- 20,211
Poisonings	47	557	38	1,269	- 712
Ovary Cancer	48	536	45	795	- 259
Measles	49	509	63	103	+ 405
Fires	50	505	36	1,316	- 811
Drug Use	51	476	62	113	+ 363
Appendicitis	52	433	58	240	+ 193
Uterin Cancer	53	419	56	323	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	54	395	57	318	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	55	374	37	1,292	- 917
Pancreas Cancer	56	333	46	716	- 383
Malaria	57	269	8	12,652	- 12,383
Alcohol	58	218	55	355	- 138
Skin Cancers	59	210	48	638	- 428
Syphilis	60	137	52	449	- 313
Skin Disease	61	136	51	455	- 319
Multiple Sclerosis	62	122	68	39	+ 83
Other Neoplasms	63	42	67	60	- 19
Hepatitis C	64	40	61	152	- 112
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	37	66	84	- 47
Ascariasis	66	25	71	9	+ 15
Diphtheria	67	24	69	13	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	68	13	64	95	- 81
Chlamydia	69	2	70	10	- 8
Leishmaniasis	70	2	59	194	- 192
Otitis Media	71	1	72	7	- 6
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	370	- 370
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

Afghanistan

Kenya

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.