KENYA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	46,324	4	15,895	+ 30,429
Coronary Heart Disease	2	37,472	9	11,972	+ 25,499
Lung Disease	3	15,779	20	4,280	+ 11,498
Tuberculosis	4	12,836	3	19,655	- 6,820
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	12,468	5	15,420	- 2,952
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,215	1	22,571	- 12,356
Diabetes Mellitus	7	10,005	14	5,651	+ 4,353
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,640	6	14,883	- 6,243
Liver Disease	9	7,259	7	13,405	- 6,145
Oesophagus Cancer	10	6,741	18	4,373	+ 2,369
Low Birth Weight	11	6,027	11	9,562	- 3,534
Oral Cancer	12	5,355	30	1,842	+ 3,513
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	5,177	31	1,827	+ 3,350
Hypertension	14	5,102	17	4,418	+ 684
Birth Trauma	15	4,624	10	9,957	- 5,333
Lung Cancers	16	4,203	47	669	+ 3,535
Kidney Disease	17	3,743	16	4,464	- 720
Congenital Anomalies	18	3,492	12	6,115	- 2,624
Measles	19	3,115	63	103	+ 3,011
Asthma	20	3,070	26	2,300	+ 770
Other Injuries	21	2,634	19	4,336	- 1,702
Drownings	22	2,449	39	1,200	+ 1,249
Breast Cancer	23	2,351	25	2,658	- 307
Stomach Cancer	24	2,347	28	2,010	+ 338
Suicide	25	2,071	23	3,214	- 1,143
Cervical Cancer	26	1,772	22	3,389	- 1,617
Violence	27	1,596	24	2,942	- 1,346
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,566	32	1,477	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	29	1,353	13	5,651	- 4,298
Parkinson's Disease	30	1,306	50	470	+ 836
Falls	31	1,149	33	1,465	- 316
Drug Use	32	1,025	62	113	+ 911
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,009	53	408	+ 601
Liver Cancer	34	996	34	1,351	- 355
Lymphomas	35	921	29	1,931	- 1,010
Malnutrition	36	835	21	4,212	- 3,378
Ovary Cancer	37	770	45	795	- 24
Meningitis	38	727	15	5,364	- 4,637
Pertussis	39	694	42	1,014	- 319
Leukemia	40	654	35	1,327	- 673
Prostate Cancer	41	575	37	1,292	- 717
Inflammatory/Heart	42	513	40	1,121	- 609
Pancreas Cancer	43	488	46	716	- 228
Epilepsy	44	467	43	832	- 365
Endocrine Disorders	45	461	44	831	- 370
Fires	46	439	36	1,316	- 878
Appendicitis	47	436	58	240	+ 195
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	432	41	1,089	- 657
Syphilis	49	424	52	449	- 26
Skin Disease	50	391	51	455	- 65
Hepatitis B	51	387	49	522	- 135
Bladder Cancer	52	342	57	318	+ 24
Skin Cancers	53	295	48	638	- 344
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	281	66	84	+ 197
HIV/AIDS	55	194	2	20,885	- 20,691
Poisonings	56	186	38	1,269	- 1,083
Tetanus	57	155	27	2,129	- 1,974
Uterin Cancer	58	140	56	323	- 183
Encephalitis	59	128	60	189	- 61
Alcohol	60	90	55	355	- 265
Other Neoplasms	61	84	67	60	+ 24
Hepatitis C	62	71	61	152	- 81
War	63	70	65	89	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	64	62	68	39	+ 23
Dengue	65	55	73	0	+ 55
Upper Respiratory	66	35	64	95	- 60
Leishmaniasis	67	19	59	194	- 175
Malaria	68	16	8	12,652	- 12,636
Ascariasis	69	11	71	9	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	7	70	10	- 3
Otitis Media	71	5	72	7	- 2
Diphtheria	72	2	69	13	- 11
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	370	- 370
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

Bangladesh

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.