KENYA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,314	9	11,972	+ 13,341
Stroke	2	15,160	4	15,895	- 735
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,950	6	14,883	- 5,932
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,777	14	5,651	+ 3,126
Hypertension	5	7,984	17	4,418	+ 3,566
Kidney Disease	6	7,788	16	4,464	+ 3,324
Lung Cancers	7	5,518	47	669	+ 4,850
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,887	1	22,571	- 17,685
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,870	12	6,115	- 1,245
Low Birth Weight	10	4,468	11	9,562	- 5,094
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,682	31	1,827	+ 1,855
Breast Cancer	12	3,575	25	2,658	+ 918
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	3,213	32	1,477	+ 1,736
Liver Disease	14	2,572	7	13,405	- 10,832
Lung Disease	15	2,315	20	4,280	- 1,966
Leukemia	16	1,927	35	1,327	+ 599
Stomach Cancer	17	1,903	28	2,010	- 107
Lymphomas	18	1,686	29	1,931	- 246
Other Injuries	19	1,531	19	4,336	- 2,805
Birth Trauma	20	1,412	10	9,957	- 8,545
Violence	21	1,402	24	2,942	- 1,540
Pancreas Cancer	22	1,279	46	716	+ 563
Bladder Cancer	23	1,108	57	318	+ 791
Falls	24	993	33	1,465	- 472
Liver Cancer	25	969	34	1,351	- 382
Endocrine Disorders	26	939	44	831	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	27	882	50	470	+ 412
Suicide	28	861	23	3,214	- 2,353
Fires	29	796	36	1,316	- 520
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	793	5	15,420	- 14,627
Oral Cancer	31	744	30	1,842	- 1,098
Ovary Cancer	32	726	45	795	- 69
Prostate Cancer	33	683	37	1,292	- 609
Drug Use	34	598	62	113	+ 485
Asthma	35	597	26	2,300	- 1,703
Drownings	36	558	39	1,200	- 642
Meningitis	37	408	15	5,364	- 4,955
Inflammatory/Heart	38	387	40	1,121	- 734
Uterin Cancer	39	387	56	323	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	347	41	1,089	- 742
Cervical Cancer	41	332	22	3,389	- 3,057
Oesophagus Cancer	42	329	18	4,373	- 4,043
Pertussis	43	285	42	1,014	- 729
Maternal Conditions	44	274	13	5,651	- 5,378
Syphilis	45	270	52	449	- 180
Epilepsy	46	255	43	832	- 577
Poisonings	47	243	38	1,269	- 1,025
Skin Disease	48	220	51	455	- 235
Skin Cancers	49	197	48	638	- 441
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	117	53	408	- 291
Malnutrition	51	78	21	4,212	- 4,134
Encephalitis	52	71	60	189	- 118
Tuberculosis	53	63	3	19,655	- 19,592
Multiple Sclerosis	54	62	68	39	+ 23
Alcohol	55	55	55	355	- 300
Tetanus	56	55	27	2,129	- 2,074
Other Neoplasms	57	48	67	60	- 12
Appendicitis	58	41	58	240	- 200
War	59	32	65	89	- 57
Hepatitis B	60	22	49	522	- 500
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	20	66	84	- 64
Schistosomiasis	62	14	54	370	- 356
HIV/AIDS	63	10	2	20,885	- 20,874
Hepatitis C	64	7	61	152	- 145
Measles	65	4	63	103	- 99
Leishmaniasis	66	1	59	194	- 193
Diphtheria	67	1	69	13	- 12
Ascariasis	68	1	71	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	69	1	64	95	- 94
Chlamydia	70	0	70	10	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	72	7	- 7
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	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

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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.