BELARUS VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,682	15	1,086	+ 2,595
HIV/AIDS	2	3,407	42	167	+ 3,240
Tuberculosis	3	3,206	37	269	+ 2,938
Stroke	4	2,593	2	16,393	- 13,800
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,515	57	13	+ 2,503
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,428	19	722	+ 1,706
Liver Disease	7	2,187	8	2,078	+ 109
Malaria	8	2,064	76	0	+ 2,064
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,953	1	53,186	- 51,233
Birth Trauma	10	1,624	52	25	+ 1,599
Low Birth Weight	11	1,560	47	64	+ 1,495
Congenital Anomalies	12	998	41	202	+ 796
Maternal Conditions	13	922	60	2	+ 920
Diabetes Mellitus	14	922	30	373	+ 549
Meningitis	15	875	50	36	+ 839
Kidney Disease	16	728	26	480	+ 248
Hypertension	17	721	31	367	+ 353
Oesophagus Cancer	18	713	25	493	+ 220
Other Injuries	19	707	14	1,099	- 391
Lung Disease	20	698	7	2,208	- 1,510
Malnutrition	21	687	53	22	+ 665
Cervical Cancer	22	553	34	303	+ 250
Suicide	23	524	9	2,004	- 1,480
Violence	24	480	38	255	+ 225
Breast Cancer	25	434	12	1,230	- 797
Asthma	26	375	44	122	+ 253
Tetanus	27	347	64	0	+ 347
Stomach Cancer	28	328	10	1,690	- 1,362
Lymphomas	29	315	20	672	- 357
Oral Cancer	30	301	18	901	- 600
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	298	3	3,530	- 3,232
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	241	5	2,886	- 2,645
Falls	33	239	16	952	- 713
Liver Cancer	34	220	32	363	- 143
Leukemia	35	217	23	554	- 337
Fires	36	215	22	620	- 406
Prostate Cancer	37	211	17	936	- 725
Poisonings	38	207	33	311	- 104
Drownings	39	196	24	543	- 348
Inflammatory/Heart	40	183	11	1,361	- 1,178
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	178	40	235	- 58
Pertussis	42	165	65	0	+ 165
Epilepsy	43	136	45	116	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	44	136	43	141	- 5
Ovary Cancer	45	130	27	429	- 299
Pancreas Cancer	46	117	13	1,171	- 1,054
Lung Cancers	47	109	4	2,950	- 2,841
Skin Cancers	48	104	36	272	- 168
Hepatitis B	49	85	56	14	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	50	77	21	621	- 545
Skin Disease	51	74	51	31	+ 43
Syphilis	52	73	63	1	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	66	39	239	- 173
Schistosomiasis	54	60	74	0	+ 60
Alcohol	55	58	6	2,761	- 2,703
Uterin Cancer	56	53	28	391	- 338
Bladder Cancer	57	52	35	295	- 244
Appendicitis	58	39	54	20	+ 19
Leishmaniasis	59	32	78	0	+ 32
Encephalitis	60	31	46	93	- 62
Hepatitis C	61	25	62	1	+ 24
Drug Use	62	19	29	389	- 370
Measles	63	17	68	0	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	64	15	58	5	+ 10
War	65	15	59	3	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	14	55	15	- 1
Other Neoplasms	67	10	48	52	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	49	42	- 36
Diphtheria	69	2	67	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	2	61	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	66	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	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 BELARUS

Kenya

Belarus

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.