BOTSWANA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	950	2	1,674	- 724
HIV/AIDS	2	879	1	4,950	- 4,071
Tuberculosis	3	827	6	649	+ 178
Stroke	4	669	4	1,588	- 919
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	649	8	527	+ 122
Road Traffic Accidents	6	626	7	608	+ 18
Liver Disease	7	564	12	459	+ 105
Malaria	8	532	64	1	+ 532
Coronary Heart Disease	9	504	3	1,632	- 1,128
Birth Trauma	10	419	17	261	+ 157
Low Birth Weight	11	402	13	447	- 45
Congenital Anomalies	12	257	16	287	- 30
Maternal Conditions	13	238	24	118	+ 120
Diabetes Mellitus	14	238	5	1,273	- 1,035
Meningitis	15	226	25	108	+ 117
Kidney Disease	16	188	9	506	- 319
Hypertension	17	186	11	471	- 285
Oesophagus Cancer	18	184	28	103	+ 81
Other Injuries	19	182	19	216	- 34
Lung Disease	20	180	10	482	- 302
Malnutrition	21	177	21	171	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	22	143	22	164	- 21
Suicide	23	135	15	370	- 235
Violence	24	124	14	389	- 265
Breast Cancer	25	112	33	68	+ 43
Asthma	26	97	18	232	- 135
Tetanus	27	90	61	6	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	28	85	53	10	+ 74
Lymphomas	29	81	31	77	+ 4
Oral Cancer	30	78	32	70	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	77	23	164	- 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	62	47	28	+ 35
Falls	33	62	34	62	+ 0
Liver Cancer	34	57	35	57	- 0
Leukemia	35	56	51	13	+ 43
Fires	36	55	26	108	- 53
Prostate Cancer	37	54	41	45	+ 10
Poisonings	38	53	42	42	+ 11
Drownings	39	50	30	83	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	40	47	20	177	- 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	46	29	90	- 44
Pertussis	42	43	40	45	- 2
Epilepsy	43	35	36	56	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	44	35	27	103	- 68
Ovary Cancer	45	33	49	19	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	46	30	50	16	+ 14
Lung Cancers	47	28	39	45	- 17
Skin Cancers	48	27	37	52	- 25
Hepatitis B	49	22	62	6	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	50	20	38	47	- 27
Skin Disease	51	19	46	30	- 11
Syphilis	52	19	44	36	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	17	43	37	- 20
Schistosomiasis	54	16	54	10	+ 6
Alcohol	55	15	45	31	- 16
Uterin Cancer	56	14	56	9	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	57	13	60	6	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	10	57	8	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	59	8	79	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	60	8	59	7	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	6	66	1	+ 6
Drug Use	62	5	48	26	- 21
Measles	63	4	68	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	4	58	7	- 3
War	65	4	69	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	52	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	67	3	55	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	63	3	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

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.