BURUNDI VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,266	1	7,810	- 2,544
HIV/AIDS	2	4,873	11	1,814	+ 3,059
Tuberculosis	3	4,586	10	2,385	+ 2,201
Stroke	4	3,709	4	4,323	- 614
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,598	2	6,046	- 2,449
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,472	5	4,089	- 617
Liver Disease	7	3,128	13	1,767	+ 1,360
Malaria	8	2,952	3	5,163	- 2,211
Coronary Heart Disease	9	2,793	6	3,718	- 924
Birth Trauma	10	2,323	7	3,183	- 860
Low Birth Weight	11	2,231	8	3,171	- 940
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,427	12	1,788	- 361
Maternal Conditions	13	1,319	18	1,332	- 14
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,319	16	1,383	- 65
Meningitis	15	1,251	19	1,322	- 71
Kidney Disease	16	1,041	21	1,001	+ 40
Hypertension	17	1,031	20	1,113	- 83
Oesophagus Cancer	18	1,020	26	455	+ 566
Other Injuries	19	1,012	15	1,413	- 401
Lung Disease	20	999	17	1,349	- 350
Malnutrition	21	983	9	2,500	- 1,517
Cervical Cancer	22	791	14	1,474	- 684
Suicide	23	750	24	720	+ 30
Violence	24	687	23	760	- 73
Breast Cancer	25	620	35	355	+ 265
Asthma	26	537	22	836	- 300
Tetanus	27	497	45	178	+ 319
Stomach Cancer	28	469	44	180	+ 289
Lymphomas	29	451	31	379	+ 71
Oral Cancer	30	430	39	285	+ 145
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	426	27	426	+ 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	345	37	324	+ 20
Falls	33	342	30	385	- 43
Liver Cancer	34	315	29	389	- 74
Leukemia	35	310	47	135	+ 175
Fires	36	307	28	425	- 118
Prostate Cancer	37	301	33	374	- 72
Poisonings	38	296	34	369	- 73
Drownings	39	280	25	598	- 318
Inflammatory/Heart	40	262	38	311	- 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	254	36	340	- 86
Pertussis	42	236	32	378	- 142
Epilepsy	43	194	41	234	- 40
Endocrine Disorders	44	194	40	275	- 81
Ovary Cancer	45	185	51	106	+ 79
Pancreas Cancer	46	167	58	66	+ 101
Lung Cancers	47	156	56	76	+ 80
Skin Cancers	48	149	48	121	+ 28
Hepatitis B	49	122	62	44	+ 78
Parkinson's Disease	50	110	52	103	+ 6
Skin Disease	51	106	54	91	+ 15
Syphilis	52	105	59	60	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	95	43	181	- 86
Schistosomiasis	54	86	42	211	- 124
Alcohol	55	83	55	76	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	56	75	57	67	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	57	74	50	109	- 35
Appendicitis	58	56	49	109	- 53
Leishmaniasis	59	45	79	0	+ 45
Encephalitis	60	44	61	46	- 2
Hepatitis C	61	36	64	17	+ 19
Drug Use	62	26	60	52	- 26
Measles	63	24	63	17	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	64	22	46	136	- 114
War	65	21	53	96	- 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	20	65	17	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	67	14	67	10	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	68	9	69	5	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	3	71	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	70	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	2	66	16	- 14
Otitis Media	72	2	68	10	- 8
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	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 BURUNDI

Kenya

Burundi

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.