DR CONGO VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	44,720	1	73,546	- 28,826
HIV/AIDS	2	41,379	15	13,286	+ 28,093
Tuberculosis	3	38,943	2	43,759	- 4,817
Stroke	4	31,493	6	36,596	- 5,103
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	30,551	5	41,301	- 10,750
Road Traffic Accidents	6	29,487	10	30,256	- 769
Liver Disease	7	26,558	13	15,044	+ 11,514
Malaria	8	25,067	4	41,813	- 16,746
Coronary Heart Disease	9	23,721	7	34,713	- 10,992
Birth Trauma	10	19,728	9	33,075	- 13,348
Low Birth Weight	11	18,945	8	34,668	- 15,724
Congenital Anomalies	12	12,116	11	16,256	- 4,140
Maternal Conditions	13	11,197	19	10,513	+ 684
Diabetes Mellitus	14	11,197	16	12,902	- 1,705
Meningitis	15	10,627	17	11,568	- 941
Kidney Disease	16	8,844	20	9,077	- 233
Hypertension	17	8,753	12	15,743	- 6,990
Oesophagus Cancer	18	8,663	53	790	+ 7,873
Other Injuries	19	8,590	22	8,272	+ 319
Lung Disease	20	8,480	14	13,527	- 5,046
Malnutrition	21	8,346	21	8,910	- 564
Cervical Cancer	22	6,714	27	4,823	+ 1,892
Suicide	23	6,369	26	5,812	+ 556
Violence	24	5,830	18	11,120	- 5,291
Breast Cancer	25	5,266	35	3,416	+ 1,850
Asthma	26	4,557	24	7,733	- 3,176
Tetanus	27	4,218	46	1,166	+ 3,052
Stomach Cancer	28	3,982	37	2,579	+ 1,402
Lymphomas	29	3,826	38	2,061	+ 1,765
Oral Cancer	30	3,650	51	1,003	+ 2,647
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	3,620	28	4,548	- 928
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	2,927	36	2,966	- 40
Falls	33	2,903	33	3,483	- 580
Liver Cancer	34	2,676	31	3,840	- 1,163
Leukemia	35	2,630	41	1,871	+ 758
Fires	36	2,608	39	2,007	+ 601
Prostate Cancer	37	2,560	30	3,948	- 1,389
Poisonings	38	2,514	42	1,729	+ 785
Drownings	39	2,378	34	3,454	- 1,076
Inflammatory/Heart	40	2,222	29	4,045	- 1,823
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	2,157	40	1,923	+ 234
Pertussis	42	2,008	23	7,921	- 5,913
Epilepsy	43	1,649	44	1,727	- 77
Endocrine Disorders	44	1,646	25	7,380	- 5,733
Ovary Cancer	45	1,574	58	656	+ 919
Pancreas Cancer	46	1,419	50	1,017	+ 402
Lung Cancers	47	1,325	47	1,158	+ 167
Skin Cancers	48	1,265	55	765	+ 499
Hepatitis B	49	1,034	61	456	+ 578
Parkinson's Disease	50	931	49	1,035	- 104
Skin Disease	51	902	54	781	+ 121
Syphilis	52	890	32	3,751	- 2,861
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	807	43	1,728	- 920
Schistosomiasis	54	733	48	1,071	- 338
Alcohol	55	704	60	635	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	56	639	63	352	+ 287
Bladder Cancer	57	629	65	270	+ 359
Appendicitis	58	476	56	703	- 227
Leishmaniasis	59	385	52	869	- 484
Encephalitis	60	375	57	680	- 305
Hepatitis C	61	302	69	69	+ 233
Drug Use	62	225	59	638	- 414
Measles	63	205	3	42,254	- 42,049
Upper Respiratory	64	188	62	370	- 182
War	65	177	45	1,658	- 1,482
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	167	66	217	- 51
Other Neoplasms	67	119	67	88	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	68	77	71	44	+ 33
Diphtheria	69	25	70	47	- 22
Chlamydia	70	20	73	15	+ 6
Ascariasis	71	18	68	80	- 62
Otitis Media	72	14	72	38	- 24
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Kenya

DR Congo

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.