ERITREA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,458	1	3,277	- 818
HIV/AIDS	2	2,275	25	308	+ 1,967
Tuberculosis	3	2,141	14	543	+ 1,597
Stroke	4	1,731	2	2,564	- 833
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,679	3	2,292	- 613
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,621	5	1,326	+ 295
Liver Disease	7	1,460	6	1,215	+ 245
Malaria	8	1,378	17	437	+ 941
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,304	4	2,154	- 850
Birth Trauma	10	1,084	11	616	+ 468
Low Birth Weight	11	1,041	16	531	+ 510
Congenital Anomalies	12	666	18	432	+ 234
Maternal Conditions	13	616	13	544	+ 72
Diabetes Mellitus	14	616	7	944	- 329
Meningitis	15	584	19	404	+ 180
Kidney Disease	16	486	12	578	- 92
Hypertension	17	481	8	926	- 445
Oesophagus Cancer	18	476	39	81	+ 395
Other Injuries	19	472	15	540	- 68
Lung Disease	20	466	9	662	- 196
Malnutrition	21	459	10	660	- 201
Cervical Cancer	22	369	30	132	+ 237
Suicide	23	350	21	382	- 32
Violence	24	320	20	384	- 64
Breast Cancer	25	289	23	311	- 22
Asthma	26	251	22	326	- 76
Tetanus	27	232	52	37	+ 194
Stomach Cancer	28	219	48	48	+ 171
Lymphomas	29	210	28	147	+ 64
Oral Cancer	30	201	44	71	+ 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	199	24	310	- 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	161	35	113	+ 48
Falls	33	160	26	168	- 9
Liver Cancer	34	147	45	69	+ 78
Leukemia	35	145	29	144	+ 0
Fires	36	143	31	132	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	37	141	47	54	+ 87
Poisonings	38	138	34	114	+ 24
Drownings	39	131	33	118	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	40	122	32	123	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	119	27	147	- 28
Pertussis	42	110	36	90	+ 21
Epilepsy	43	91	38	81	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	44	91	43	71	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	45	87	40	79	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	46	78	58	20	+ 58
Lung Cancers	47	73	46	62	+ 11
Skin Cancers	48	70	56	30	+ 40
Hepatitis B	49	57	57	28	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	50	51	37	85	- 34
Skin Disease	51	50	50	45	+ 5
Syphilis	52	49	54	35	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	44	41	77	- 32
Schistosomiasis	54	40	42	73	- 32
Alcohol	55	39	49	45	- 7
Uterin Cancer	56	35	61	18	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	57	35	51	42	- 7
Appendicitis	58	26	55	31	- 5
Leishmaniasis	59	21	59	19	+ 2
Encephalitis	60	21	62	16	+ 5
Hepatitis C	61	17	65	6	+ 10
Drug Use	62	12	53	36	- 24
Measles	63	11	63	13	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	10	60	18	- 8
War	65	10	71	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	9	64	12	- 3
Other Neoplasms	67	7	66	6	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	67	4	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	1	68	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	1	69	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Kenya

Eritrea

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.