ESTONIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	463	6	349	+ 114
HIV/AIDS	2	428	39	40	+ 388
Tuberculosis	3	403	47	16	+ 386
Stroke	4	326	3	1,116	- 790
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	316	53	8	+ 308
Road Traffic Accidents	6	305	35	59	+ 246
Liver Disease	7	275	7	328	- 54
Malaria	8	259	73	0	+ 259
Coronary Heart Disease	9	245	1	3,009	- 2,763
Birth Trauma	10	204	57	5	+ 199
Low Birth Weight	11	196	55	7	+ 189
Congenital Anomalies	12	125	43	25	+ 100
Maternal Conditions	13	116	61	1	+ 115
Diabetes Mellitus	14	116	19	146	- 30
Meningitis	15	110	54	7	+ 103
Kidney Disease	16	91	17	176	- 85
Hypertension	17	91	2	2,700	- 2,610
Oesophagus Cancer	18	90	27	99	- 9
Other Injuries	19	89	20	141	- 52
Lung Disease	20	88	13	229	- 141
Malnutrition	21	86	79	0	+ 86
Cervical Cancer	22	69	32	68	+ 2
Suicide	23	66	16	197	- 132
Violence	24	60	42	28	+ 32
Breast Cancer	25	54	11	260	- 205
Asthma	26	47	44	24	+ 23
Tetanus	27	44	81	0	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	28	41	9	290	- 249
Lymphomas	29	40	15	213	- 173
Oral Cancer	30	38	25	110	- 73
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	37	12	229	- 192
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	30	5	527	- 497
Falls	33	30	24	119	- 89
Liver Cancer	34	28	26	107	- 80
Leukemia	35	27	22	126	- 98
Fires	36	27	38	41	- 14
Prostate Cancer	37	26	8	298	- 272
Poisonings	38	26	52	8	+ 18
Drownings	39	25	40	30	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	40	23	14	217	- 194
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	22	36	55	- 33
Pertussis	42	21	83	0	+ 21
Epilepsy	43	17	37	45	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	44	17	33	66	- 49
Ovary Cancer	45	16	28	87	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	46	15	10	268	- 254
Lung Cancers	47	14	4	657	- 643
Skin Cancers	48	13	30	79	- 66
Hepatitis B	49	11	65	0	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	50	10	29	82	- 72
Skin Disease	51	9	41	29	- 19
Syphilis	52	9	62	1	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	8	45	22	- 13
Schistosomiasis	54	8	72	0	+ 8
Alcohol	55	7	18	148	- 141
Uterin Cancer	56	7	34	60	- 54
Bladder Cancer	57	7	21	126	- 119
Appendicitis	58	5	59	2	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	59	4	69	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	60	4	63	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	61	3	58	4	- 1
Drug Use	62	2	31	75	- 73
Measles	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	66	0	+ 2
War	65	2	64	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	46	17	- 15
Other Neoplasms	67	1	23	123	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	48	16	- 15
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.