GEORGIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,899	9	886	+ 1,013
HIV/AIDS	2	1,757	42	89	+ 1,668
Tuberculosis	3	1,654	32	153	+ 1,501
Stroke	4	1,337	2	11,969	- 10,632
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,297	50	19	+ 1,279
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,252	13	496	+ 756
Liver Disease	7	1,128	4	1,871	- 743
Malaria	8	1,065	71	0	+ 1,065
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,007	1	16,014	- 15,007
Birth Trauma	10	838	46	39	+ 798
Low Birth Weight	11	805	37	114	+ 690
Congenital Anomalies	12	515	28	174	+ 340
Maternal Conditions	13	476	53	13	+ 463
Diabetes Mellitus	14	476	6	1,621	- 1,146
Meningitis	15	451	47	25	+ 427
Kidney Disease	16	376	10	826	- 450
Hypertension	17	372	3	4,387	- 4,016
Oesophagus Cancer	18	368	43	75	+ 293
Other Injuries	19	365	20	346	+ 18
Lung Disease	20	360	7	1,158	- 798
Malnutrition	21	354	59	5	+ 350
Cervical Cancer	22	285	27	187	+ 98
Suicide	23	270	18	367	- 96
Violence	24	248	40	90	+ 157
Breast Cancer	25	224	11	613	- 389
Asthma	26	194	35	136	+ 58
Tetanus	27	179	62	0	+ 179
Stomach Cancer	28	169	12	533	- 364
Lymphomas	29	162	25	208	- 46
Oral Cancer	30	155	31	167	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	154	5	1,826	- 1,673
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	124	14	444	- 319
Falls	33	123	16	420	- 297
Liver Cancer	34	114	17	385	- 271
Leukemia	35	112	30	171	- 60
Fires	36	111	34	140	- 29
Prostate Cancer	37	109	22	290	- 182
Poisonings	38	107	49	23	+ 83
Drownings	39	101	39	95	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	40	94	21	346	- 252
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	92	24	226	- 135
Pertussis	42	85	67	0	+ 85
Epilepsy	43	70	44	51	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	44	70	38	109	- 39
Ovary Cancer	45	67	29	174	- 107
Pancreas Cancer	46	60	23	227	- 167
Lung Cancers	47	56	8	1,152	- 1,096
Skin Cancers	48	54	33	149	- 95
Hepatitis B	49	44	58	7	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	50	40	19	354	- 315
Skin Disease	51	38	51	17	+ 22
Syphilis	52	38	63	0	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	34	15	426	- 392
Schistosomiasis	54	31	73	0	+ 31
Alcohol	55	30	45	49	- 19
Uterin Cancer	56	27	36	115	- 88
Bladder Cancer	57	27	26	205	- 179
Appendicitis	58	20	55	10	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	59	16	56	8	+ 8
Encephalitis	60	16	48	24	- 8
Hepatitis C	61	13	64	0	+ 12
Drug Use	62	10	41	90	- 80
Measles	63	9	68	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	64	8	60	1	+ 7
War	65	7	61	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	7	57	8	- 0
Other Neoplasms	67	5	52	15	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	54	12	- 9
Diphtheria	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	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 GEORGIA

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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.