GUINEA-BISSAU VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	826	2	1,390	- 563
HIV/AIDS	2	765	1	1,445	- 681
Tuberculosis	3	720	3	1,387	- 667
Stroke	4	582	6	829	- 247
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	565	4	913	- 348
Road Traffic Accidents	6	545	10	619	- 74
Liver Disease	7	491	11	405	+ 86
Malaria	8	463	9	684	- 221
Coronary Heart Disease	9	438	5	907	- 469
Birth Trauma	10	365	7	790	- 426
Low Birth Weight	11	350	8	705	- 354
Congenital Anomalies	12	224	12	373	- 149
Maternal Conditions	13	207	13	333	- 126
Diabetes Mellitus	14	207	14	313	- 107
Meningitis	15	196	16	258	- 62
Kidney Disease	16	163	15	268	- 104
Hypertension	17	162	21	177	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	18	160	49	19	+ 141
Other Injuries	19	159	17	234	- 76
Lung Disease	20	157	20	191	- 34
Malnutrition	21	154	27	121	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	22	124	23	154	- 30
Suicide	23	118	26	134	- 16
Violence	24	108	22	173	- 65
Breast Cancer	25	97	29	93	+ 5
Asthma	26	84	24	150	- 66
Tetanus	27	78	40	48	+ 30
Stomach Cancer	28	74	36	55	+ 18
Lymphomas	29	71	45	28	+ 43
Oral Cancer	30	67	56	13	+ 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	67	34	69	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	54	38	50	+ 5
Falls	33	54	33	71	- 17
Liver Cancer	34	49	28	116	- 67
Leukemia	35	49	61	6	+ 42
Fires	36	48	35	64	- 16
Prostate Cancer	37	47	42	41	+ 7
Poisonings	38	46	41	45	+ 2
Drownings	39	44	30	89	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	40	41	37	53	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	40	32	77	- 37
Pertussis	42	37	19	212	- 175
Epilepsy	43	30	39	48	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	44	30	18	221	- 191
Ovary Cancer	45	29	48	19	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	46	26	54	14	+ 12
Lung Cancers	47	24	50	18	+ 6
Skin Cancers	48	23	52	17	+ 6
Hepatitis B	49	19	47	20	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	50	17	46	27	- 10
Skin Disease	51	17	53	16	+ 0
Syphilis	52	16	31	85	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	15	43	33	- 18
Schistosomiasis	54	14	44	30	- 17
Alcohol	55	13	57	12	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	56	12	59	8	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	57	12	51	17	- 6
Appendicitis	58	9	60	7	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	59	7	79	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	60	7	58	10	- 3
Hepatitis C	61	6	63	3	+ 3
Drug Use	62	4	55	13	- 9
Measles	63	4	25	147	- 143
Upper Respiratory	64	3	66	2	+ 1
War	65	3	70	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	67	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	67	2	65	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	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 GUINEA-BISSAU

Kenya

Guinea-Bissau

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.