ICELAND VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	141	6	82	+ 59
HIV/AIDS	2	131	59	0	+ 130
Tuberculosis	3	123	82	0	+ 123
Stroke	4	99	3	141	- 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	96	55	1	+ 95
Road Traffic Accidents	6	93	35	7	+ 86
Liver Disease	7	84	31	9	+ 74
Malaria	8	79	73	0	+ 79
Coronary Heart Disease	9	75	1	403	- 329
Birth Trauma	10	62	46	2	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	11	60	43	3	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	12	38	34	7	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	13	35	60	0	+ 35
Diabetes Mellitus	14	35	16	30	+ 6
Meningitis	15	34	50	1	+ 32
Kidney Disease	16	28	15	33	- 5
Hypertension	17	28	17	24	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	18	27	19	23	+ 5
Other Injuries	19	27	11	50	- 23
Lung Disease	20	27	5	129	- 102
Malnutrition	21	26	57	1	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	22	21	32	9	+ 12
Suicide	23	20	13	40	- 20
Violence	24	18	39	4	+ 14
Breast Cancer	25	17	9	53	- 37
Asthma	26	14	48	2	+ 13
Tetanus	27	13	68	0	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	28	13	23	18	- 5
Lymphomas	29	12	14	37	- 25
Oral Cancer	30	12	33	9	+ 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	11	2	295	- 284
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	9	7	73	- 64
Falls	33	9	18	24	- 15
Liver Cancer	34	8	20	22	- 14
Leukemia	35	8	22	19	- 11
Fires	36	8	58	1	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	37	8	8	61	- 53
Poisonings	38	8	42	3	+ 5
Drownings	39	7	56	1	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	40	7	26	16	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	7	41	3	+ 4
Pertussis	42	6	62	0	+ 6
Epilepsy	43	5	37	5	- 0
Endocrine Disorders	44	5	27	16	- 10
Ovary Cancer	45	5	25	16	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	46	4	12	43	- 39
Lung Cancers	47	4	4	134	- 130
Skin Cancers	48	4	29	13	- 9
Hepatitis B	49	3	63	0	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	50	3	10	53	- 50
Skin Disease	51	3	45	3	+ 0
Syphilis	52	3	80	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	3	54	1	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	54	2	75	0	+ 2
Alcohol	55	2	28	14	- 12
Uterin Cancer	56	2	36	7	- 5
Bladder Cancer	57	2	21	20	- 18
Appendicitis	58	2	86	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	59	1	77	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	60	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	52	1	- 0
Drug Use	62	1	24	17	- 16
Measles	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	51	1	- 1
War	65	1	61	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	38	4	- 4
Other Neoplasms	67	0	30	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	44	3	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	40	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	49	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Kenya

Iceland

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.