IRELAND VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,028	6	1,298	+ 730
HIV/AIDS	2	1,877	57	9	+ 1,868
Tuberculosis	3	1,766	50	23	+ 1,743
Stroke	4	1,428	5	1,770	- 342
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,385	45	53	+ 1,333
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,337	33	153	+ 1,184
Liver Disease	7	1,204	19	279	+ 925
Malaria	8	1,137	75	0	+ 1,137
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,076	1	4,762	- 3,686
Birth Trauma	10	895	56	10	+ 885
Low Birth Weight	11	859	44	56	+ 803
Congenital Anomalies	12	549	32	153	+ 396
Maternal Conditions	13	508	61	3	+ 505
Diabetes Mellitus	14	508	16	414	+ 94
Meningitis	15	482	58	7	+ 475
Kidney Disease	16	401	10	566	- 165
Hypertension	17	397	29	175	+ 222
Oesophagus Cancer	18	393	15	419	- 26
Other Injuries	19	390	30	171	+ 219
Lung Disease	20	385	4	1,915	- 1,531
Malnutrition	21	378	63	2	+ 377
Cervical Cancer	22	304	35	103	+ 202
Suicide	23	289	14	470	- 181
Violence	24	264	47	38	+ 226
Breast Cancer	25	239	8	760	- 521
Asthma	26	207	41	58	+ 149
Tetanus	27	191	81	0	+ 191
Stomach Cancer	28	181	17	357	- 176
Lymphomas	29	174	13	513	- 339
Oral Cancer	30	166	28	183	- 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	164	2	3,209	- 3,045
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	133	7	1,095	- 962
Falls	33	132	25	247	- 115
Liver Cancer	34	121	18	318	- 197
Leukemia	35	119	20	274	- 155
Fires	36	118	48	30	+ 88
Prostate Cancer	37	116	9	585	- 469
Poisonings	38	114	53	14	+ 100
Drownings	39	108	43	57	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	40	101	26	240	- 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	98	38	67	+ 31
Pertussis	42	91	67	0	+ 91
Epilepsy	43	75	36	85	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	44	75	24	249	- 175
Ovary Cancer	45	71	21	273	- 201
Pancreas Cancer	46	64	11	530	- 466
Lung Cancers	47	60	3	1,916	- 1,856
Skin Cancers	48	57	23	252	- 194
Hepatitis B	49	47	59	6	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	50	42	12	530	- 487
Skin Disease	51	41	42	58	- 17
Syphilis	52	40	68	0	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	37	46	50	- 13
Schistosomiasis	54	33	72	0	+ 33
Alcohol	55	32	39	64	- 32
Uterin Cancer	56	29	34	126	- 97
Bladder Cancer	57	29	22	256	- 227
Appendicitis	58	22	60	3	+ 18
Leishmaniasis	59	17	76	0	+ 17
Encephalitis	60	17	66	0	+ 17
Hepatitis C	61	14	52	19	- 6
Drug Use	62	10	31	167	- 157
Measles	63	9	83	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	64	9	64	1	+ 8
War	65	8	65	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	40	59	- 51
Other Neoplasms	67	5	27	218	- 212
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	37	83	- 80
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Kenya

Ireland

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.