JAMAICA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,094	15	393	+ 701
HIV/AIDS	2	1,012	7	757	+ 255
Tuberculosis	3	953	54	8	+ 945
Stroke	4	771	1	2,415	- 1,644
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	748	42	35	+ 713
Road Traffic Accidents	6	722	12	444	+ 277
Liver Disease	7	650	21	155	+ 495
Malaria	8	613	72	0	+ 613
Coronary Heart Disease	9	580	3	1,726	- 1,146
Birth Trauma	10	483	37	65	+ 418
Low Birth Weight	11	464	18	241	+ 223
Congenital Anomalies	12	296	23	139	+ 158
Maternal Conditions	13	274	43	35	+ 239
Diabetes Mellitus	14	274	2	2,077	- 1,803
Meningitis	15	260	47	16	+ 244
Kidney Disease	16	216	6	793	- 577
Hypertension	17	214	8	651	- 437
Oesophagus Cancer	18	212	34	74	+ 138
Other Injuries	19	210	31	91	+ 119
Lung Disease	20	207	11	452	- 244
Malnutrition	21	204	40	48	+ 156
Cervical Cancer	22	164	16	358	- 194
Suicide	23	156	35	70	+ 86
Violence	24	143	4	1,484	- 1,342
Breast Cancer	25	129	14	413	- 284
Asthma	26	112	36	65	+ 46
Tetanus	27	103	63	0	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	28	97	19	231	- 133
Lymphomas	29	94	17	251	- 157
Oral Cancer	30	89	39	59	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	89	9	587	- 499
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	72	13	436	- 365
Falls	33	71	33	82	- 11
Liver Cancer	34	65	29	101	- 36
Leukemia	35	64	26	129	- 65
Fires	36	64	46	16	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	37	63	5	883	- 821
Poisonings	38	62	57	2	+ 59
Drownings	39	58	51	10	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	40	54	24	133	- 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	53	32	82	- 30
Pertussis	42	49	67	0	+ 49
Epilepsy	43	40	41	46	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	44	40	20	176	- 136
Ovary Cancer	45	39	30	97	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	46	35	27	119	- 84
Lung Cancers	47	32	10	472	- 440
Skin Cancers	48	31	52	10	+ 21
Hepatitis B	49	25	59	1	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	50	23	25	132	- 110
Skin Disease	51	22	22	145	- 123
Syphilis	52	22	60	1	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	20	44	27	- 7
Schistosomiasis	54	18	74	0	+ 18
Alcohol	55	17	55	7	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	56	16	28	106	- 90
Bladder Cancer	57	15	38	60	- 44
Appendicitis	58	12	53	9	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	59	9	71	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	60	9	49	13	- 4
Hepatitis C	61	7	64	0	+ 7
Drug Use	62	5	48	13	- 8
Measles	63	5	77	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	5	65	0	+ 4
War	65	4	61	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	50	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	67	3	45	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	56	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.