JORDAN VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,330	8	937	+ 3,393
HIV/AIDS	2	4,007	63	2	+ 4,005
Tuberculosis	3	3,771	53	12	+ 3,759
Stroke	4	3,049	2	2,908	+ 141
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,958	30	152	+ 2,806
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,855	3	1,717	+ 1,138
Liver Disease	7	2,572	14	494	+ 2,078
Malaria	8	2,427	77	0	+ 2,427
Coronary Heart Disease	9	2,297	1	4,856	- 2,559
Birth Trauma	10	1,910	20	271	+ 1,639
Low Birth Weight	11	1,834	10	857	+ 977
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,173	9	934	+ 239
Maternal Conditions	13	1,084	44	53	+ 1,032
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,084	4	1,684	- 600
Meningitis	15	1,029	37	78	+ 951
Kidney Disease	16	856	6	1,494	- 638
Hypertension	17	847	5	1,532	- 684
Oesophagus Cancer	18	839	42	63	+ 776
Other Injuries	19	832	19	294	+ 538
Lung Disease	20	821	15	444	+ 377
Malnutrition	21	808	51	15	+ 793
Cervical Cancer	22	650	41	64	+ 586
Suicide	23	617	28	165	+ 451
Violence	24	564	21	269	+ 295
Breast Cancer	25	510	12	686	- 176
Asthma	26	441	35	114	+ 327
Tetanus	27	408	56	11	+ 398
Stomach Cancer	28	386	17	365	+ 20
Lymphomas	29	370	18	323	+ 47
Oral Cancer	30	353	31	143	+ 211
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	350	11	706	- 356
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	283	13	616	- 333
Falls	33	281	24	191	+ 91
Liver Cancer	34	259	25	186	+ 73
Leukemia	35	255	16	370	- 115
Fires	36	253	29	153	+ 100
Prostate Cancer	37	248	33	131	+ 117
Poisonings	38	243	47	47	+ 197
Drownings	39	230	36	107	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	40	215	38	74	+ 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	209	40	67	+ 142
Pertussis	42	194	43	55	+ 140
Epilepsy	43	160	46	49	+ 111
Endocrine Disorders	44	159	26	180	- 21
Ovary Cancer	45	152	32	139	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	46	137	22	245	- 108
Lung Cancers	47	128	7	1,059	- 930
Skin Cancers	48	122	49	38	+ 85
Hepatitis B	49	100	60	4	+ 96
Parkinson's Disease	50	90	27	169	- 79
Skin Disease	51	87	48	42	+ 45
Syphilis	52	86	45	52	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	78	50	22	+ 56
Schistosomiasis	54	71	62	3	+ 68
Alcohol	55	68	55	11	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	56	62	39	74	- 12
Bladder Cancer	57	61	23	213	- 152
Appendicitis	58	46	58	8	+ 38
Leishmaniasis	59	37	66	0	+ 37
Encephalitis	60	36	52	14	+ 23
Hepatitis C	61	29	64	1	+ 28
Drug Use	62	22	34	115	- 93
Measles	63	20	65	1	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	64	18	69	0	+ 18
War	65	17	59	6	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	16	61	4	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	67	12	57	9	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	7	54	12	- 4
Diphtheria	69	2	67	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	2	70	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	71	2	68	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Kenya

Jordan

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.