LESOTHO VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	863	2	3,214	- 2,351
HIV/AIDS	2	799	1	4,767	- 3,969
Tuberculosis	3	752	8	1,208	- 457
Stroke	4	608	3	2,817	- 2,209
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	590	4	2,354	- 1,764
Road Traffic Accidents	6	569	16	678	- 109
Liver Disease	7	513	14	792	- 279
Malaria	8	484	79	0	+ 484
Coronary Heart Disease	9	458	5	2,101	- 1,643
Birth Trauma	10	381	15	717	- 336
Low Birth Weight	11	366	12	957	- 591
Congenital Anomalies	12	234	19	389	- 155
Maternal Conditions	13	216	24	292	- 76
Diabetes Mellitus	14	216	6	2,000	- 1,783
Meningitis	15	205	22	318	- 113
Kidney Disease	16	171	10	1,015	- 844
Hypertension	17	169	11	990	- 821
Oesophagus Cancer	18	167	37	73	+ 94
Other Injuries	19	166	18	533	- 367
Lung Disease	20	164	9	1,102	- 938
Malnutrition	21	161	21	357	- 196
Cervical Cancer	22	130	20	372	- 243
Suicide	23	123	7	1,539	- 1,417
Violence	24	113	13	924	- 811
Breast Cancer	25	102	34	97	+ 5
Asthma	26	88	17	678	- 590
Tetanus	27	81	47	45	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	28	77	60	11	+ 66
Lymphomas	29	74	36	78	- 4
Oral Cancer	30	70	42	52	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	70	29	194	- 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	56	48	40	+ 17
Falls	33	56	31	128	- 72
Liver Cancer	34	52	39	71	- 19
Leukemia	35	51	49	39	+ 12
Fires	36	50	26	269	- 218
Prostate Cancer	37	49	35	81	- 31
Poisonings	38	49	33	111	- 63
Drownings	39	46	28	200	- 154
Inflammatory/Heart	40	43	23	305	- 262
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	42	25	279	- 237
Pertussis	42	39	44	51	- 12
Epilepsy	43	32	30	143	- 112
Endocrine Disorders	44	32	27	235	- 203
Ovary Cancer	45	30	53	24	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	46	27	58	12	+ 15
Lung Cancers	47	26	43	51	- 25
Skin Cancers	48	24	46	46	- 22
Hepatitis B	49	20	51	27	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	50	18	41	55	- 37
Skin Disease	51	17	40	70	- 52
Syphilis	52	17	45	50	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	16	32	126	- 110
Schistosomiasis	54	14	76	0	+ 14
Alcohol	55	14	38	71	- 57
Uterin Cancer	56	12	54	23	- 11
Bladder Cancer	57	12	61	10	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	9	52	25	- 16
Leishmaniasis	59	7	75	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	60	7	57	14	- 6
Hepatitis C	61	6	64	2	+ 3
Drug Use	62	4	50	32	- 27
Measles	63	4	59	12	- 8
Upper Respiratory	64	4	55	18	- 15
War	65	3	68	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	56	18	- 15
Other Neoplasms	67	2	62	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	63	6	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	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 LESOTHO

Kenya

Lesotho

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.