LIBERIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,107	2	2,693	- 586
HIV/AIDS	2	1,950	6	1,919	+ 31
Tuberculosis	3	1,835	1	2,766	- 931
Stroke	4	1,484	11	1,578	- 94
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,439	10	1,592	- 152
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,389	5	1,920	- 531
Liver Disease	7	1,251	13	858	+ 393
Malaria	8	1,181	4	2,428	- 1,247
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,118	7	1,885	- 767
Birth Trauma	10	929	9	1,601	- 672
Low Birth Weight	11	893	8	1,652	- 759
Congenital Anomalies	12	571	14	833	- 262
Maternal Conditions	13	528	12	870	- 342
Diabetes Mellitus	14	528	15	650	- 122
Meningitis	15	501	17	552	- 51
Kidney Disease	16	417	16	609	- 192
Hypertension	17	412	23	371	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	18	408	60	16	+ 393
Other Injuries	19	405	22	380	+ 25
Lung Disease	20	400	26	294	+ 106
Malnutrition	21	393	24	353	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	22	316	19	474	- 157
Suicide	23	300	30	220	+ 80
Violence	24	275	18	477	- 202
Breast Cancer	25	248	27	246	+ 3
Asthma	26	215	31	200	+ 15
Tetanus	27	199	54	31	+ 168
Stomach Cancer	28	188	37	122	+ 66
Lymphomas	29	180	39	93	+ 87
Oral Cancer	30	172	48	50	+ 122
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	171	29	235	- 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	138	40	90	+ 48
Falls	33	137	33	155	- 19
Liver Cancer	34	126	20	439	- 313
Leukemia	35	124	58	23	+ 101
Fires	36	123	34	153	- 30
Prostate Cancer	37	121	25	297	- 177
Poisonings	38	118	41	82	+ 37
Drownings	39	112	35	127	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	40	105	38	115	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	102	36	126	- 24
Pertussis	42	95	32	197	- 103
Epilepsy	43	78	42	81	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	44	78	28	245	- 168
Ovary Cancer	45	74	47	50	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	46	67	53	38	+ 29
Lung Cancers	47	62	44	66	- 4
Skin Cancers	48	60	46	51	+ 8
Hepatitis B	49	49	52	39	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	50	44	43	72	- 28
Skin Disease	51	42	51	41	+ 1
Syphilis	52	42	21	394	- 352
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	38	49	50	- 12
Schistosomiasis	54	35	45	51	- 17
Alcohol	55	33	57	25	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	56	30	55	28	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	57	30	59	19	+ 11
Appendicitis	58	22	61	12	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	59	18	77	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	60	18	56	27	- 10
Hepatitis C	61	14	65	4	+ 10
Drug Use	62	11	50	42	- 32
Measles	63	10	3	2,554	- 2,545
Upper Respiratory	64	9	67	3	+ 6
War	65	8	70	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	64	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	67	6	62	6	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	63	4	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	1	66	4	- 3
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Kenya

Liberia

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.