MALI VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		MALI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,522	1	14,885	- 6,363
HIV/AIDS	2	7,885	9	5,785	+ 2,100
Tuberculosis	3	7,421	24	1,491	+ 5,929
Stroke	4	6,001	6	6,163	- 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,822	2	13,419	- 7,598
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,619	11	4,465	+ 1,154
Liver Disease	7	5,061	14	2,733	+ 2,328
Malaria	8	4,777	3	11,678	- 6,901
Coronary Heart Disease	9	4,520	7	5,907	- 1,387
Birth Trauma	10	3,759	5	8,310	- 4,551
Low Birth Weight	11	3,610	4	8,880	- 5,270
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,309	12	3,743	- 1,434
Maternal Conditions	13	2,134	13	2,858	- 724
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,134	16	2,289	- 155
Meningitis	15	2,025	10	4,531	- 2,506
Kidney Disease	16	1,685	17	2,185	- 500
Hypertension	17	1,668	25	1,291	+ 377
Oesophagus Cancer	18	1,651	58	159	+ 1,492
Other Injuries	19	1,637	15	2,310	- 673
Lung Disease	20	1,616	19	1,973	- 357
Malnutrition	21	1,590	8	5,848	- 4,258
Cervical Cancer	22	1,279	20	1,735	- 455
Suicide	23	1,214	32	806	+ 407
Violence	24	1,111	18	2,095	- 984
Breast Cancer	25	1,003	30	947	+ 56
Asthma	26	868	23	1,492	- 623
Tetanus	27	804	43	427	+ 377
Stomach Cancer	28	759	27	1,063	- 304
Lymphomas	29	729	45	316	+ 413
Oral Cancer	30	695	48	252	+ 444
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	690	34	756	- 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	558	36	703	- 145
Falls	33	553	31	867	- 314
Liver Cancer	34	510	38	562	- 52
Leukemia	35	501	56	192	+ 309
Fires	36	497	35	750	- 253
Prostate Cancer	37	488	44	362	+ 126
Poisonings	38	479	39	561	- 82
Drownings	39	453	28	1,053	- 600
Inflammatory/Heart	40	423	40	549	- 126
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	411	37	625	- 214
Pertussis	42	383	29	1,006	- 624
Epilepsy	43	314	41	485	- 170
Endocrine Disorders	44	314	21	1,618	- 1,304
Ovary Cancer	45	300	53	197	+ 103
Pancreas Cancer	46	270	47	258	+ 12
Lung Cancers	47	252	49	252	+ 1
Skin Cancers	48	241	54	194	+ 47
Hepatitis B	49	197	52	207	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	50	177	50	236	- 58
Skin Disease	51	172	57	170	+ 2
Syphilis	52	170	33	770	- 601
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	154	46	283	- 129
Schistosomiasis	54	140	51	220	- 80
Alcohol	55	134	60	83	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	56	122	61	80	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	57	120	42	431	- 311
Appendicitis	58	91	62	70	+ 21
Leishmaniasis	59	73	78	0	+ 73
Encephalitis	60	71	55	193	- 122
Hepatitis C	61	58	64	32	+ 25
Drug Use	62	43	59	139	- 96
Measles	63	39	22	1,548	- 1,509
Upper Respiratory	64	36	65	31	+ 5
War	65	34	26	1,099	- 1,065
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	32	69	16	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	67	23	67	21	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	15	68	20	- 5
Diphtheria	69	5	66	22	- 17
Chlamydia	70	4	70	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	3	63	56	- 53
Otitis Media	72	3	71	0	+ 2
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	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALI

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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.