MAURITIUS VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	508	7	346	+ 162
HIV/AIDS	2	470	13	141	+ 329
Tuberculosis	3	442	45	17	+ 425
Stroke	4	358	3	985	- 627
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	347	42	23	+ 324
Road Traffic Accidents	6	335	11	155	+ 180
Liver Disease	7	302	12	145	+ 156
Malaria	8	285	70	0	+ 285
Coronary Heart Disease	9	269	2	1,805	- 1,535
Birth Trauma	10	224	36	37	+ 187
Low Birth Weight	11	215	35	37	+ 178
Congenital Anomalies	12	138	25	57	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	13	127	48	11	+ 116
Diabetes Mellitus	14	127	1	1,873	- 1,746
Meningitis	15	121	57	2	+ 118
Kidney Disease	16	100	4	724	- 624
Hypertension	17	99	6	592	- 492
Oesophagus Cancer	18	98	37	35	+ 63
Other Injuries	19	98	21	66	+ 32
Lung Disease	20	96	5	646	- 550
Malnutrition	21	95	54	4	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	22	76	30	49	+ 27
Suicide	23	72	14	120	- 48
Violence	24	66	41	30	+ 37
Breast Cancer	25	60	8	232	- 172
Asthma	26	52	17	107	- 55
Tetanus	27	48	76	0	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	28	45	18	104	- 59
Lymphomas	29	43	24	57	- 13
Oral Cancer	30	41	23	63	- 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	41	34	42	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	33	10	182	- 149
Falls	33	33	26	57	- 24
Liver Cancer	34	30	27	56	- 26
Leukemia	35	30	31	48	- 19
Fires	36	30	50	10	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	37	29	15	115	- 86
Poisonings	38	29	49	11	+ 18
Drownings	39	27	33	43	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	40	25	16	108	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	24	43	22	+ 2
Pertussis	42	23	66	0	+ 23
Epilepsy	43	19	38	35	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	44	19	19	101	- 82
Ovary Cancer	45	18	32	46	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	46	16	28	55	- 38
Lung Cancers	47	15	9	182	- 167
Skin Cancers	48	14	53	5	+ 10
Hepatitis B	49	12	65	0	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	50	11	47	12	- 1
Skin Disease	51	10	22	64	- 54
Syphilis	52	10	67	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	9	56	3	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	54	8	69	0	+ 8
Alcohol	55	8	29	53	- 45
Uterin Cancer	56	7	40	32	- 25
Bladder Cancer	57	7	44	21	- 14
Appendicitis	58	5	59	1	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	59	4	72	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	60	4	61	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	3	51	9	- 5
Drug Use	62	3	46	16	- 14
Measles	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	63	0	+ 2
War	65	2	62	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	60	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	67	1	20	77	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	39	33	- 33
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.