NAMIBIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,086	2	1,464	- 378
HIV/AIDS	2	1,005	1	2,928	- 1,923
Tuberculosis	3	946	3	1,416	- 470
Stroke	4	765	4	1,333	- 568
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	742	8	645	+ 97
Road Traffic Accidents	6	716	6	868	- 152
Liver Disease	7	645	14	336	+ 310
Malaria	8	609	51	22	+ 587
Coronary Heart Disease	9	576	5	1,221	- 644
Birth Trauma	10	479	13	345	+ 135
Low Birth Weight	11	460	9	516	- 56
Congenital Anomalies	12	294	16	283	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	13	272	25	110	+ 162
Diabetes Mellitus	14	272	7	724	- 452
Meningitis	15	258	27	109	+ 149
Kidney Disease	16	215	15	322	- 107
Hypertension	17	213	12	428	- 215
Oesophagus Cancer	18	210	52	21	+ 190
Other Injuries	19	209	19	207	+ 2
Lung Disease	20	206	10	461	- 255
Malnutrition	21	203	18	224	- 21
Cervical Cancer	22	163	23	133	+ 30
Suicide	23	155	17	243	- 88
Violence	24	142	11	450	- 308
Breast Cancer	25	128	24	121	+ 7
Asthma	26	111	20	200	- 90
Tetanus	27	102	62	6	+ 96
Stomach Cancer	28	97	45	33	+ 64
Lymphomas	29	93	40	46	+ 47
Oral Cancer	30	89	30	100	- 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	88	21	176	- 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	71	36	54	+ 17
Falls	33	71	34	62	+ 8
Liver Cancer	34	65	41	45	+ 20
Leukemia	35	64	49	24	+ 40
Fires	36	63	28	109	- 45
Prostate Cancer	37	62	31	94	- 32
Poisonings	38	61	39	46	+ 15
Drownings	39	58	26	110	- 52
Inflammatory/Heart	40	54	22	162	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	52	32	76	- 23
Pertussis	42	49	37	54	- 5
Epilepsy	43	40	38	49	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	44	40	33	73	- 33
Ovary Cancer	45	38	50	23	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	46	34	53	18	+ 17
Lung Cancers	47	32	35	59	- 27
Skin Cancers	48	31	29	108	- 77
Hepatitis B	49	25	63	4	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	50	23	42	43	- 21
Skin Disease	51	22	47	31	- 9
Syphilis	52	22	43	35	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	20	44	33	- 13
Schistosomiasis	54	18	55	14	+ 4
Alcohol	55	17	48	28	- 11
Uterin Cancer	56	16	56	11	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	57	15	54	16	- 0
Appendicitis	58	12	58	9	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	59	9	79	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	60	9	59	8	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	7	66	1	+ 7
Drug Use	62	5	46	32	- 26
Measles	63	5	65	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	5	61	6	- 2
War	65	4	67	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	57	9	- 5
Other Neoplasms	67	3	60	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	64	2	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	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	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Kenya

Namibia

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.