NEPAL VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,060	6	6,237	+ 5,823
HIV/AIDS	2	11,159	34	737	+ 10,422
Tuberculosis	3	10,502	3	16,535	- 6,032
Stroke	4	8,493	4	12,909	- 4,415
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	8,239	7	6,071	+ 2,169
Road Traffic Accidents	6	7,952	9	4,654	+ 3,298
Liver Disease	7	7,162	5	6,383	+ 779
Malaria	8	6,760	72	0	+ 6,760
Coronary Heart Disease	9	6,397	2	19,677	- 13,279
Birth Trauma	10	5,320	15	2,676	+ 2,645
Low Birth Weight	11	5,109	11	3,822	+ 1,287
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,268	21	1,949	+ 1,319
Maternal Conditions	13	3,020	28	977	+ 2,043
Diabetes Mellitus	14	3,020	14	2,929	+ 90
Meningitis	15	2,866	43	377	+ 2,489
Kidney Disease	16	2,385	10	4,284	- 1,899
Hypertension	17	2,360	18	2,092	+ 269
Oesophagus Cancer	18	2,336	38	491	+ 1,845
Other Injuries	19	2,317	22	1,655	+ 662
Lung Disease	20	2,287	1	27,027	- 24,740
Malnutrition	21	2,251	31	845	+ 1,406
Cervical Cancer	22	1,811	20	1,969	- 159
Suicide	23	1,717	16	2,571	- 854
Violence	24	1,572	35	704	+ 868
Breast Cancer	25	1,420	27	1,038	+ 382
Asthma	26	1,229	8	5,930	- 4,701
Tetanus	27	1,138	53	134	+ 1,003
Stomach Cancer	28	1,074	25	1,379	- 305
Lymphomas	29	1,032	32	768	+ 264
Oral Cancer	30	984	24	1,389	- 404
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	976	19	2,022	- 1,046
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	789	26	1,167	- 378
Falls	33	783	13	3,321	- 2,538
Liver Cancer	34	722	46	256	+ 466
Leukemia	35	709	36	668	+ 42
Fires	36	703	50	184	+ 520
Prostate Cancer	37	690	58	85	+ 605
Poisonings	38	678	39	474	+ 204
Drownings	39	641	23	1,505	- 864
Inflammatory/Heart	40	599	48	217	+ 382
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	582	49	191	+ 390
Pertussis	42	542	40	453	+ 89
Epilepsy	43	445	30	874	- 429
Endocrine Disorders	44	444	45	257	+ 187
Ovary Cancer	45	425	37	585	- 160
Pancreas Cancer	46	383	41	445	- 63
Lung Cancers	47	357	12	3,586	- 3,229
Skin Cancers	48	341	42	400	- 59
Hepatitis B	49	279	56	117	+ 162
Parkinson's Disease	50	251	33	760	- 509
Skin Disease	51	243	67	17	+ 226
Syphilis	52	240	54	134	+ 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	218	17	2,320	- 2,102
Schistosomiasis	54	198	73	0	+ 198
Alcohol	55	190	52	168	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	56	172	60	56	+ 116
Bladder Cancer	57	170	44	325	- 155
Appendicitis	58	128	47	220	- 92
Leishmaniasis	59	104	62	39	+ 65
Encephalitis	60	101	29	882	- 781
Hepatitis C	61	81	64	29	+ 53
Drug Use	62	61	57	93	- 33
Measles	63	55	59	60	- 5
Upper Respiratory	64	51	66	24	+ 27
War	65	48	65	24	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	45	51	173	- 128
Other Neoplasms	67	32	61	50	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	68	21	63	38	- 18
Diphtheria	69	7	71	1	+ 5
Chlamydia	70	5	68	5	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	5	69	4	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	4	70	4	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	120	- 120
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	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 NEPAL

Kenya

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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.