NORWAY VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,135	6	1,797	+ 338
HIV/AIDS	2	1,976	61	10	+ 1,965
Tuberculosis	3	1,859	56	15	+ 1,844
Stroke	4	1,504	4	2,475	- 972
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,459	37	128	+ 1,331
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,408	42	114	+ 1,294
Liver Disease	7	1,268	30	214	+ 1,054
Malaria	8	1,197	84	0	+ 1,197
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,133	1	5,321	- 4,188
Birth Trauma	10	942	54	17	+ 924
Low Birth Weight	11	904	52	23	+ 881
Congenital Anomalies	12	578	34	136	+ 442
Maternal Conditions	13	535	66	1	+ 533
Diabetes Mellitus	14	535	16	560	- 25
Meningitis	15	507	58	14	+ 494
Kidney Disease	16	422	14	611	- 189
Hypertension	17	418	28	230	+ 188
Oesophagus Cancer	18	414	27	248	+ 166
Other Injuries	19	410	15	583	- 173
Lung Disease	20	405	3	2,723	- 2,318
Malnutrition	21	398	35	135	+ 263
Cervical Cancer	22	321	39	125	+ 196
Suicide	23	304	13	633	- 329
Violence	24	278	50	32	+ 246
Breast Cancer	25	251	11	698	- 447
Asthma	26	218	43	85	+ 133
Tetanus	27	201	69	0	+ 201
Stomach Cancer	28	190	22	343	- 153
Lymphomas	29	183	12	646	- 463
Oral Cancer	30	174	32	168	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	173	2	4,464	- 4,291
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	140	7	1,787	- 1,647
Falls	33	139	9	777	- 639
Liver Cancer	34	128	26	259	- 131
Leukemia	35	126	21	354	- 228
Fires	36	125	48	45	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	37	122	8	1,172	- 1,050
Poisonings	38	120	57	14	+ 106
Drownings	39	114	45	65	+ 49
Inflammatory/Heart	40	106	29	221	- 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	103	33	160	- 57
Pertussis	42	96	64	1	+ 95
Epilepsy	43	79	40	119	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	44	79	19	359	- 280
Ovary Cancer	45	75	24	309	- 234
Pancreas Cancer	46	68	10	770	- 702
Lung Cancers	47	63	5	2,320	- 2,257
Skin Cancers	48	60	18	407	- 347
Hepatitis B	49	49	63	3	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	50	44	17	554	- 510
Skin Disease	51	43	38	128	- 85
Syphilis	52	43	67	1	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	39	46	61	- 23
Schistosomiasis	54	35	83	0	+ 35
Alcohol	55	34	31	205	- 171
Uterin Cancer	56	31	36	134	- 104
Bladder Cancer	57	30	20	356	- 326
Appendicitis	58	23	59	12	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	59	18	81	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	60	18	70	0	+ 18
Hepatitis C	61	14	55	17	- 2
Drug Use	62	11	25	264	- 253
Measles	63	10	72	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	64	9	60	12	- 3
War	65	8	68	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	47	60	- 52
Other Neoplasms	67	6	23	324	- 319
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	41	119	- 115
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	65	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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.