ROMANIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,033	5	9,357	- 2,324
HIV/AIDS	2	6,507	47	219	+ 6,288
Tuberculosis	3	6,124	28	1,015	+ 5,109
Stroke	4	4,953	2	49,707	- 44,755
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,804	46	223	+ 4,581
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,637	20	1,992	+ 2,645
Liver Disease	7	4,177	6	8,920	- 4,743
Malaria	8	3,942	75	0	+ 3,942
Coronary Heart Disease	9	3,730	1	71,810	- 68,080
Birth Trauma	10	3,102	57	38	+ 3,064
Low Birth Weight	11	2,979	41	317	+ 2,662
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,905	38	367	+ 1,539
Maternal Conditions	13	1,761	58	35	+ 1,726
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,761	18	2,230	- 470
Meningitis	15	1,671	54	76	+ 1,595
Kidney Disease	16	1,391	9	5,175	- 3,784
Hypertension	17	1,376	3	11,007	- 9,631
Oesophagus Cancer	18	1,362	30	755	+ 608
Other Injuries	19	1,351	19	2,139	- 788
Lung Disease	20	1,334	7	7,359	- 6,025
Malnutrition	21	1,312	50	142	+ 1,171
Cervical Cancer	22	1,056	22	1,870	- 814
Suicide	23	1,002	21	1,886	- 885
Violence	24	917	44	255	+ 661
Breast Cancer	25	828	11	3,851	- 3,022
Asthma	26	717	45	225	+ 492
Tetanus	27	663	67	1	+ 662
Stomach Cancer	28	626	12	3,457	- 2,831
Lymphomas	29	602	25	1,385	- 783
Oral Cancer	30	574	17	2,290	- 1,716
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	569	15	2,839	- 2,270
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	460	8	6,835	- 6,375
Falls	33	456	24	1,504	- 1,048
Liver Cancer	34	421	13	3,114	- 2,693
Leukemia	35	414	26	1,342	- 929
Fires	36	410	36	421	- 11
Prostate Cancer	37	403	16	2,449	- 2,046
Poisonings	38	395	39	366	+ 29
Drownings	39	374	32	596	- 222
Inflammatory/Heart	40	349	10	4,433	- 4,084
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	339	33	531	- 192
Pertussis	42	316	69	0	+ 316
Epilepsy	43	259	42	314	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	44	259	48	193	+ 66
Ovary Cancer	45	248	27	1,109	- 861
Pancreas Cancer	46	223	14	2,935	- 2,712
Lung Cancers	47	208	4	10,113	- 9,905
Skin Cancers	48	199	29	1,003	- 804
Hepatitis B	49	163	59	30	+ 132
Parkinson's Disease	50	146	31	741	- 594
Skin Disease	51	142	53	97	+ 44
Syphilis	52	140	66	1	+ 139
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	127	35	440	- 313
Schistosomiasis	54	115	74	0	+ 115
Alcohol	55	111	37	409	- 298
Uterin Cancer	56	100	34	522	- 422
Bladder Cancer	57	99	23	1,715	- 1,616
Appendicitis	58	75	60	21	+ 54
Leishmaniasis	59	61	70	0	+ 60
Encephalitis	60	59	62	6	+ 53
Hepatitis C	61	47	52	98	- 51
Drug Use	62	35	40	346	- 311
Measles	63	32	61	7	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	64	30	63	3	+ 27
War	65	28	65	2	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	26	85	0	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	67	19	43	289	- 270
Multiple Sclerosis	68	12	55	66	- 54
Diphtheria	69	4	71	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	3	78	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	71	3	82	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	72	2	68	1	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	80	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	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	56	59	- 59
Schizophrenia	83	0	51	103	- 103
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Kenya

Romania

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.