SENEGAL VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,304	1	7,184	+ 120
HIV/AIDS	2	6,758	20	1,186	+ 5,572
Tuberculosis	3	6,360	9	2,678	+ 3,682
Stroke	4	5,143	4	5,342	- 199
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,990	3	5,343	- 353
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,816	6	3,832	+ 984
Liver Disease	7	4,337	13	2,147	+ 2,191
Malaria	8	4,094	5	4,595	- 501
Coronary Heart Disease	9	3,874	2	6,224	- 2,350
Birth Trauma	10	3,222	8	3,448	- 226
Low Birth Weight	11	3,094	7	3,636	- 542
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,979	11	2,364	- 386
Maternal Conditions	13	1,829	14	1,669	+ 160
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,829	10	2,395	- 567
Meningitis	15	1,736	15	1,628	+ 107
Kidney Disease	16	1,444	12	2,210	- 766
Hypertension	17	1,429	21	1,095	+ 334
Oesophagus Cancer	18	1,415	55	99	+ 1,316
Other Injuries	19	1,403	16	1,512	- 109
Lung Disease	20	1,385	18	1,351	+ 34
Malnutrition	21	1,363	32	494	+ 869
Cervical Cancer	22	1,097	17	1,405	- 308
Suicide	23	1,040	24	978	+ 62
Violence	24	952	19	1,247	- 294
Breast Cancer	25	860	27	861	- 1
Asthma	26	744	25	936	- 192
Tetanus	27	689	58	85	+ 604
Stomach Cancer	28	650	31	557	+ 93
Lymphomas	29	625	39	315	+ 310
Oral Cancer	30	596	43	208	+ 389
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	591	26	879	- 287
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	478	37	384	+ 94
Falls	33	474	30	622	- 148
Liver Cancer	34	437	22	1,087	- 650
Leukemia	35	430	54	113	+ 317
Fires	36	426	34	448	- 22
Prostate Cancer	37	418	29	642	- 224
Poisonings	38	411	40	315	+ 96
Drownings	39	388	33	494	- 105
Inflammatory/Heart	40	363	36	426	- 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	352	35	433	- 81
Pertussis	42	328	28	771	- 443
Epilepsy	43	269	38	330	- 61
Endocrine Disorders	44	269	23	1,041	- 772
Ovary Cancer	45	257	42	220	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	46	232	48	159	+ 73
Lung Cancers	47	216	44	180	+ 36
Skin Cancers	48	207	51	147	+ 60
Hepatitis B	49	169	60	70	+ 99
Parkinson's Disease	50	152	41	273	- 121
Skin Disease	51	147	47	159	- 12
Syphilis	52	145	53	122	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	132	46	166	- 34
Schistosomiasis	54	120	45	176	- 56
Alcohol	55	115	59	74	+ 41
Uterin Cancer	56	104	56	94	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	57	103	50	155	- 52
Appendicitis	58	78	61	38	+ 39
Leishmaniasis	59	63	63	21	+ 42
Encephalitis	60	61	57	85	- 24
Hepatitis C	61	49	68	11	+ 38
Drug Use	62	37	52	138	- 102
Measles	63	33	49	158	- 125
Upper Respiratory	64	31	66	15	+ 15
War	65	29	69	4	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	27	67	15	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	67	20	62	24	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	68	13	64	20	- 7
Diphtheria	69	4	70	3	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	3	71	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	71	3	65	18	- 15
Otitis Media	72	2	72	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Kenya

Senegal

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.