SLOVAKIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,156	6	2,024	+ 132
HIV/AIDS	2	1,995	65	2	+ 1,993
Tuberculosis	3	1,877	50	26	+ 1,851
Stroke	4	1,518	3	3,756	- 2,238
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,473	47	34	+ 1,439
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,422	27	331	+ 1,091
Liver Disease	7	1,280	7	1,425	- 145
Malaria	8	1,209	77	0	+ 1,209
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,144	1	10,654	- 9,510
Birth Trauma	10	951	52	15	+ 936
Low Birth Weight	11	913	39	97	+ 816
Congenital Anomalies	12	584	36	167	+ 417
Maternal Conditions	13	540	63	3	+ 537
Diabetes Mellitus	14	540	16	750	- 210
Meningitis	15	512	51	25	+ 487
Kidney Disease	16	426	14	830	- 404
Hypertension	17	422	11	1,034	- 612
Oesophagus Cancer	18	418	28	314	+ 104
Other Injuries	19	414	20	554	- 139
Lung Disease	20	409	9	1,121	- 713
Malnutrition	21	402	49	29	+ 374
Cervical Cancer	22	324	32	273	+ 51
Suicide	23	307	19	660	- 353
Violence	24	281	42	59	+ 222
Breast Cancer	25	254	10	1,071	- 817
Asthma	26	220	44	47	+ 173
Tetanus	27	203	71	0	+ 203
Stomach Cancer	28	192	15	827	- 635
Lymphomas	29	184	17	736	- 551
Oral Cancer	30	176	18	716	- 540
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	175	2	4,482	- 4,307
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	141	5	2,528	- 2,387
Falls	33	140	8	1,277	- 1,137
Liver Cancer	34	129	22	469	- 340
Leukemia	35	127	23	448	- 322
Fires	36	126	46	39	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	37	123	12	968	- 845
Poisonings	38	121	48	30	+ 92
Drownings	39	115	38	144	- 29
Inflammatory/Heart	40	107	25	339	- 231
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	104	31	274	- 170
Pertussis	42	97	61	4	+ 93
Epilepsy	43	80	35	168	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	44	79	37	163	- 84
Ovary Cancer	45	76	26	334	- 258
Pancreas Cancer	46	68	13	876	- 807
Lung Cancers	47	64	4	2,562	- 2,498
Skin Cancers	48	61	24	357	- 296
Hepatitis B	49	50	56	8	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	50	45	29	310	- 265
Skin Disease	51	43	34	170	- 127
Syphilis	52	43	62	3	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	39	41	70	- 31
Schistosomiasis	54	35	74	0	+ 35
Alcohol	55	34	33	219	- 185
Uterin Cancer	56	31	30	280	- 249
Bladder Cancer	57	30	21	489	- 458
Appendicitis	58	23	55	9	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	59	19	78	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	60	18	67	1	+ 17
Hepatitis C	61	15	54	12	+ 2
Drug Use	62	11	45	45	- 34
Measles	63	10	72	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	64	9	58	6	+ 3
War	65	9	68	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	53	15	- 7
Other Neoplasms	67	6	40	93	- 87
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	43	55	- 51
Diphtheria	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	64	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	59	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

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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.