SOMALIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,044	1	21,712	- 16,667
HIV/AIDS	2	4,667	33	610	+ 4,058
Tuberculosis	3	4,393	4	10,261	- 5,869
Stroke	4	3,552	6	8,595	- 5,043
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,446	2	15,363	- 11,917
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,326	11	4,231	- 905
Liver Disease	7	2,996	13	3,917	- 921
Malaria	8	2,828	22	1,942	+ 886
Coronary Heart Disease	9	2,676	7	7,233	- 4,557
Birth Trauma	10	2,225	5	9,573	- 7,348
Low Birth Weight	11	2,137	8	6,250	- 4,113
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,367	15	3,410	- 2,043
Maternal Conditions	13	1,263	12	4,127	- 2,864
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,263	16	2,888	- 1,625
Meningitis	15	1,199	9	5,381	- 4,182
Kidney Disease	16	998	21	2,051	- 1,053
Hypertension	17	987	18	2,643	- 1,656
Oesophagus Cancer	18	977	40	516	+ 461
Other Injuries	19	969	14	3,602	- 2,633
Lung Disease	20	957	19	2,442	- 1,486
Malnutrition	21	941	10	4,825	- 3,883
Cervical Cancer	22	757	28	883	- 125
Suicide	23	718	27	1,219	- 501
Violence	24	658	29	828	- 171
Breast Cancer	25	594	26	1,232	- 638
Asthma	26	514	23	1,878	- 1,364
Tetanus	27	476	17	2,648	- 2,172
Stomach Cancer	28	449	49	310	+ 139
Lymphomas	29	432	34	605	- 173
Oral Cancer	30	412	46	328	+ 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	408	32	647	- 239
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	330	38	546	- 216
Falls	33	327	37	548	- 220
Liver Cancer	34	302	53	256	+ 46
Leukemia	35	297	35	562	- 265
Fires	36	294	30	810	- 516
Prostate Cancer	37	289	52	285	+ 4
Poisonings	38	284	31	758	- 475
Drownings	39	268	25	1,272	- 1,003
Inflammatory/Heart	40	251	39	521	- 270
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	243	36	559	- 316
Pertussis	42	227	20	2,054	- 1,828
Epilepsy	43	186	43	419	- 233
Endocrine Disorders	44	186	44	406	- 220
Ovary Cancer	45	178	50	295	- 117
Pancreas Cancer	46	160	62	108	+ 53
Lung Cancers	47	149	54	233	- 84
Skin Cancers	48	143	57	164	- 21
Hepatitis B	49	117	48	315	- 198
Parkinson's Disease	50	105	56	184	- 79
Skin Disease	51	102	58	151	- 49
Syphilis	52	100	45	378	- 277
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	91	41	446	- 355
Schistosomiasis	54	83	42	435	- 353
Alcohol	55	79	59	151	- 72
Uterin Cancer	56	72	64	78	- 6
Bladder Cancer	57	71	61	149	- 78
Appendicitis	58	54	55	188	- 134
Leishmaniasis	59	43	51	290	- 246
Encephalitis	60	42	63	91	- 49
Hepatitis C	61	34	67	34	- 0
Drug Use	62	25	65	54	- 29
Measles	63	23	3	11,576	- 11,552
Upper Respiratory	64	21	47	326	- 305
War	65	20	24	1,318	- 1,298
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	19	66	35	- 16
Other Neoplasms	67	13	70	12	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	9	71	8	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	3	60	150	- 147
Chlamydia	70	2	72	5	- 3
Ascariasis	71	2	69	30	- 28
Otitis Media	72	2	68	32	- 30
Dengue	73	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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.