SUDAN VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	19,557	4	12,619	+ 6,938
HIV/AIDS	2	18,096	22	2,331	+ 15,764
Tuberculosis	3	17,030	15	4,250	+ 12,781
Stroke	4	13,772	2	20,582	- 6,810
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	13,360	9	6,277	+ 7,083
Road Traffic Accidents	6	12,895	5	11,459	+ 1,437
Liver Disease	7	11,614	14	4,348	+ 7,266
Malaria	8	10,962	10	5,614	+ 5,348
Coronary Heart Disease	9	10,373	1	43,966	- 33,593
Birth Trauma	10	8,627	7	8,526	+ 102
Low Birth Weight	11	8,285	3	16,036	- 7,752
Congenital Anomalies	12	5,299	11	5,507	- 209
Maternal Conditions	13	4,897	23	1,961	+ 2,936
Diabetes Mellitus	14	4,897	17	3,070	+ 1,826
Meningitis	15	4,647	33	1,092	+ 3,555
Kidney Disease	16	3,867	12	5,095	- 1,228
Hypertension	17	3,828	8	7,287	- 3,459
Oesophagus Cancer	18	3,789	32	1,126	+ 2,663
Other Injuries	19	3,757	18	2,912	+ 845
Lung Disease	20	3,709	13	4,382	- 673
Malnutrition	21	3,650	34	1,089	+ 2,561
Cervical Cancer	22	2,936	41	770	+ 2,167
Suicide	23	2,785	27	1,644	+ 1,141
Violence	24	2,549	21	2,478	+ 72
Breast Cancer	25	2,303	16	3,071	- 768
Asthma	26	1,993	19	2,636	- 643
Tetanus	27	1,845	53	378	+ 1,467
Stomach Cancer	28	1,741	51	478	+ 1,264
Lymphomas	29	1,673	29	1,533	+ 140
Oral Cancer	30	1,596	50	493	+ 1,104
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	1,583	20	2,584	- 1,001
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	1,280	35	1,049	+ 231
Falls	33	1,269	28	1,559	- 290
Liver Cancer	34	1,170	37	946	+ 224
Leukemia	35	1,150	25	1,828	- 678
Fires	36	1,141	31	1,310	- 170
Prostate Cancer	37	1,119	49	523	+ 596
Poisonings	38	1,099	42	744	+ 355
Drownings	39	1,040	26	1,684	- 644
Inflammatory/Heart	40	972	38	839	+ 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	943	40	775	+ 168
Pertussis	42	878	24	1,899	- 1,021
Epilepsy	43	721	43	735	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	44	720	30	1,459	- 739
Ovary Cancer	45	689	39	794	- 105
Pancreas Cancer	46	621	58	272	+ 348
Lung Cancers	47	579	48	545	+ 34
Skin Cancers	48	553	55	356	+ 197
Hepatitis B	49	452	44	730	- 278
Parkinson's Disease	50	407	45	705	- 297
Skin Disease	51	394	60	112	+ 282
Syphilis	52	389	47	603	- 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	353	46	684	- 331
Schistosomiasis	54	321	63	68	+ 252
Alcohol	55	308	61	84	+ 223
Uterin Cancer	56	279	62	71	+ 208
Bladder Cancer	57	275	54	369	- 93
Appendicitis	58	208	59	155	+ 54
Leishmaniasis	59	168	52	448	- 280
Encephalitis	60	164	57	303	- 139
Hepatitis C	61	132	68	17	+ 115
Drug Use	62	98	36	1,036	- 938
Measles	63	90	6	9,301	- 9,212
Upper Respiratory	64	82	70	5	+ 77
War	65	77	56	336	- 259
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	73	67	20	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	67	52	65	35	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	68	33	64	54	- 20
Diphtheria	69	11	69	11	- 0
Chlamydia	70	9	71	1	+ 8
Ascariasis	71	8	66	21	- 13
Otitis Media	72	6	73	0	+ 6
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Kenya

Sudan

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.