SWAZILAND VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	441	2	921	- 480
HIV/AIDS	2	408	1	2,314	- 1,906
Tuberculosis	3	384	13	256	+ 128
Stroke	4	311	4	800	- 490
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	301	6	517	- 216
Road Traffic Accidents	6	291	7	384	- 93
Liver Disease	7	262	11	274	- 12
Malaria	8	247	67	0	+ 247
Coronary Heart Disease	9	234	5	755	- 521
Birth Trauma	10	195	18	166	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	11	187	14	233	- 46
Congenital Anomalies	12	119	19	160	- 41
Maternal Conditions	13	110	21	116	- 5
Diabetes Mellitus	14	110	3	892	- 782
Meningitis	15	105	23	97	+ 7
Kidney Disease	16	87	8	381	- 294
Hypertension	17	86	10	292	- 206
Oesophagus Cancer	18	85	44	18	+ 67
Other Injuries	19	85	17	190	- 105
Lung Disease	20	84	12	264	- 181
Malnutrition	21	82	22	106	- 23
Cervical Cancer	22	66	15	215	- 149
Suicide	23	63	9	338	- 275
Violence	24	57	16	212	- 155
Breast Cancer	25	52	35	37	+ 15
Asthma	26	45	20	150	- 105
Tetanus	27	42	62	4	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	28	39	53	7	+ 32
Lymphomas	29	38	36	31	+ 7
Oral Cancer	30	36	51	10	+ 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	36	27	77	- 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	29	43	19	+ 10
Falls	33	29	32	41	- 13
Liver Cancer	34	26	37	29	- 3
Leukemia	35	26	47	16	+ 10
Fires	36	26	26	84	- 58
Prostate Cancer	37	25	31	45	- 20
Poisonings	38	25	34	37	- 13
Drownings	39	23	25	87	- 63
Inflammatory/Heart	40	22	24	94	- 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	21	29	51	- 30
Pertussis	42	20	33	39	- 19
Epilepsy	43	16	30	46	- 29
Endocrine Disorders	44	16	28	74	- 58
Ovary Cancer	45	16	52	10	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	46	14	56	6	+ 8
Lung Cancers	47	13	46	17	- 4
Skin Cancers	48	12	42	20	- 7
Hepatitis B	49	10	57	6	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	50	9	41	24	- 15
Skin Disease	51	9	40	25	- 16
Syphilis	52	9	45	17	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	8	39	26	- 18
Schistosomiasis	54	7	49	13	- 6
Alcohol	55	7	48	16	- 9
Uterin Cancer	56	6	50	11	- 5
Bladder Cancer	57	6	55	6	+ 0
Appendicitis	58	5	54	7	- 2
Leishmaniasis	59	4	77	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	60	4	59	5	- 1
Hepatitis C	61	3	65	0	+ 3
Drug Use	62	2	38	27	- 25
Measles	63	2	64	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	2	60	4	- 2
War	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	58	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	67	1	61	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	63	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 SWAZILAND

Kenya

Swaziland

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.