SWITZERLAND VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,434	8	1,949	+ 1,484
HIV/AIDS	2	3,177	54	29	+ 3,148
Tuberculosis	3	2,990	56	21	+ 2,969
Stroke	4	2,418	3	3,918	- 1,500
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,346	35	186	+ 2,160
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,264	34	193	+ 2,071
Liver Disease	7	2,039	21	677	+ 1,362
Malaria	8	1,925	77	0	+ 1,925
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,821	1	10,713	- 8,892
Birth Trauma	10	1,515	52	32	+ 1,483
Low Birth Weight	11	1,455	43	105	+ 1,350
Congenital Anomalies	12	930	31	305	+ 625
Maternal Conditions	13	860	64	4	+ 855
Diabetes Mellitus	14	860	17	1,022	- 162
Meningitis	15	816	57	20	+ 796
Kidney Disease	16	679	13	1,261	- 582
Hypertension	17	672	6	2,471	- 1,799
Oesophagus Cancer	18	665	28	491	+ 174
Other Injuries	19	660	30	410	+ 250
Lung Disease	20	651	5	2,902	- 2,251
Malnutrition	21	641	47	84	+ 557
Cervical Cancer	22	516	42	105	+ 410
Suicide	23	489	14	1,249	- 760
Violence	24	448	51	42	+ 405
Breast Cancer	25	404	11	1,577	- 1,173
Asthma	26	350	46	95	+ 255
Tetanus	27	324	70	0	+ 323
Stomach Cancer	28	306	24	614	- 308
Lymphomas	29	294	15	1,131	- 837
Oral Cancer	30	280	26	500	- 220
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	278	2	7,192	- 6,914
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	225	7	1,995	- 1,770
Falls	33	223	9	1,919	- 1,696
Liver Cancer	34	205	19	805	- 599
Leukemia	35	202	22	671	- 469
Fires	36	200	55	21	+ 179
Prostate Cancer	37	197	10	1,579	- 1,383
Poisonings	38	193	60	13	+ 180
Drownings	39	183	50	49	+ 133
Inflammatory/Heart	40	171	16	1,027	- 856
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	166	41	122	+ 43
Pertussis	42	154	73	0	+ 154
Epilepsy	43	127	39	159	- 32
Endocrine Disorders	44	126	25	593	- 466
Ovary Cancer	45	121	29	457	- 336
Pancreas Cancer	46	109	12	1,486	- 1,377
Lung Cancers	47	102	4	3,520	- 3,418
Skin Cancers	48	97	27	493	- 396
Hepatitis B	49	79	63	5	+ 75
Parkinson's Disease	50	71	18	857	- 786
Skin Disease	51	69	40	129	- 60
Syphilis	52	68	65	2	+ 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	62	48	78	- 16
Schistosomiasis	54	56	72	0	+ 56
Alcohol	55	54	32	229	- 175
Uterin Cancer	56	49	33	224	- 175
Bladder Cancer	57	48	23	669	- 621
Appendicitis	58	37	59	15	+ 22
Leishmaniasis	59	30	71	0	+ 29
Encephalitis	60	29	68	1	+ 28
Hepatitis C	61	23	58	15	+ 8
Drug Use	62	17	36	176	- 159
Measles	63	16	75	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	64	14	61	11	+ 4
War	65	14	67	1	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	13	49	68	- 55
Other Neoplasms	67	9	20	681	- 672
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	38	160	- 154
Diphtheria	69	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	2	79	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	71	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	66	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	102	- 102
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Osteoarthritis	84	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Kenya

Switzerland

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.