TRINIDAD/TOB. VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	546	10	205	+ 341
HIV/AIDS	2	505	12	196	+ 309
Tuberculosis	3	475	43	22	+ 454
Stroke	4	385	3	822	- 438
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	373	45	18	+ 355
Road Traffic Accidents	6	360	15	130	+ 230
Liver Disease	7	324	14	136	+ 188
Malaria	8	306	72	0	+ 306
Coronary Heart Disease	9	290	1	1,476	- 1,186
Birth Trauma	10	241	40	25	+ 216
Low Birth Weight	11	231	23	83	+ 148
Congenital Anomalies	12	148	22	93	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	13	137	50	10	+ 126
Diabetes Mellitus	14	137	2	1,275	- 1,139
Meningitis	15	130	52	9	+ 120
Kidney Disease	16	108	5	439	- 331
Hypertension	17	107	11	201	- 94
Oesophagus Cancer	18	106	41	24	+ 81
Other Injuries	19	105	30	61	+ 44
Lung Disease	20	104	16	129	- 26
Malnutrition	21	102	47	17	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	22	82	21	97	- 15
Suicide	23	78	17	121	- 43
Violence	24	71	4	549	- 478
Breast Cancer	25	64	7	258	- 194
Asthma	26	56	35	40	+ 15
Tetanus	27	51	65	0	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	28	49	26	69	- 20
Lymphomas	29	47	20	111	- 65
Oral Cancer	30	45	38	31	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	44	9	215	- 171
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	36	13	196	- 160
Falls	33	35	33	43	- 8
Liver Cancer	34	33	28	66	- 33
Leukemia	35	32	29	62	- 30
Fires	36	32	48	16	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	37	31	6	330	- 299
Poisonings	38	31	59	1	+ 29
Drownings	39	29	39	31	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	40	27	25	72	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	26	31	52	- 26
Pertussis	42	25	67	0	+ 25
Epilepsy	43	20	37	32	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	44	20	18	119	- 99
Ovary Cancer	45	19	24	80	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	46	17	19	114	- 97
Lung Cancers	47	16	8	217	- 201
Skin Cancers	48	15	57	4	+ 11
Hepatitis B	49	13	60	0	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	50	11	32	51	- 40
Skin Disease	51	11	36	39	- 28
Syphilis	52	11	61	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	10	49	11	- 1
Schistosomiasis	54	9	71	0	+ 9
Alcohol	55	9	42	23	- 15
Uterin Cancer	56	8	27	68	- 60
Bladder Cancer	57	8	34	41	- 33
Appendicitis	58	6	56	4	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	59	5	73	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	60	5	54	6	- 2
Hepatitis C	61	4	62	0	+ 4
Drug Use	62	3	44	19	- 16
Measles	63	2	76	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	64	0	+ 2
War	65	2	46	17	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	53	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	67	1	51	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	58	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Kenya

Trinidad/Tob.

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.