URUGUAY VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,327	6	1,370	- 43
HIV/AIDS	2	1,228	28	195	+ 1,033
Tuberculosis	3	1,156	41	81	+ 1,075
Stroke	4	935	2	2,850	- 1,915
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	907	35	134	+ 772
Road Traffic Accidents	6	875	16	512	+ 364
Liver Disease	7	788	27	206	+ 582
Malaria	8	744	79	0	+ 744
Coronary Heart Disease	9	704	1	4,265	- 3,561
Birth Trauma	10	586	53	22	+ 563
Low Birth Weight	11	562	42	73	+ 489
Congenital Anomalies	12	360	30	170	+ 190
Maternal Conditions	13	332	60	9	+ 323
Diabetes Mellitus	14	332	11	747	- 415
Meningitis	15	315	58	10	+ 305
Kidney Disease	16	262	8	1,040	- 777
Hypertension	17	260	15	648	- 388
Oesophagus Cancer	18	257	24	286	- 29
Other Injuries	19	255	10	774	- 519
Lung Disease	20	252	4	1,706	- 1,454
Malnutrition	21	248	43	73	+ 175
Cervical Cancer	22	199	29	172	+ 27
Suicide	23	189	12	735	- 546
Violence	24	173	23	295	- 122
Breast Cancer	25	156	9	848	- 692
Asthma	26	135	37	127	+ 8
Tetanus	27	125	71	0	+ 125
Stomach Cancer	28	118	18	480	- 362
Lymphomas	29	114	20	457	- 344
Oral Cancer	30	108	31	167	- 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	107	3	1,899	- 1,791
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	87	7	1,245	- 1,158
Falls	33	86	47	55	+ 31
Liver Cancer	34	79	34	147	- 68
Leukemia	35	78	25	280	- 202
Fires	36	77	48	54	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	37	76	13	707	- 631
Poisonings	38	75	55	17	+ 58
Drownings	39	71	45	65	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	40	66	22	314	- 248
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	64	46	57	+ 7
Pertussis	42	60	72	0	+ 59
Epilepsy	43	49	40	86	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	44	49	17	487	- 438
Ovary Cancer	45	47	32	160	- 114
Pancreas Cancer	46	42	14	656	- 613
Lung Cancers	47	39	5	1,463	- 1,423
Skin Cancers	48	38	33	149	- 112
Hepatitis B	49	31	63	4	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	50	28	21	320	- 293
Skin Disease	51	27	36	130	- 103
Syphilis	52	26	66	3	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	24	50	39	- 15
Schistosomiasis	54	22	77	0	+ 22
Alcohol	55	21	39	104	- 84
Uterin Cancer	56	19	38	115	- 96
Bladder Cancer	57	19	26	276	- 257
Appendicitis	58	14	59	9	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	59	11	78	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	60	11	64	4	+ 7
Hepatitis C	61	9	65	3	+ 6
Drug Use	62	7	49	41	- 34
Measles	63	6	74	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	6	62	5	+ 1
War	65	5	70	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	5	51	35	- 30
Other Neoplasms	67	4	19	464	- 460
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	56	13	- 11
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Kenya

Uruguay

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.