KENYA VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	120,489	9	11,972	+ 108,516
Stroke	2	49,636	4	15,895	+ 33,741
Hypertension	3	16,726	17	4,418	+ 12,308
Kidney Disease	4	15,916	16	4,464	+ 11,453
Diabetes Mellitus	5	11,493	14	5,651	+ 5,842
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	11,274	1	22,571	- 11,297
Lung Cancers	7	10,258	47	669	+ 9,590
Lung Disease	8	9,809	20	4,280	+ 5,529
Road Traffic Accidents	9	9,635	6	14,883	- 5,247
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	7,738	31	1,827	+ 5,911
Liver Disease	11	7,581	7	13,405	- 5,824
Breast Cancer	12	5,614	25	2,658	+ 2,956
Asthma	13	5,206	26	2,300	+ 2,906
Low Birth Weight	14	5,148	11	9,562	- 4,413
Tuberculosis	15	4,472	3	19,655	- 15,184
Suicide	16	4,078	23	3,214	+ 863
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	3,982	32	1,477	+ 2,505
Cervical Cancer	18	3,907	22	3,389	+ 518
Falls	19	3,826	33	1,465	+ 2,361
Lymphomas	20	3,543	29	1,931	+ 1,611
Other Injuries	21	3,539	19	4,336	- 797
Congenital Anomalies	22	3,310	12	6,115	- 2,806
Birth Trauma	23	3,220	10	9,957	- 6,737
Prostate Cancer	24	2,982	37	1,292	+ 1,690
Stomach Cancer	25	2,635	28	2,010	+ 625
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,354	50	470	+ 1,884
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,857	5	15,420	- 13,563
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,759	44	831	+ 928
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,676	41	1,089	+ 587
Bladder Cancer	30	1,665	57	318	+ 1,347
Leukemia	31	1,612	35	1,327	+ 285
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,593	40	1,121	+ 472
Fires	33	1,409	36	1,316	+ 92
Ovary Cancer	34	1,246	45	795	+ 451
Oral Cancer	35	1,216	30	1,842	- 626
Pancreas Cancer	36	1,163	46	716	+ 447
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	1,119	53	408	+ 712
Maternal Conditions	38	1,096	13	5,651	- 4,555
Violence	39	985	24	2,942	- 1,958
Meningitis	40	845	15	5,364	- 4,519
Skin Cancers	41	744	48	638	+ 106
Oesophagus Cancer	42	685	18	4,373	- 3,688
Drownings	43	663	39	1,200	- 537
Liver Cancer	44	659	34	1,351	- 692
Epilepsy	45	523	43	832	- 309
Pertussis	46	505	42	1,014	- 508
Drug Use	47	500	62	113	+ 387
Hepatitis B	48	492	49	522	- 30
HIV/AIDS	49	450	2	20,885	- 20,435
Poisonings	50	414	38	1,269	- 854
Malnutrition	51	312	21	4,212	- 3,900
Encephalitis	52	275	60	189	+ 86
Uterin Cancer	53	240	56	323	- 82
Skin Disease	54	232	51	455	- 224
Syphilis	55	219	52	449	- 231
Appendicitis	56	203	58	240	- 37
Alcohol	57	170	55	355	- 185
Multiple Sclerosis	58	165	68	39	+ 126
Tetanus	59	119	27	2,129	- 2,010
Other Neoplasms	60	109	67	60	+ 49
Schistosomiasis	61	104	54	370	- 266
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	59	66	84	- 25
War	63	34	65	89	- 55
Leishmaniasis	64	24	59	194	- 170
Hepatitis C	65	11	61	152	- 141
Ascariasis	66	8	71	9	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	6	64	95	- 89
Chlamydia	68	3	70	10	- 8
Diphtheria	69	1	69	13	- 11
Measles	70	0	63	103	- 103
Otitis Media	71	0	72	7	- 7
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

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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.