KENYA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	22,573	1	22,571	+ 1
Stroke	2	21,635	4	15,895	+ 5,740
Road Traffic Accidents	3	15,898	6	14,883	+ 1,015
Coronary Heart Disease	4	15,415	9	11,972	+ 3,443
Malaria	5	14,101	8	12,652	+ 1,449
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	13,345	5	15,420	- 2,075
HIV/AIDS	7	12,081	2	20,885	- 8,804
Liver Disease	8	10,894	7	13,405	- 2,510
Low Birth Weight	9	9,375	11	9,562	- 187
Birth Trauma	10	8,073	10	9,957	- 1,884
Diabetes Mellitus	11	7,946	14	5,651	+ 2,294
Congenital Anomalies	12	7,599	12	6,115	+ 1,483
Lung Disease	13	6,647	20	4,280	+ 2,366
Hypertension	14	5,803	17	4,418	+ 1,386
Kidney Disease	15	5,155	16	4,464	+ 692
Malnutrition	16	4,993	21	4,212	+ 781
Other Injuries	17	4,037	19	4,336	- 299
Cervical Cancer	18	4,021	22	3,389	+ 632
Meningitis	19	3,622	15	5,364	- 1,741
Stomach Cancer	20	3,335	28	2,010	+ 1,326
Maternal Conditions	21	3,089	13	5,651	- 2,563
Asthma	22	3,066	26	2,300	+ 766
Liver Cancer	23	3,020	34	1,351	+ 1,669
Suicide	24	3,008	23	3,214	- 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	2,810	31	1,827	+ 983
Tuberculosis	26	2,672	3	19,655	- 16,984
Breast Cancer	27	2,564	25	2,658	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	2,527	32	1,477	+ 1,050
Violence	29	2,343	24	2,942	- 600
Lymphomas	30	1,922	29	1,931	- 9
Falls	31	1,763	33	1,465	+ 298
Prostate Cancer	32	1,693	37	1,292	+ 401
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,549	41	1,089	+ 460
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,483	40	1,121	+ 361
Leukemia	35	1,355	35	1,327	+ 28
Drownings	36	1,217	39	1,200	+ 17
Oral Cancer	37	1,163	30	1,842	- 679
Fires	38	1,153	36	1,316	- 163
Lung Cancers	39	1,001	47	669	+ 332
Poisonings	40	941	38	1,269	- 328
Endocrine Disorders	41	938	44	831	+ 108
Pertussis	42	931	42	1,014	- 83
Pancreas Cancer	43	914	46	716	+ 197
Oesophagus Cancer	44	911	18	4,373	- 3,461
Epilepsy	45	818	43	832	- 15
Syphilis	46	738	52	449	+ 288
Parkinson's Disease	47	624	50	470	+ 155
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	581	53	408	+ 174
Alcohol	49	536	55	355	+ 181
Skin Cancers	50	482	48	638	- 156
Schistosomiasis	51	475	54	370	+ 105
Skin Disease	52	440	51	455	- 16
Ovary Cancer	53	394	45	795	- 401
Appendicitis	54	300	58	240	+ 59
Hepatitis B	55	292	49	522	- 231
Uterin Cancer	56	249	56	323	- 73
Upper Respiratory	57	249	64	95	+ 154
Tetanus	58	225	27	2,129	- 1,903
Measles	59	220	63	103	+ 117
Drug Use	60	190	62	113	+ 77
Encephalitis	61	166	60	189	- 23
Bladder Cancer	62	151	57	318	- 167
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	99	66	84	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	64	69	67	60	+ 9
Hepatitis C	65	53	61	152	- 100
Multiple Sclerosis	66	31	68	39	- 8
Ascariasis	67	20	71	9	+ 11
Otitis Media	68	16	72	7	+ 9
War	69	11	65	89	- 78
Chlamydia	70	10	70	10	- 0
Diphtheria	71	5	69	13	- 8
Dengue	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	194	- 194
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	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.