KENYA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	65,279	4	15,895	+ 49,383
Coronary Heart Disease	2	51,554	9	11,972	+ 39,582
Diabetes Mellitus	3	48,404	14	5,651	+ 42,753
Kidney Disease	4	27,624	16	4,464	+ 23,161
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	22,765	1	22,571	+ 193
Prostate Cancer	6	19,505	37	1,292	+ 18,213
Road Traffic Accidents	7	18,907	6	14,883	+ 4,025
Lung Disease	8	18,312	20	4,280	+ 14,032
Hypertension	9	18,185	17	4,418	+ 13,767
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	16,494	31	1,827	+ 14,666
Violence	11	12,825	24	2,942	+ 9,883
Liver Disease	12	12,077	7	13,405	- 1,327
Inflammatory/Heart	13	10,917	40	1,121	+ 9,796
Breast Cancer	14	8,823	25	2,658	+ 6,165
Stomach Cancer	15	7,594	28	2,010	+ 5,584
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	7,315	32	1,477	+ 5,838
Endocrine Disorders	17	6,992	44	831	+ 6,162
Lung Cancers	18	6,479	47	669	+ 5,811
Low Birth Weight	19	5,958	11	9,562	- 3,604
Skin Disease	20	5,601	51	455	+ 5,146
Other Injuries	21	5,112	19	4,336	+ 777
Suicide	22	4,990	23	3,214	+ 1,776
Parkinson's Disease	23	4,808	50	470	+ 4,338
Lymphomas	24	4,536	29	1,931	+ 2,604
Cervical Cancer	25	4,111	22	3,389	+ 722
Falls	26	3,649	33	1,465	+ 2,184
Asthma	27	3,324	26	2,300	+ 1,024
Drownings	28	3,232	39	1,200	+ 2,032
Alcohol	29	3,204	55	355	+ 2,848
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,805	12	6,115	- 3,310
Pancreas Cancer	31	2,793	46	716	+ 2,077
Epilepsy	32	2,467	43	832	+ 1,634
Malnutrition	33	2,281	21	4,212	- 1,931
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,860	41	1,089	+ 772
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,587	5	15,420	- 13,833
Leukemia	36	1,533	35	1,327	+ 205
Liver Cancer	37	1,401	34	1,351	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,364	53	408	+ 957
Fires	39	1,148	36	1,316	- 168
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,088	18	4,373	- 3,285
Ovary Cancer	41	1,084	45	795	+ 290
Birth Trauma	42	1,072	10	9,957	- 8,885
Oral Cancer	43	1,066	30	1,842	- 776
Tuberculosis	44	1,011	3	19,655	- 18,644
Uterin Cancer	45	705	56	323	+ 382
Drug Use	46	664	62	113	+ 551
Maternal Conditions	47	640	13	5,651	- 5,012
Other Neoplasms	48	629	67	60	+ 569
Meningitis	49	506	15	5,364	- 4,857
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	453	66	84	+ 369
Appendicitis	51	389	58	240	+ 149
Encephalitis	52	382	60	189	+ 193
Dengue	53	204	73	0	+ 204
Multiple Sclerosis	54	154	68	39	+ 116
Poisonings	55	90	38	1,269	- 1,178
Tetanus	56	74	27	2,129	- 2,055
Syphilis	57	65	52	449	- 384
War	58	58	65	89	- 31
Upper Respiratory	59	44	64	95	- 51
Hepatitis B	60	20	49	522	- 502
Schistosomiasis	61	18	54	370	- 352
Chlamydia	62	16	70	10	+ 5
Pertussis	63	10	42	1,014	- 1,003
Ascariasis	64	4	71	9	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	2	61	152	- 151
Otitis Media	66	0	72	7	- 7
Diphtheria	67	0	69	13	- 12
Skin Cancers	68	0	48	638	- 638
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	57	318	- 318
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	63	103	- 103
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Leishmaniasis	82	0	59	194	- 194
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	2	20,885	- 20,885
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

Saint Lucia

Kenya

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.