KENYA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,568	9	11,972	+ 46,596
Stroke	2	55,414	4	15,895	+ 39,519
Diabetes Mellitus	3	25,781	14	5,651	+ 20,129
Kidney Disease	4	25,319	16	4,464	+ 20,856
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	15,359	1	22,571	- 7,212
Suicide	6	13,285	23	3,214	+ 10,070
HIV/AIDS	7	12,428	2	20,885	- 8,457
Liver Disease	8	12,065	7	13,405	- 1,339
Hypertension	9	12,038	17	4,418	+ 7,620
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	10,569	31	1,827	+ 8,741
Lung Cancers	11	9,208	47	669	+ 8,540
Lung Disease	12	8,349	20	4,280	+ 4,069
Road Traffic Accidents	13	8,023	6	14,883	- 6,860
Prostate Cancer	14	7,062	37	1,292	+ 5,770
Other Injuries	15	6,536	19	4,336	+ 2,200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	6,528	32	1,477	+ 5,051
Breast Cancer	17	4,940	25	2,658	+ 2,282
Skin Disease	18	4,805	51	455	+ 4,350
Low Birth Weight	19	4,628	11	9,562	- 4,934
Cervical Cancer	20	4,321	22	3,389	+ 932
Liver Cancer	21	4,043	34	1,351	+ 2,692
Congenital Anomalies	22	3,577	12	6,115	- 2,538
Inflammatory/Heart	23	3,348	40	1,121	+ 2,226
Endocrine Disorders	24	3,334	44	831	+ 2,503
Falls	25	3,088	33	1,465	+ 1,623
Violence	26	3,035	24	2,942	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	2,833	5	15,420	- 12,587
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	2,576	41	1,089	+ 1,487
Drownings	29	2,514	39	1,200	+ 1,314
Birth Trauma	30	2,500	10	9,957	- 7,457
Parkinson's Disease	31	2,492	50	470	+ 2,022
Pancreas Cancer	32	2,382	46	716	+ 1,666
Stomach Cancer	33	2,228	28	2,010	+ 218
Lymphomas	34	2,044	29	1,931	+ 113
Leukemia	35	1,769	35	1,327	+ 442
Epilepsy	36	1,649	43	832	+ 816
Tuberculosis	37	1,503	3	19,655	- 18,152
Alcohol	38	1,463	55	355	+ 1,107
Asthma	39	1,404	26	2,300	- 896
Oral Cancer	40	1,402	30	1,842	- 440
Maternal Conditions	41	1,268	13	5,651	- 4,383
Ovary Cancer	42	1,228	45	795	+ 433
Malnutrition	43	1,189	21	4,212	- 3,023
Fires	44	1,145	36	1,316	- 172
Drug Use	45	667	62	113	+ 553
Dengue	46	601	73	0	+ 601
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	582	53	408	+ 174
Bladder Cancer	48	472	57	318	+ 154
Uterin Cancer	49	469	56	323	+ 146
Meningitis	50	464	15	5,364	- 4,900
Encephalitis	51	380	60	189	+ 191
Syphilis	52	291	52	449	- 158
Appendicitis	53	276	58	240	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	54	249	67	60	+ 188
Schistosomiasis	55	212	54	370	- 158
Oesophagus Cancer	56	184	18	4,373	- 4,188
Poisonings	57	156	38	1,269	- 1,112
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	112	66	84	+ 28
Pertussis	59	106	42	1,014	- 907
Skin Cancers	60	95	48	638	- 544
Multiple Sclerosis	61	92	68	39	+ 53
Tetanus	62	87	27	2,129	- 2,042
Hepatitis B	63	56	49	522	- 467
Chagas disease	64	34	79	0	+ 34
Leishmaniasis	65	11	59	194	- 183
War	66	9	65	89	- 80
Upper Respiratory	67	7	64	95	- 88
Chlamydia	68	6	70	10	- 4
Ascariasis	69	5	71	9	- 4
Hepatitis C	70	5	61	152	- 148
Otitis Media	71	1	72	7	- 6
Diphtheria	72	1	69	13	- 12
Measles	73	0	63	103	- 103
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

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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.