COMOROS VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	349	1	594	- 246
HIV/AIDS	2	323	76	0	+ 323
Tuberculosis	3	304	19	79	+ 225
Stroke	4	246	3	356	- 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	238	2	363	- 125
Road Traffic Accidents	6	230	6	226	+ 4
Liver Disease	7	207	8	160	+ 47
Malaria	8	196	29	29	+ 167
Coronary Heart Disease	9	185	4	349	- 164
Birth Trauma	10	154	7	211	- 57
Low Birth Weight	11	148	5	328	- 181
Congenital Anomalies	12	95	10	131	- 36
Maternal Conditions	13	87	22	47	+ 40
Diabetes Mellitus	14	87	9	136	- 49
Meningitis	15	83	11	115	- 33
Kidney Disease	16	69	14	101	- 32
Hypertension	17	68	12	115	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	18	68	26	34	+ 34
Other Injuries	19	67	16	90	- 23
Lung Disease	20	66	17	83	- 17
Malnutrition	21	65	15	96	- 31
Cervical Cancer	22	52	13	104	- 52
Suicide	23	50	24	46	+ 4
Violence	24	45	20	63	- 18
Breast Cancer	25	41	33	23	+ 19
Asthma	26	36	21	49	- 13
Tetanus	27	33	43	12	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	28	31	45	11	+ 20
Lymphomas	29	30	37	19	+ 11
Oral Cancer	30	28	41	15	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	28	23	46	- 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	23	39	19	+ 4
Falls	33	23	32	26	- 4
Liver Cancer	34	21	28	29	- 8
Leukemia	35	21	57	3	+ 17
Fires	36	20	30	27	- 7
Prostate Cancer	37	20	27	33	- 13
Poisonings	38	20	35	20	- 0
Drownings	39	19	25	35	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	40	17	31	26	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	17	34	21	- 4
Pertussis	42	16	18	80	- 64
Epilepsy	43	13	40	17	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	44	13	36	19	- 7
Ovary Cancer	45	12	56	3	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	46	11	82	0	+ 11
Lung Cancers	47	10	60	1	+ 9
Skin Cancers	48	10	42	12	- 3
Hepatitis B	49	8	52	5	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	50	7	44	11	- 4
Skin Disease	51	7	48	9	- 2
Syphilis	52	7	38	19	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	47	10	- 4
Schistosomiasis	54	6	75	0	+ 6
Alcohol	55	5	51	6	- 0
Uterin Cancer	56	5	55	3	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	57	5	46	10	- 5
Appendicitis	58	4	50	6	- 2
Leishmaniasis	59	3	72	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	60	3	54	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	61	2	61	1	+ 1
Drug Use	62	2	49	7	- 5
Measles	63	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	1	53	4	- 3
War	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	58	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	67	1	59	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	62	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 COMOROS

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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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.