NEW ZEALAND VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,000	7	920	+ 1,080
HIV/AIDS	2	1,851	57	10	+ 1,840
Tuberculosis	3	1,742	52	17	+ 1,725
Stroke	4	1,408	3	2,378	- 970
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,366	37	81	+ 1,286
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,319	16	458	+ 861
Liver Disease	7	1,188	32	158	+ 1,030
Malaria	8	1,121	78	0	+ 1,121
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,061	1	5,095	- 4,034
Birth Trauma	10	882	54	15	+ 868
Low Birth Weight	11	847	38	78	+ 769
Congenital Anomalies	12	542	30	176	+ 366
Maternal Conditions	13	501	63	5	+ 496
Diabetes Mellitus	14	501	8	769	- 268
Meningitis	15	475	59	9	+ 466
Kidney Disease	16	396	17	432	- 36
Hypertension	17	391	20	327	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	18	387	25	279	+ 108
Other Injuries	19	384	28	218	+ 166
Lung Disease	20	379	5	1,815	- 1,436
Malnutrition	21	373	55	14	+ 359
Cervical Cancer	22	300	41	61	+ 240
Suicide	23	285	15	528	- 244
Violence	24	261	42	57	+ 203
Breast Cancer	25	236	10	737	- 501
Asthma	26	204	36	91	+ 113
Tetanus	27	189	69	0	+ 188
Stomach Cancer	28	178	22	323	- 145
Lymphomas	29	171	13	608	- 437
Oral Cancer	30	163	31	164	- 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	162	2	3,032	- 2,870
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	131	6	1,495	- 1,364
Falls	33	130	11	627	- 497
Liver Cancer	34	120	24	288	- 168
Leukemia	35	118	18	391	- 273
Fires	36	117	53	17	+ 100
Prostate Cancer	37	114	9	739	- 624
Poisonings	38	112	58	9	+ 103
Drownings	39	106	44	54	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	40	99	23	313	- 214
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	96	39	70	+ 26
Pertussis	42	90	65	1	+ 89
Epilepsy	43	74	43	55	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	44	74	21	325	- 251
Ovary Cancer	45	70	29	207	- 136
Pancreas Cancer	46	63	14	543	- 479
Lung Cancers	47	59	4	1,873	- 1,814
Skin Cancers	48	57	12	612	- 555
Hepatitis B	49	46	56	14	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	50	42	19	353	- 311
Skin Disease	51	40	34	118	- 78
Syphilis	52	40	70	0	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	36	35	113	- 76
Schistosomiasis	54	33	77	0	+ 33
Alcohol	55	31	45	51	- 20
Uterin Cancer	56	29	33	145	- 116
Bladder Cancer	57	28	26	267	- 239
Appendicitis	58	21	62	6	+ 15
Leishmaniasis	59	17	80	0	+ 17
Encephalitis	60	17	66	1	+ 16
Hepatitis C	61	14	48	30	- 16
Drug Use	62	10	40	69	- 59
Measles	63	9	82	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	64	8	64	4	+ 5
War	65	8	68	1	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	7	46	47	- 40
Other Neoplasms	67	5	27	245	- 240
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	47	43	- 40
Diphtheria	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	67	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Kenya

New Zealand

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.