ZAMBIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,060	2	9,517	- 1,457
HIV/AIDS	2	7,458	1	17,234	- 9,777
Tuberculosis	3	7,019	6	5,941	+ 1,078
Stroke	4	5,676	3	7,948	- 2,272
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,506	5	6,275	- 769
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,314	11	3,654	+ 1,661
Liver Disease	7	4,787	9	4,501	+ 286
Malaria	8	4,518	4	7,882	- 3,364
Coronary Heart Disease	9	4,275	10	4,432	- 157
Birth Trauma	10	3,556	7	5,062	- 1,506
Low Birth Weight	11	3,414	8	4,857	- 1,443
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,184	12	3,146	- 962
Maternal Conditions	13	2,018	22	1,188	+ 830
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,018	14	2,395	- 377
Meningitis	15	1,915	16	1,976	- 61
Kidney Disease	16	1,594	18	1,760	- 167
Hypertension	17	1,577	13	2,616	- 1,039
Oesophagus Cancer	18	1,561	36	359	+ 1,203
Other Injuries	19	1,548	19	1,729	- 180
Lung Disease	20	1,528	21	1,273	+ 256
Malnutrition	21	1,504	15	2,303	- 798
Cervical Cancer	22	1,210	17	1,799	- 588
Suicide	23	1,148	20	1,303	- 155
Violence	24	1,051	23	1,153	- 103
Breast Cancer	25	949	35	366	+ 583
Asthma	26	821	26	741	+ 81
Tetanus	27	760	44	190	+ 570
Stomach Cancer	28	718	42	206	+ 511
Lymphomas	29	690	31	548	+ 142
Oral Cancer	30	658	48	155	+ 503
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	652	29	590	+ 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	527	43	203	+ 325
Falls	33	523	28	596	- 73
Liver Cancer	34	482	46	177	+ 306
Leukemia	35	474	39	261	+ 213
Fires	36	470	32	546	- 76
Prostate Cancer	37	461	30	561	- 100
Poisonings	38	453	34	456	- 3
Drownings	39	429	27	689	- 260
Inflammatory/Heart	40	400	33	501	- 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	389	40	246	+ 143
Pertussis	42	362	25	743	- 381
Epilepsy	43	297	38	332	- 35
Endocrine Disorders	44	297	37	354	- 57
Ovary Cancer	45	284	57	82	+ 201
Pancreas Cancer	46	256	62	42	+ 213
Lung Cancers	47	239	41	226	+ 13
Skin Cancers	48	228	54	108	+ 120
Hepatitis B	49	186	55	104	+ 82
Parkinson's Disease	50	168	47	164	+ 4
Skin Disease	51	163	52	126	+ 37
Syphilis	52	160	24	885	- 724
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	146	45	190	- 44
Schistosomiasis	54	132	51	128	+ 4
Alcohol	55	127	49	140	- 13
Uterin Cancer	56	115	64	30	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	57	113	50	132	- 18
Appendicitis	58	86	56	84	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	59	69	58	72	- 3
Encephalitis	60	68	59	70	- 3
Hepatitis C	61	54	66	18	+ 37
Drug Use	62	41	53	122	- 82
Measles	63	37	61	48	- 11
Upper Respiratory	64	34	60	68	- 34
War	65	32	69	6	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	30	63	30	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	67	22	65	20	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	14	67	13	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	4	73	3	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	4	71	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	3	68	9	- 5
Otitis Media	72	3	70	5	- 2
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Kenya

Zambia

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.