World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Ethiopia and Kenya health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
Kenya Population Pyramid
91,575,092
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
ETHIOPIA | KENYA | ||||||||||||
ETHIOPIA | KENYA | ||||||||||||
World Rank
|
World Rank
|
||||||||||||
M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | ||
1960 |
37.3
|
40.2
|
38.7
|
155
|
152
|
155
|
44.8
|
48.7
|
46.7
|
117
|
104
|
112
|
|
1970 |
41.5
|
44.5
|
43.0
|
155
|
152
|
153
|
50.4
|
54.6
|
52.5
|
117
|
108
|
112
|
|
1980 |
43.3
|
46.3
|
44.8
|
164
|
160
|
161
|
56.0
|
59.7
|
57.8
|
116
|
116
|
115
|
|
1990 |
46.1
|
49.1
|
47.5
|
168
|
168
|
168
|
57.4
|
61.4
|
59.4
|
131
|
128
|
131
|
|
2000 |
49.3
|
53.1
|
51.2
|
162
|
156
|
160
|
50.8
|
53.0
|
51.9
|
157
|
158
|
157
|
|
2010 |
60.1
|
63.6
|
61.8
|
144
|
144
|
146
|
58.9
|
61.7
|
60.3
|
149
|
151
|
151
|
|
2019 |
66.9
|
70.5
|
68.7
|
126
|
130
|
128
|
63.7
|
68.4
|
66.1
|
141
|
143
|
140
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
ETHIOPIA | KENYA | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
66.9
|
70.5
|
126
|
130
|
63.7
|
68.4
|
141
|
143
|
|
Age 5 |
70.8
|
73.8
|
112
|
127
|
66.9
|
71.3
|
151
|
146
|
|
Age 10 |
71.2
|
74.2
|
108
|
125
|
67.2
|
71.6
|
152
|
148
|
|
Age 15 |
71.5
|
74.4
|
105
|
124
|
67.5
|
71.8
|
153
|
148
|
|
Age 20 |
71.9
|
74.7
|
103
|
124
|
67.9
|
72.1
|
153
|
148
|
|
Age 25 |
72.2
|
74.9
|
103
|
123
|
68.4
|
72.5
|
153
|
148
|
|
Age 30 |
72.6
|
75.2
|
103
|
123
|
68.9
|
73.0
|
155
|
148
|
|
Age 35 |
73.1
|
75.6
|
103
|
122
|
69.5
|
73.6
|
156
|
148
|
|
Age 40 |
73.6
|
76.1
|
102
|
121
|
70.3
|
74.4
|
154
|
146
|
|
Age 45 |
74.2
|
76.7
|
102
|
121
|
71.4
|
75.4
|
151
|
144
|
|
Age 50 |
75.1
|
77.5
|
102
|
116
|
72.7
|
76.6
|
149
|
142
|
|
Age 55 |
76.1
|
78.4
|
101
|
115
|
74.2
|
77.8
|
147
|
129
|
|
Age 60 |
77.4
|
79.4
|
101
|
112
|
76.0
|
79.1
|
144
|
124
|
|
Age 65 |
79.1
|
80.7
|
105
|
110
|
78.0
|
80.5
|
144
|
118
|
|
Age 70 |
81.2
|
82.4
|
108
|
111
|
80.3
|
82.2
|
139
|
119
|
|
Age 75 |
83.6
|
84.5
|
107
|
106
|
83.0
|
84.4
|
139
|
124
|
|
Age 80 |
86.5
|
87.2
|
105
|
101
|
86.0
|
87.0
|
138
|
124
|
|
Age 85 |
89.8
|
90.4
|
94
|
91
|
89.4
|
90.1
|
137
|
126
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
ETHIOPIA | KENYA | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Stroke |
83.71
|
90
|
92.66
|
81
|
|
2. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
79.86
|
42
|
85.68
|
38
|
|
3. | Coronary Heart Disease |
78.39
|
134
|
72.70
|
144
|
|
4. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
63.15
|
22
|
53.46
|
31
|
|
5. | Liver Disease |
50.31
|
11
|
57.44
|
6
|
|
6. | Road Traffic Accidents |
42.41
|
19
|
48.00
|
12
|
|
7. | Diabetes Mellitus |
33.58
|
80
|
30.43
|
88
|
|
8. | Hypertension |
29.73
|
46
|
28.53
|
47
|
|
9. | Breast Cancer |
26.35
|
21
|
19.76
|
51
|
|
10. | Lung Disease |
25.66
|
75
|
26.82
|
68
|
|
11. | Tuberculosis |
25.31
|
44
|
49.91
|
18
|
|
12. | Kidney Disease |
24.20
|
81
|
23.30
|
91
|
|
13. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
21.74
|
30
|
18.35
|
76
|
|
14. | Cervical Cancer |
16.48
|
49
|
24.71
|
26
|
|
15. | Other Injuries |
14.07
|
29
|
12.36
|
42
|
|
16. | HIV/AIDS |
13.62
|
51
|
48.82
|
25
|
|
17. | Meningitis |
13.13
|
25
|
13.96
|
19
|
|
18. | Malnutrition |
11.17
|
26
|
13.10
|
21
|
|
19. | Birth Trauma |
10.53
|
20
|
8.50
|
38
|
|
20. | Low Birth Weight |
9.52
|
37
|
8.13
|
53
|
|
21. | Suicide |
9.45
|
80
|
11.01
|
60
|
|
22. | Maternal Conditions |
9.44
|
34
|
11.72
|
28
|
|
23. | Violence |
8.85
|
58
|
7.07
|
65
|
|
24. | Falls |
8.65
|
38
|
7.89
|
53
|
|
25. | Asthma |
8.13
|
71
|
9.95
|
65
|
|
26. | Ovary Cancer |
7.86
|
9
|
6.41
|
25
|
|
27. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
6.59
|
127
|
6.74
|
123
|
|
28. | Congenital Anomalies |
6.38
|
73
|
6.20
|
86
|
|
29. | Leukemia |
6.06
|
6
|
4.48
|
44
|
|
30. | Prostate Cancer |
6.02
|
158
|
24.17
|
51
|
|
31. | Lymphomas |
5.49
|
64
|
7.26
|
17
|
|
32. | Malaria |
5.39
|
42
|
33.54
|
29
|
|
33. | Poisonings |
4.29
|
7
|
3.34
|
13
|
|
34. | Lung Cancers |
4.05
|
145
|
3.20
|
156
|
|
35. | Pertussis |
3.77
|
18
|
1.30
|
59
|
|
36. | Fires |
3.73
|
33
|
3.66
|
34
|
|
37. | Parkinson's Disease |
3.68
|
119
|
3.79
|
112
|
|
38. | Inflammatory/Heart |
3.59
|
120
|
4.22
|
105
|
|
39. | Measles |
3.40
|
20
|
0.13
|
55
|
|
40. | Oesophagus Cancer |
3.35
|
59
|
20.37
|
2
|
|
41. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
3.22
|
83
|
4.78
|
61
|
|
42. | Liver Cancer |
3.00
|
167
|
5.77
|
82
|
|
43. | Stomach Cancer |
2.77
|
163
|
10.16
|
43
|
|
44. | Oral Cancer |
2.58
|
101
|
7.82
|
13
|
|
45. | Drownings |
2.44
|
90
|
2.27
|
103
|
|
46. | Endocrine Disorders |
2.30
|
141
|
2.69
|
125
|
|
47. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
2.22
|
60
|
1.74
|
79
|
|
48. | Bladder Cancer |
2.06
|
92
|
1.69
|
115
|
|
49. | Epilepsy |
2.02
|
65
|
2.27
|
52
|
|
50. | Skin Cancers |
1.82
|
97
|
3.16
|
26
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
ETHIOPIA | KENYA | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
59,931
|
10.63
|
22,571
|
8.57
|
|
2. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
44,361
|
7.87
|
15,420
|
5.85
|
|
3. | Stroke |
39,362
|
6.98
|
15,895
|
6.03
|
|
4. | Coronary Heart Disease |
36,530
|
6.48
|
11,972
|
4.54
|
|
5. | Road Traffic Accidents |
31,564
|
5.60
|
14,883
|
5.65
|
|
6. | Birth Trauma |
31,107
|
5.52
|
9,957
|
3.78
|
|
7. | Low Birth Weight |
28,020
|
4.97
|
9,562
|
3.63
|
|
8. | Liver Disease |
27,270
|
4.84
|
13,405
|
5.09
|
|
9. | Tuberculosis |
21,455
|
3.81
|
19,655
|
7.46
|
|
10. | Diabetes Mellitus |
16,258
|
2.88
|
5,651
|
2.15
|
|
11. | Congenital Anomalies |
15,638
|
2.77
|
6,115
|
2.32
|
|
12. | Hypertension |
13,470
|
2.39
|
4,418
|
1.68
|
|
13. | Kidney Disease |
12,103
|
2.15
|
4,464
|
1.69
|
|
14. | Meningitis |
12,019
|
2.13
|
5,364
|
2.04
|
|
15. | Lung Disease |
11,870
|
2.11
|
4,280
|
1.62
|
|
16. | Other Injuries |
11,735
|
2.08
|
4,336
|
1.65
|
|
17. | HIV/AIDS |
11,471
|
2.03
|
20,885
|
7.93
|
|
18. | Maternal Conditions |
8,887
|
1.58
|
5,651
|
2.15
|
|
19. | Malnutrition |
8,643
|
1.53
|
4,212
|
1.60
|
|
20. | Breast Cancer |
8,485
|
1.51
|
2,658
|
1.01
|
|
21. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
8,258
|
1.46
|
1,827
|
0.69
|
|
22. | Violence |
8,076
|
1.43
|
2,942
|
1.12
|
|
23. | Pertussis |
6,896
|
1.22
|
1,014
|
0.38
|
|
24. | Measles |
6,324
|
1.12
|
103
|
0.04
|
|
25. | Suicide |
6,030
|
1.07
|
3,214
|
1.22
|
|
26. | Malaria |
5,626
|
1.00
|
12,652
|
4.80
|
|
27. | Cervical Cancer |
5,019
|
0.89
|
3,389
|
1.29
|
|
28. | Falls |
4,510
|
0.80
|
1,465
|
0.56
|
|
29. | Asthma |
4,484
|
0.80
|
2,300
|
0.87
|
|
30. | Leukemia |
4,222
|
0.75
|
1,327
|
0.50
|
|
31. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
3,755
|
0.67
|
1,477
|
0.56
|
|
32. | Poisonings |
3,668
|
0.65
|
1,269
|
0.48
|
|
33. | Lymphomas |
3,590
|
0.64
|
1,931
|
0.73
|
|
34. | Fires |
3,255
|
0.58
|
1,316
|
0.50
|
|
35. | Drownings |
3,133
|
0.56
|
1,200
|
0.46
|
|
36. | Ovary Cancer |
2,424
|
0.43
|
795
|
0.30
|
|
37. | Tetanus |
2,203
|
0.39
|
2,129
|
0.81
|
|
38. | Lung Cancers |
2,202
|
0.39
|
669
|
0.25
|
|
39. | Inflammatory/Heart |
2,168
|
0.38
|
1,121
|
0.43
|
|
40. | Oesophagus Cancer |
1,839
|
0.33
|
4,373
|
1.66
|
|
41. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
1,758
|
0.31
|
1,089
|
0.41
|
|
42. | Liver Cancer |
1,730
|
0.31
|
1,351
|
0.51
|
|
43. | Syphilis |
1,699
|
0.30
|
449
|
0.17
|
|
44. | Epilepsy |
1,625
|
0.29
|
832
|
0.32
|
|
45. | Endocrine Disorders |
1,623
|
0.29
|
831
|
0.32
|
|
46. | Parkinson's Disease |
1,578
|
0.28
|
470
|
0.18
|
|
47. | Stomach Cancer |
1,519
|
0.27
|
2,010
|
0.76
|
|
48. | Oral Cancer |
1,477
|
0.26
|
1,842
|
0.70
|
|
49. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
1,339
|
0.24
|
408
|
0.15
|
|
50. | Prostate Cancer |
1,244
|
0.22
|
1,292
|
0.49
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
ETHIOPIA | KENYA | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Breast Cancer |
26.35
|
21
|
19.76
|
51
|
|
2. | Cervical Cancer |
16.48
|
49
|
24.71
|
26
|
|
3. | Ovary Cancer |
7.86
|
9
|
6.41
|
25
|
|
4. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
6.59
|
127
|
6.74
|
123
|
|
5. | Leukemia |
6.06
|
6
|
4.48
|
44
|
|
6. | Prostate Cancer |
6.02
|
158
|
24.17
|
51
|
|
7. | Lymphomas |
5.49
|
64
|
7.26
|
17
|
|
8. | Lung Cancers |
4.05
|
145
|
3.20
|
156
|
|
9. | Oesophagus Cancer |
3.35
|
59
|
20.37
|
2
|
|
10. | Liver Cancer |
3.00
|
167
|
5.77
|
82
|
|
11. | Stomach Cancer |
2.77
|
163
|
10.16
|
43
|
|
12. | Oral Cancer |
2.58
|
101
|
7.82
|
13
|
|
13. | Bladder Cancer |
2.06
|
92
|
1.69
|
115
|
|
14. | Skin Cancers |
1.82
|
97
|
3.16
|
26
|
|
15. | Uterin Cancer |
1.54
|
136
|
3.07
|
51
|
|
16. | Pancreas Cancer |
0.83
|
170
|
3.59
|
96
|
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.