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Kenya
COUNTRY #1
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KENYA VS RWANDA

Compare Kenya and Rwanda 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.

Rwanda
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Kenya Population Pyramid
91,575,092
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Kenya KENYA   Rwanda RWANDA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
  
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
1970
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
  
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
1980
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
  
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
1990
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
  
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
2000
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
  
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
2010
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
  
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
2019
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
  
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   Rwanda RWANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
68.4
141
143
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age
63.7
68.4
141
143
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age 5
66.9
71.3
151
146
69.5
73.5
130
130
Age 10
67.2
71.6
152
148
69.8
73.8
129
129
Age 15
67.5
71.8
153
148
70.1
74.1
127
128
Age 20
67.9
72.1
153
148
70.4
74.3
127
128
Age 25
68.4
72.5
153
148
70.8
74.5
125
128
Age 30
68.9
73.0
155
148
71.3
74.9
126
128
Age 35
69.5
73.6
156
148
71.7
75.2
124
128
Age 40
70.3
74.4
154
146
72.3
75.7
125
126
Age 45
71.4
75.4
151
144
73.0
76.4
126
126
Age 50
72.7
76.6
149
142
74.0
77.1
125
124
Age 55
74.2
77.8
147
129
75.2
78.1
126
123
Age 60
76.0
79.1
144
124
76.7
79.2
127
119
Age 65
78.0
80.5
144
118
78.5
80.6
127
116
Age 70
80.3
82.2
139
119
80.7
82.3
126
118
Age 75
83.0
84.4
139
124
83.3
84.4
128
117
Age 80
86.0
87.0
138
124
86.2
87.0
123
116
Age 85
89.4
90.1
137
126
89.6
90.2
120
110
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   Rwanda RWANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
92.66
81
105.76
62
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
85.68
38
74.70
45
3. Coronary Heart Disease
72.70
144
77.83
135
4. Liver Disease
57.44
6
41.22
23
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
53.46
31
39.89
44
6. Tuberculosis
49.91
18
6.68
78
7. HIV/AIDS
48.82
25
29.44
34
8. Road Traffic Accidents
48.00
12
43.89
15
9. Malaria
33.54
29
35.78
26
10. Diabetes Mellitus
30.43
88
36.55
70
11. Hypertension
28.53
47
30.17
44
12. Lung Disease
26.82
68
33.52
41
13. Cervical Cancer
24.71
26
26.00
22
14. Prostate Cancer
24.17
51
25.46
43
15. Kidney Disease
23.30
91
23.20
92
16. Oesophagus Cancer
20.37
2
3.59
52
17. Breast Cancer
19.76
51
15.96
102
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.35
76
19.49
55
19. Meningitis
13.96
19
8.67
38
20. Malnutrition
13.10
21
12.03
23
21. Other Injuries
12.36
42
10.27
62
22. Maternal Conditions
11.72
28
6.57
42
23. Suicide
11.01
60
9.45
81
24. Stomach Cancer
10.16
43
10.60
37
25. Asthma
9.95
65
11.90
53
26. Birth Trauma
8.50
38
6.06
54
27. Low Birth Weight
8.13
53
6.97
65
28. Falls
7.89
53
7.68
61
29. Oral Cancer
7.82
13
3.02
84
30. Lymphomas
7.26
17
5.66
58
31. Violence
7.07
65
4.56
91
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.74
123
12.27
45
33. Ovary Cancer
6.41
25
2.74
155
34. Congenital Anomalies
6.20
86
7.02
52
35. Tetanus
5.79
2
0.45
47
36. Liver Cancer
5.77
82
11.48
24
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.78
61
6.24
43
38. Leukemia
4.48
44
3.96
73
39. Inflammatory/Heart
4.22
105
5.09
86
40. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
112
3.83
107
41. Fires
3.66
34
2.90
52
42. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
96
3.86
87
43. Poisonings
3.34
13
2.31
40
44. Lung Cancers
3.20
156
4.46
140
45. Skin Cancers
3.16
26
1.89
91
46. Uterin Cancer
3.07
51
1.84
115
47. Endocrine Disorders
2.69
125
2.79
121
48. Epilepsy
2.27
52
2.08
60
49. Drownings
2.27
103
2.14
108
50. Skin Disease
2.15
56
1.71
83
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kenya KENYA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
22,571
8.57
5,280
9.10
2. HIV/AIDS
20,885
7.93
2,826
4.87
3. Tuberculosis
19,655
7.46
625
1.08
4. Stroke
15,895
6.03
5,060
8.72
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,420
5.85
3,121
5.38
6. Road Traffic Accidents
14,883
5.65
3,718
6.41
7. Liver Disease
13,405
5.09
2,548
4.39
8. Malaria
12,652
4.80
3,298
5.69
9. Coronary Heart Disease
11,972
4.54
3,605
6.21
10. Birth Trauma
9,957
3.78
1,888
3.25
11. Low Birth Weight
9,562
3.63
2,193
3.78
12. Congenital Anomalies
6,115
2.32
1,777
3.06
13. Maternal Conditions
5,651
2.15
722
1.24
14. Diabetes Mellitus
5,651
2.15
1,858
3.20
15. Meningitis
5,364
2.04
847
1.46
16. Kidney Disease
4,464
1.69
1,206
2.08
17. Hypertension
4,418
1.68
1,357
2.34
18. Oesophagus Cancer
4,373
1.66
213
0.37
19. Other Injuries
4,336
1.65
944
1.63
20. Lung Disease
4,280
1.62
1,555
2.68
21. Malnutrition
4,212
1.60
1,168
2.01
22. Cervical Cancer
3,389
1.29
941
1.62
23. Suicide
3,214
1.22
704
1.21
24. Violence
2,942
1.12
548
0.94
25. Breast Cancer
2,658
1.01
600
1.03
26. Asthma
2,300
0.87
717
1.24
27. Tetanus
2,129
0.81
53
0.09
28. Stomach Cancer
2,010
0.76
780
1.34
29. Lymphomas
1,931
0.73
450
0.78
30. Oral Cancer
1,842
0.70
272
0.47
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,827
0.69
657
1.13
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,477
0.56
591
1.02
33. Falls
1,465
0.56
412
0.71
34. Liver Cancer
1,351
0.51
706
1.22
35. Leukemia
1,327
0.50
317
0.55
36. Fires
1,316
0.50
270
0.47
37. Prostate Cancer
1,292
0.49
396
0.68
38. Poisonings
1,269
0.48
220
0.38
39. Drownings
1,200
0.46
285
0.49
40. Inflammatory/Heart
1,121
0.43
347
0.60
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,089
0.41
362
0.62
42. Pertussis
1,014
0.38
218
0.38
43. Epilepsy
832
0.32
191
0.33
44. Endocrine Disorders
831
0.32
219
0.38
45. Ovary Cancer
795
0.30
92
0.16
46. Pancreas Cancer
716
0.27
214
0.37
47. Lung Cancers
669
0.25
234
0.40
48. Skin Cancers
638
0.24
113
0.19
49. Hepatitis B
522
0.20
68
0.12
50. Parkinson's Disease
470
0.18
146
0.25
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.71
26
26.00
22
2. Prostate Cancer
24.17
51
25.46
43
3. Oesophagus Cancer
20.37
2
3.59
52
4. Breast Cancer
19.76
51
15.96
102
5. Stomach Cancer
10.16
43
10.60
37
6. Oral Cancer
7.82
13
3.02
84
7. Lymphomas
7.26
17
5.66
58
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.74
123
12.27
45
9. Ovary Cancer
6.41
25
2.74
155
10. Liver Cancer
5.77
82
11.48
24
11. Leukemia
4.48
44
3.96
73
12. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
96
3.86
87
13. Lung Cancers
3.20
156
4.46
140
14. Skin Cancers
3.16
26
1.89
91
15. Uterin Cancer
3.07
51
1.84
115
16. Bladder Cancer
1.69
115
0.66
173
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.