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Seychelles
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Seychelles 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.

Kenya
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
Seychelles Population Pyramid
104,561
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Kenya KENYA
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Kenya KENYA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
1990
67.2
73.5
70.3
60
64
59
 
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
2000
67.7
76.4
71.8
86
46
67
 
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
2010
68.3
77.3
72.4
97
64
96
 
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
2019
70.0
77.1
73.3
96
88
93
 
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Kenya KENYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.0
77.1
96
88
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age
70.0
77.1
96
88
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age 5
71.1
78.2
108
90
66.9
71.3
151
146
Age 10
71.1
78.2
109
90
67.2
71.6
152
148
Age 15
71.3
78.3
109
90
67.5
71.8
153
148
Age 20
71.5
78.4
111
90
67.9
72.1
153
148
Age 25
71.9
78.5
111
90
68.4
72.5
153
148
Age 30
72.3
78.7
110
90
68.9
73.0
155
148
Age 35
72.8
78.9
109
90
69.5
73.6
156
148
Age 40
73.3
79.2
108
88
70.3
74.4
154
146
Age 45
74.0
79.6
106
87
71.4
75.4
151
144
Age 50
74.9
80.1
105
86
72.7
76.6
149
142
Age 55
76.0
80.8
102
85
74.2
77.8
147
129
Age 60
77.5
81.5
98
87
76.0
79.1
144
124
Age 65
79.2
82.5
99
87
78.0
80.5
144
118
Age 70
81.4
83.7
97
88
80.3
82.2
139
119
Age 75
83.6
85.3
112
94
83.0
84.4
139
124
Age 80
86.5
87.6
101
92
86.0
87.0
138
124
Age 85
89.8
90.4
89
93
89.4
90.1
137
126
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Kenya KENYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.13
116
72.70
144
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.92
49
85.68
38
3. Stroke
62.39
116
92.66
81
4. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
24.17
51
5. Kidney Disease
40.23
21
23.30
91
6. Hypertension
39.54
25
28.53
47
7. Liver Disease
28.12
60
57.44
6
8. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
19.76
51
9. Diabetes Mellitus
24.13
101
30.43
88
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
6.74
123
11. Lung Disease
21.51
95
26.82
68
12. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
3.20
156
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.22
100
18.35
76
14. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
24.71
26
15. Violence
13.66
32
7.07
65
16. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
7.82
13
17. Drownings
11.64
5
2.27
103
18. Road Traffic Accidents
10.94
121
48.00
12
19. Inflammatory/Heart
9.39
31
4.22
105
20. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
6.41
25
21. Lymphomas
8.01
8
7.26
17
22. Suicide
7.73
102
11.01
60
23. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
3.59
96
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.66
61
6.20
86
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.58
36
4.78
61
26. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
10.16
43
27. Leukemia
6.05
7
4.48
44
28. Asthma
5.89
81
9.95
65
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
5.82
78
53.46
31
30. Parkinson's Disease
5.80
26
3.79
112
31. Endocrine Disorders
5.70
57
2.69
125
32. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
5.77
82
33. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
20.37
2
34. Falls
5.28
97
7.89
53
35. Low Birth Weight
4.59
94
8.13
53
36. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
1.69
115
37. Other Injuries
4.16
149
12.36
42
38. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
3.07
51
39. Meningitis
2.26
59
13.96
19
40. Fires
1.74
81
3.66
34
41. Skin Disease
1.69
86
2.15
56
42. Malnutrition
1.59
87
13.10
21
43. Birth Trauma
1.52
104
8.50
38
44. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
3.16
26
45. Maternal Conditions
0.96
86
11.72
28
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.80
130
1.74
79
47. Encephalitis
0.79
41
0.59
66
48. Drug Use
0.78
133
0.39
171
49. Alcohol
0.56
140
1.41
88
50. Epilepsy
0.54
175
2.27
52
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Kenya KENYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
104
14.75
11,972
4.54
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
75
10.64
22,571
8.57
3. Stroke
66
9.36
15,895
6.03
4. Kidney Disease
43
6.10
4,464
1.69
5. Hypertension
42
5.96
4,418
1.68
6. Liver Disease
31
4.40
13,405
5.09
7. Diabetes Mellitus
26
3.69
5,651
2.15
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
25
3.55
1,477
0.56
9. Lung Disease
22
3.12
4,280
1.62
10. Prostate Cancer
20
2.84
1,292
0.49
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
19
2.70
1,827
0.69
12. Lung Cancers
18
2.55
669
0.25
13. Breast Cancer
14
1.99
2,658
1.01
14. Violence
14
1.99
2,942
1.12
15. Oral Cancer
13
1.84
1,842
0.70
16. Drownings
12
1.70
1,200
0.46
17. Road Traffic Accidents
11
1.56
14,883
5.65
18. Inflammatory/Heart
10
1.42
1,121
0.43
19. Cervical Cancer
9
1.28
3,389
1.29
20. Lymphomas
8
1.13
1,931
0.73
21. Suicide
8
1.13
3,214
1.22
22. Stomach Cancer
7
0.99
2,010
0.76
23. Pancreas Cancer
7
0.99
716
0.27
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.99
1,089
0.41
25. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.99
6,115
2.32
26. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.85
15,420
5.85
27. Low Birth Weight
6
0.85
9,562
3.63
28. Oesophagus Cancer
6
0.85
4,373
1.66
29. Liver Cancer
6
0.85
1,351
0.51
30. Leukemia
6
0.85
1,327
0.50
31. Endocrine Disorders
6
0.85
831
0.32
32. Parkinson's Disease
6
0.85
470
0.18
33. Asthma
6
0.85
2,300
0.87
34. Falls
6
0.85
1,465
0.56
35. Ovary Cancer
5
0.71
795
0.30
36. Bladder Cancer
4
0.57
318
0.12
37. Other Injuries
4
0.57
4,336
1.65
38. Meningitis
2
0.28
5,364
2.04
39. Birth Trauma
2
0.28
9,957
3.78
40. Malnutrition
2
0.28
4,212
1.60
41. Uterin Cancer
2
0.28
323
0.12
42. Skin Disease
2
0.28
455
0.17
43. Fires
2
0.28
1,316
0.50
44. Encephalitis
1
0.14
189
0.07
45. Maternal Conditions
1
0.14
5,651
2.15
46. Skin Cancers
1
0.14
638
0.24
47. Alcohol
1
0.14
355
0.13
48. Drug Use
1
0.14
113
0.04
49. Epilepsy
1
0.14
832
0.32
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1
0.14
408
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Seychelles SEYCHELLES   Kenya KENYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
49.62
5
24.17
51
2. Breast Cancer
24.69
30
19.76
51
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23.22
3
6.74
123
4. Lung Cancers
17.23
72
3.20
156
5. Cervical Cancer
15.71
51
24.71
26
6. Oral Cancer
12.25
3
7.82
13
7. Ovary Cancer
8.75
4
6.41
25
8. Lymphomas
8.01
8
7.26
17
9. Pancreas Cancer
7.02
44
3.59
96
10. Stomach Cancer
6.42
85
10.16
43
11. Leukemia
6.05
7
4.48
44
12. Liver Cancer
5.44
90
5.77
82
13. Oesophagus Cancer
5.35
34
20.37
2
14. Bladder Cancer
4.22
21
1.69
115
15. Uterin Cancer
2.94
59
3.07
51
16. Skin Cancers
1.10
135
3.16
26
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.