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United States
COUNTRY #1
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
UNITED STATES VS KENYA

Compare United States 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
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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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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
  United States UNITED STATES   Kenya KENYA
  United States UNITED STATES   Kenya KENYA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Kenya KENYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
66.9
71.3
151
146
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
67.2
71.6
152
148
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
67.5
71.8
153
148
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
67.9
72.1
153
148
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
68.4
72.5
153
148
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
68.9
73.0
155
148
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
69.5
73.6
156
148
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
70.3
74.4
154
146
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
71.4
75.4
151
144
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
72.7
76.6
149
142
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
74.2
77.8
147
129
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
76.0
79.1
144
124
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
78.0
80.5
144
118
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
80.3
82.2
139
119
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
83.0
84.4
139
124
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
86.0
87.0
138
124
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.4
90.1
137
126
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Kenya KENYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
72.70
144
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
18.35
76
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
26.82
68
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
3.20
156
5. Stroke
22.27
164
92.66
81
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
0.39
171
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
19.76
51
8. Suicide
14.51
31
11.01
60
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
23.30
91
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
24.17
51
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
48.00
12
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
30.43
88
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
6.74
123
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
28.53
47
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
57.44
6
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
85.68
38
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
2.69
125
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.59
96
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
7.26
17
20. Violence
6.00
81
7.07
65
21. Falls
5.68
90
7.89
53
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
4.22
105
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
12.36
42
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
6.41
25
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
5.77
82
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
3.79
112
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
4.48
44
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
6.20
86
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.41
88
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
3.07
51
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
20.37
2
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.69
115
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
24.71
26
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.35
120
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
8.13
53
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
3.16
26
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
10.16
43
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
7.82
13
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
53.46
31
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
48.82
25
41. Drownings
1.19
140
2.27
103
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.62
13
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.13
130
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
13.10
21
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
2.15
56
46. Asthma
0.84
141
9.95
65
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
2.27
52
48. Fires
0.73
124
3.66
34
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
1.74
79
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
4.78
61
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Kenya KENYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
11,972
4.54
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
1,827
0.69
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
4,280
1.62
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
15,895
6.03
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
669
0.25
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
4,464
1.69
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
113
0.04
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
4,418
1.68
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
1,477
0.56
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
5,651
2.15
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
22,571
8.57
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
3,214
1.22
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
2,658
1.01
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
831
0.32
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
716
0.27
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
13,405
5.09
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
14,883
5.65
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
1,465
0.56
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
1,931
0.73
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
1,292
0.49
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
470
0.18
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
1,121
0.43
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
1,351
0.51
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
1,327
0.50
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
4,336
1.65
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
318
0.12
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
2,942
1.12
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
4,373
1.66
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
60
0.02
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
355
0.13
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
795
0.30
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
638
0.24
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
2,010
0.76
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
6,115
2.32
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
1,842
0.70
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
323
0.12
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
15,420
5.85
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
3,389
1.29
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
9,562
3.63
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
4,212
1.60
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
152
0.06
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
20,885
7.93
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
455
0.17
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
39
0.01
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
1,200
0.46
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
2,300
0.87
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
408
0.15
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
1,089
0.41
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
1,316
0.50
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
832
0.32
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Kenya KENYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
3.20
156
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
19.76
51
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
24.17
51
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
6.74
123
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.59
96
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
7.26
17
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
6.41
25
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
5.77
82
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
4.48
44
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
3.07
51
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
20.37
2
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.69
115
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
24.71
26
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
3.16
26
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
10.16
43
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
7.82
13
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.