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Kenya
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

Compare Kenya and China 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.

China
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
6,076,757
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%
China Population Pyramid
554,419,269
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   China CHINA
  Kenya KENYA   China CHINA
       
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
 
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
 
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
 
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
 
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
 
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
 
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
 
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
68.4
141
143
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
63.7
68.4
141
143
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
66.9
71.3
151
146
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
67.2
71.6
152
148
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
67.5
71.8
153
148
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
67.9
72.1
153
148
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
68.4
72.5
153
148
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
68.9
73.0
155
148
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
69.5
73.6
156
148
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
70.3
74.4
154
146
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
71.4
75.4
151
144
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
72.7
76.6
149
142
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
74.2
77.8
147
129
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
76.0
79.1
144
124
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
78.0
80.5
144
118
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
80.3
82.2
139
119
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
83.0
84.4
139
124
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
86.0
87.0
138
124
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.4
90.1
137
126
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
92.66
81
110.80
58
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
85.68
38
11.28
152
3. Coronary Heart Disease
72.70
144
97.57
115
4. Liver Disease
57.44
6
7.57
146
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
53.46
31
0.72
150
6. Tuberculosis
49.91
18
1.88
111
7. HIV/AIDS
48.82
25
1.62
111
8. Road Traffic Accidents
48.00
12
15.09
96
9. Malaria
33.54
29
0.00
93
10. Diabetes Mellitus
30.43
88
8.56
148
11. Hypertension
28.53
47
16.80
98
12. Lung Disease
26.82
68
54.18
13
13. Cervical Cancer
24.71
26
5.16
124
14. Prostate Cancer
24.17
51
6.41
152
15. Kidney Disease
23.30
91
10.39
141
16. Oesophagus Cancer
20.37
2
12.42
6
17. Breast Cancer
19.76
51
8.95
169
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.35
76
17.36
97
19. Meningitis
13.96
19
0.39
128
20. Malnutrition
13.10
21
0.78
107
21. Other Injuries
12.36
42
3.50
161
22. Maternal Conditions
11.72
28
0.26
128
23. Suicide
11.01
60
6.67
121
24. Stomach Cancer
10.16
43
20.55
3
25. Asthma
9.95
65
1.29
123
26. Birth Trauma
8.50
38
1.40
108
27. Low Birth Weight
8.13
53
1.76
150
28. Falls
7.89
53
8.04
50
29. Oral Cancer
7.82
13
2.81
89
30. Lymphomas
7.26
17
3.04
145
31. Violence
7.07
65
0.73
166
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.74
123
13.02
42
33. Ovary Cancer
6.41
25
2.76
153
34. Congenital Anomalies
6.20
86
3.32
150
35. Tetanus
5.79
2
0.03
105
36. Liver Cancer
5.77
82
9.30
33
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.78
61
2.05
106
38. Leukemia
4.48
44
3.48
97
39. Inflammatory/Heart
4.22
105
1.73
168
40. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
112
3.95
98
41. Fires
3.66
34
0.62
129
42. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
96
5.72
59
43. Poisonings
3.34
13
1.55
57
44. Lung Cancers
3.20
156
36.63
5
45. Skin Cancers
3.16
26
1.05
137
46. Uterin Cancer
3.07
51
1.16
157
47. Endocrine Disorders
2.69
125
1.51
162
48. Epilepsy
2.27
52
0.74
163
49. Drownings
2.27
103
3.66
56
50. Skin Disease
2.15
56
0.30
162
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kenya KENYA   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
22,571
8.57
183,342
1.91
2. HIV/AIDS
20,885
7.93
28,746
0.30
3. Tuberculosis
19,655
7.46
34,802
0.36
4. Stroke
15,895
6.03
2.043m
21.27
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,420
5.85
8,719
0.09
6. Road Traffic Accidents
14,883
5.65
250,272
2.61
7. Liver Disease
13,405
5.09
145,603
1.52
8. Malaria
12,652
4.80
0
0.00
9. Coronary Heart Disease
11,972
4.54
1.772m
18.44
10. Birth Trauma
9,957
3.78
17,644
0.18
11. Low Birth Weight
9,562
3.63
21,631
0.23
12. Congenital Anomalies
6,115
2.32
36,613
0.38
13. Diabetes Mellitus
5,651
2.15
161,672
1.68
14. Maternal Conditions
5,651
2.15
3,596
0.04
15. Meningitis
5,364
2.04
5,704
0.06
16. Kidney Disease
4,464
1.69
192,302
2.00
17. Hypertension
4,418
1.68
301,183
3.14
18. Oesophagus Cancer
4,373
1.66
242,891
2.53
19. Other Injuries
4,336
1.65
54,087
0.56
20. Lung Disease
4,280
1.62
968,607
10.08
21. Malnutrition
4,212
1.60
12,995
0.14
22. Cervical Cancer
3,389
1.29
51,650
0.54
23. Suicide
3,214
1.22
116,324
1.21
24. Violence
2,942
1.12
11,115
0.12
25. Breast Cancer
2,658
1.01
92,757
0.97
26. Asthma
2,300
0.87
23,147
0.24
27. Tetanus
2,129
0.81
491
0.01
28. Stomach Cancer
2,010
0.76
398,439
4.15
29. Lymphomas
1,931
0.73
57,838
0.60
30. Oral Cancer
1,842
0.70
54,695
0.57
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,827
0.69
304,455
3.17
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,477
0.56
248,388
2.59
33. Falls
1,465
0.56
138,878
1.45
34. Liver Cancer
1,351
0.51
180,952
1.88
35. Leukemia
1,327
0.50
58,145
0.61
36. Fires
1,316
0.50
10,498
0.11
37. Prostate Cancer
1,292
0.49
51,056
0.53
38. Poisonings
1,269
0.48
25,762
0.27
39. Drownings
1,200
0.46
52,807
0.55
40. Inflammatory/Heart
1,121
0.43
29,954
0.31
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,089
0.41
37,723
0.39
42. Pertussis
1,014
0.38
484
0.01
43. Epilepsy
832
0.32
11,365
0.12
44. Endocrine Disorders
831
0.32
25,613
0.27
45. Ovary Cancer
795
0.30
28,078
0.29
46. Pancreas Cancer
716
0.27
111,537
1.16
47. Lung Cancers
669
0.25
714,311
7.44
48. Skin Cancers
638
0.24
19,669
0.20
49. Hepatitis B
522
0.20
2,757
0.03
50. Parkinson's Disease
470
0.18
70,699
0.74
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.71
26
5.16
124
2. Prostate Cancer
24.17
51
6.41
152
3. Oesophagus Cancer
20.37
2
12.42
6
4. Breast Cancer
19.76
51
8.95
169
5. Stomach Cancer
10.16
43
20.55
3
6. Oral Cancer
7.82
13
2.81
89
7. Lymphomas
7.26
17
3.04
145
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.74
123
13.02
42
9. Ovary Cancer
6.41
25
2.76
153
10. Liver Cancer
5.77
82
9.30
33
11. Leukemia
4.48
44
3.48
97
12. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
96
5.72
59
13. Lung Cancers
3.20
156
36.63
5
14. Skin Cancers
3.16
26
1.05
137
15. Uterin Cancer
3.07
51
1.16
157
16. Bladder Cancer
1.69
115
2.04
94
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.