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Switzerland
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 Switzerland 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
Switzerland Population Pyramid
9,817,716
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
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Kenya KENYA
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Kenya KENYA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
 
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
 
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
 
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
 
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
2000
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
 
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
2010
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
 
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
2019
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
 
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Kenya KENYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.8
85.1
1
7
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age
81.8
85.1
1
7
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age 5
82.1
85.4
1
6
66.9
71.3
151
146
Age 10
82.1
85.4
1
6
67.2
71.6
152
148
Age 15
82.2
85.4
1
6
67.5
71.8
153
148
Age 20
82.2
85.5
1
6
67.9
72.1
153
148
Age 25
82.3
85.5
1
6
68.4
72.5
153
148
Age 30
82.5
85.6
1
6
68.9
73.0
155
148
Age 35
82.6
85.6
1
6
69.5
73.6
156
148
Age 40
82.7
85.7
1
6
70.3
74.4
154
146
Age 45
82.9
85.8
1
6
71.4
75.4
151
144
Age 50
83.1
86.0
2
7
72.7
76.6
149
142
Age 55
83.5
86.3
2
8
74.2
77.8
147
129
Age 60
84.1
86.7
2
8
76.0
79.1
144
124
Age 65
84.9
87.2
2
9
78.0
80.5
144
118
Age 70
85.9
87.8
4
10
80.3
82.2
139
119
Age 75
87.2
88.7
7
13
83.0
84.4
139
124
Age 80
88.8
89.8
11
15
86.0
87.0
138
124
Age 85
90.9
91.5
30
26
89.4
90.1
137
126
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Kenya KENYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
41.51
170
72.70
144
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.78
19
18.35
76
3. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
3.20
156
4. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
19.76
51
5. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
24.17
51
6. Stroke
14.92
183
92.66
81
7. Lung Disease
12.25
158
26.82
68
8. Suicide
9.83
72
11.01
60
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
6.74
123
10. Hypertension
8.02
143
28.53
47
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
3.59
96
12. Falls
7.39
65
7.89
53
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.97
177
85.68
38
14. Lymphomas
5.46
65
7.26
17
15. Kidney Disease
4.61
174
23.30
91
16. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
6.41
25
17. Liver Disease
4.37
167
57.44
6
18. Diabetes Mellitus
4.37
174
30.43
88
19. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
5.77
82
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
106
4.22
105
21. Congenital Anomalies
3.56
145
6.20
86
22. Leukemia
3.37
106
4.48
44
23. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
10.16
43
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
102
2.69
125
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.24
133
3.79
112
26. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
1.69
115
27. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
7.82
13
28. Other Neoplasms
2.81
35
0.35
120
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
20.37
2
30. Other Injuries
2.56
176
12.36
42
31. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
3.16
26
32. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
3.07
51
33. Drug Use
1.84
54
0.39
171
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.71
180
48.00
12
35. Low Birth Weight
1.58
154
8.13
53
36. Alcohol
1.53
81
1.41
88
37. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
24.71
26
38. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
10
0.13
130
39. Epilepsy
0.95
141
2.27
52
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.71
151
53.46
31
41. Osteoarthritis
0.57
4
0.00
114
42. Skin Disease
0.51
139
2.15
56
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
175
4.78
61
44. Schizophrenia
0.50
8
0.00
116
45. Birth Trauma
0.48
153
8.50
38
46. Drownings
0.47
172
2.27
103
47. Violence
0.45
179
7.07
65
48. Asthma
0.42
169
9.95
65
49. Anemia
0.32
40
0.00
118
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.31
170
1.74
79
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Kenya KENYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,713
18.49
11,972
4.54
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,192
12.41
1,827
0.69
3. Stroke
3,918
6.76
15,895
6.03
4. Lung Cancers
3,520
6.08
669
0.25
5. Lung Disease
2,902
5.01
4,280
1.62
6. Hypertension
2,471
4.26
4,418
1.68
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,995
3.44
1,477
0.56
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,949
3.36
22,571
8.57
9. Falls
1,919
3.31
1,465
0.56
10. Prostate Cancer
1,579
2.73
1,292
0.49
11. Breast Cancer
1,577
2.72
2,658
1.01
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,486
2.56
716
0.27
13. Kidney Disease
1,261
2.18
4,464
1.69
14. Suicide
1,249
2.16
3,214
1.22
15. Lymphomas
1,131
1.95
1,931
0.73
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,027
1.77
1,121
0.43
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,022
1.76
5,651
2.15
18. Parkinson's Disease
857
1.48
470
0.18
19. Liver Cancer
805
1.39
1,351
0.51
20. Other Neoplasms
681
1.18
60
0.02
21. Liver Disease
677
1.17
13,405
5.09
22. Leukemia
671
1.16
1,327
0.50
23. Bladder Cancer
669
1.15
318
0.12
24. Stomach Cancer
614
1.06
2,010
0.76
25. Endocrine Disorders
593
1.02
831
0.32
26. Oral Cancer
500
0.86
1,842
0.70
27. Skin Cancers
493
0.85
638
0.24
28. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.85
4,373
1.66
29. Ovary Cancer
457
0.79
795
0.30
30. Other Injuries
410
0.71
4,336
1.65
31. Congenital Anomalies
305
0.53
6,115
2.32
32. Alcohol
229
0.40
355
0.13
33. Uterin Cancer
224
0.39
323
0.12
34. Road Traffic Accidents
193
0.33
14,883
5.65
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
186
0.32
15,420
5.85
36. Drug Use
176
0.30
113
0.04
37. Osteoarthritis
170
0.29
0
0.00
38. Multiple Sclerosis
160
0.28
39
0.01
39. Epilepsy
159
0.27
832
0.32
40. Skin Disease
129
0.22
455
0.17
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
122
0.21
1,089
0.41
42. Low Birth Weight
105
0.18
9,562
3.63
43. Cervical Cancer
105
0.18
3,389
1.29
44. Anemia
102
0.18
0
0.00
45. Schizophrenia
96
0.17
0
0.00
46. Asthma
95
0.16
2,300
0.87
47. Malnutrition
84
0.14
4,212
1.60
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.13
408
0.15
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
68
0.12
84
0.03
50. Drownings
49
0.08
1,200
0.46
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Kenya KENYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
3.20
156
2. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
19.76
51
3. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
24.17
51
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
6.74
123
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
3.59
96
6. Lymphomas
5.46
65
7.26
17
7. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
6.41
25
8. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
5.77
82
9. Leukemia
3.37
106
4.48
44
10. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
10.16
43
11. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
1.69
115
12. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
7.82
13
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
20.37
2
14. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
3.16
26
15. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
3.07
51
16. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
24.71
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.