Health in Kenya

As I glanced over the numbers for Kenya, it didn't appear to be that poor of a country. They have about 23% of people below the poverty level which is a lot of people, but it is good compared to other countries in Africa. They also had a 73.6 % adult literacy rate, which isn't great but it also isn't terrible, which means that the schools must be pretty good. One scary statistic that I found though is that the average life expectancy is 50 years for men and 51 for women. That is a terrible number because it is a very young age to be dying. Also, the healthy life expectancy is only 44 and 45 years which is even worse because that is also an incredibly low number. A final statistic that I found disturbing is that the the under 5 and maternal mortality rates have increased in recent years. Since 1990, the maternal mortality rate has even doubled.