UGANDA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,373	9	8,784	+ 40,589
War	2	31,470	63	88	+ 31,382
Stroke	3	23,412	6	11,181	+ 12,231
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	17,995	2	18,865	- 870
Low Birth Weight	5	15,515	8	9,673	+ 5,841
Birth Trauma	6	13,171	7	10,405	+ 2,766
Tuberculosis	7	12,086	10	7,255	+ 4,831
Hypertension	8	9,821	21	3,120	+ 6,700
Maternal Conditions	9	9,590	17	3,641	+ 5,948
Kidney Disease	10	8,095	19	3,168	+ 4,927
Road Traffic Accidents	11	7,411	4	13,012	- 5,602
Diabetes Mellitus	12	7,062	14	4,794	+ 2,268
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	6,824	5	12,103	- 5,279
Congenital Anomalies	14	6,143	11	6,641	- 498
Lung Disease	15	5,712	22	3,051	+ 2,661
Liver Disease	16	5,650	13	5,122	+ 528
Asthma	17	4,180	27	1,745	+ 2,435
Other Injuries	18	3,982	20	3,130	+ 852
Violence	19	3,951	12	6,175	- 2,224
Meningitis	20	3,225	16	3,718	- 493
Pertussis	21	2,589	25	1,909	+ 680
Breast Cancer	22	2,238	32	1,128	+ 1,110
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	2,168	30	1,286	+ 881
Suicide	24	1,932	24	2,033	- 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,849	41	687	+ 1,162
Stomach Cancer	26	1,843	45	515	+ 1,328
Oral Cancer	27	1,802	40	731	+ 1,071
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,675	38	761	+ 914
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,614	28	1,674	- 60
Tetanus	30	1,541	53	271	+ 1,270
Encephalitis	31	1,462	62	122	+ 1,340
Lung Cancers	32	1,322	46	441	+ 881
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,278	50	348	+ 931
Drownings	34	1,223	31	1,238	- 14
Epilepsy	35	1,219	43	599	+ 621
Lymphomas	36	1,162	26	1,762	- 600
Falls	37	1,112	33	1,127	- 15
Hepatitis B	38	1,061	61	123	+ 937
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	911	35	919	- 8
Liver Cancer	40	807	29	1,522	- 715
Parkinson's Disease	41	771	48	351	+ 419
Leukemia	42	750	42	599	+ 151
Malnutrition	43	724	18	3,317	- 2,593
Cervical Cancer	44	664	15	4,378	- 3,713
Inflammatory/Heart	45	647	37	859	- 212
HIV/AIDS	46	570	1	21,188	- 20,618
Poisonings	47	471	39	745	- 274
Ovary Cancer	48	454	44	519	- 66
Measles	49	430	51	343	+ 87
Fires	50	427	36	872	- 445
Drug Use	51	403	57	233	+ 170
Appendicitis	52	367	58	211	+ 156
Uterin Cancer	53	354	56	234	+ 121
Bladder Cancer	54	334	59	181	+ 153
Prostate Cancer	55	317	34	950	- 633
Pancreas Cancer	56	282	47	358	- 77
Malaria	57	228	3	13,576	- 13,348
Alcohol	58	184	54	256	- 72
Skin Cancers	59	178	49	349	- 171
Syphilis	60	116	23	2,235	- 2,120
Skin Disease	61	115	55	242	- 127
Multiple Sclerosis	62	103	69	16	+ 87
Other Neoplasms	63	35	66	37	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	34	67	30	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	31	64	55	- 24
Ascariasis	66	21	70	16	+ 5
Diphtheria	67	20	72	11	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	68	11	60	144	- 132
Chlamydia	69	2	73	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	70	2	68	28	- 26
Otitis Media	71	1	71	11	- 11
Dengue	72	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	50	- 50
Schistosomiasis	79	0	52	286	- 286
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Afghanistan

Uganda

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.