UGANDA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	25,455	2	18,865	+ 6,590
Stroke	2	19,919	6	11,181	+ 8,737
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	17,806	5	12,103	+ 5,703
Coronary Heart Disease	4	16,731	9	8,784	+ 7,947
Road Traffic Accidents	5	10,302	4	13,012	- 2,710
Liver Disease	6	9,437	13	5,122	+ 4,315
Diabetes Mellitus	7	7,337	14	4,794	+ 2,543
Hypertension	8	7,191	21	3,120	+ 4,071
Lung Disease	9	5,141	22	3,051	+ 2,091
Malnutrition	10	5,125	18	3,317	+ 1,808
Birth Trauma	11	4,788	7	10,405	- 5,617
Kidney Disease	12	4,488	19	3,168	+ 1,320
Maternal Conditions	13	4,223	17	3,641	+ 581
Tuberculosis	14	4,222	10	7,255	- 3,033
Other Injuries	15	4,195	20	3,130	+ 1,065
Low Birth Weight	16	4,126	8	9,673	- 5,548
Malaria	17	3,395	3	13,576	- 10,181
Congenital Anomalies	18	3,356	11	6,641	- 3,284
Meningitis	19	3,142	16	3,718	- 576
Violence	20	2,985	12	6,175	- 3,190
Suicide	21	2,965	24	2,033	+ 932
Asthma	22	2,533	27	1,745	+ 788
Breast Cancer	23	2,419	32	1,128	+ 1,292
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	2,406	30	1,286	+ 1,120
HIV/AIDS	25	2,389	1	21,188	- 18,799
Falls	26	1,306	33	1,127	+ 179
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,142	41	687	+ 456
Lymphomas	28	1,140	26	1,762	- 621
Leukemia	29	1,119	42	599	+ 520
Cervical Cancer	30	1,029	15	4,378	- 3,349
Fires	31	1,024	36	872	+ 152
Inflammatory/Heart	32	954	37	859	+ 95
Drownings	33	914	31	1,238	- 323
Poisonings	34	887	39	745	+ 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	878	35	919	- 40
Pertussis	36	696	25	1,909	- 1,213
Parkinson's Disease	37	659	48	351	+ 307
Epilepsy	38	633	43	599	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	39	629	28	1,674	- 1,045
Ovary Cancer	40	617	44	519	+ 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	596	50	348	+ 248
Schistosomiasis	42	565	52	286	+ 280
Endocrine Disorders	43	554	38	761	- 208
Oral Cancer	44	552	40	731	- 179
Liver Cancer	45	538	29	1,522	- 985
Lung Cancers	46	479	46	441	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	47	421	34	950	- 529
Stomach Cancer	48	375	45	515	- 140
Alcohol	49	353	54	256	+ 97
Skin Disease	50	347	55	242	+ 105
Bladder Cancer	51	326	59	181	+ 145
Tetanus	52	291	53	271	+ 21
Drug Use	53	281	57	233	+ 48
Syphilis	54	270	23	2,235	- 1,965
Appendicitis	55	244	58	211	+ 32
Skin Cancers	56	232	49	349	- 117
Hepatitis B	57	214	61	123	+ 91
Pancreas Cancer	58	152	47	358	- 206
Leishmaniasis	59	148	68	28	+ 120
Upper Respiratory	60	139	60	144	- 5
Uterin Cancer	61	136	56	234	- 98
Encephalitis	62	121	62	122	- 1
Measles	63	98	51	343	- 245
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	92	64	55	+ 37
Hepatitis C	65	50	67	30	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	66	47	66	37	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	67	29	69	16	+ 13
Ascariasis	68	14	70	16	- 2
Otitis Media	69	14	71	11	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	8	73	6	+ 2
War	71	3	63	88	- 85
Diphtheria	72	3	72	11	- 8
Dengue	73	1	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	65	50	- 50
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Eritrea

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.