UGANDA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,523	9	8,784	+ 17,739
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	24,959	2	18,865	+ 6,094
Diabetes Mellitus	3	18,714	14	4,794	+ 13,919
Kidney Disease	4	16,945	19	3,168	+ 13,777
Liver Disease	5	15,346	13	5,122	+ 10,224
Stroke	6	13,089	6	11,181	+ 1,908
Violence	7	11,907	12	6,175	+ 5,732
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,870	4	13,012	- 2,143
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	7,066	5	12,103	- 5,037
Other Injuries	10	6,657	20	3,130	+ 3,527
Malnutrition	11	5,347	18	3,317	+ 2,030
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	5,283	30	1,286	+ 3,996
Lung Disease	13	5,133	22	3,051	+ 2,082
Alcohol	14	4,857	54	256	+ 4,600
Liver Cancer	15	4,766	29	1,522	+ 3,243
Low Birth Weight	16	4,477	8	9,673	- 5,196
Stomach Cancer	17	4,240	45	515	+ 3,725
Congenital Anomalies	18	4,094	11	6,641	- 2,546
Birth Trauma	19	3,958	7	10,405	- 6,447
Falls	20	3,702	33	1,127	+ 2,576
HIV/AIDS	21	3,166	1	21,188	- 18,022
Suicide	22	2,806	24	2,033	+ 773
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	2,779	41	687	+ 2,092
Prostate Cancer	24	2,283	34	950	+ 1,333
Cervical Cancer	25	2,180	15	4,378	- 2,198
Hypertension	26	1,834	21	3,120	- 1,286
Leukemia	27	1,622	42	599	+ 1,023
Breast Cancer	28	1,337	32	1,128	+ 209
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,311	38	761	+ 550
Maternal Conditions	30	1,264	17	3,641	- 2,377
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	1,253	35	919	+ 334
Drownings	32	1,251	31	1,238	+ 13
Epilepsy	33	1,250	43	599	+ 651
Parkinson's Disease	34	1,060	48	351	+ 709
Lung Cancers	35	1,056	46	441	+ 616
Asthma	36	903	27	1,745	- 842
Tuberculosis	37	814	10	7,255	- 6,441
Pancreas Cancer	38	761	47	358	+ 403
Poisonings	39	743	39	745	- 2
Drug Use	40	733	57	233	+ 500
Meningitis	41	732	16	3,718	- 2,986
Skin Disease	42	626	55	242	+ 384
Lymphomas	43	619	26	1,762	- 1,143
Inflammatory/Heart	44	608	37	859	- 251
Fires	45	560	36	872	- 312
Skin Cancers	46	527	49	349	+ 178
Appendicitis	47	442	58	211	+ 231
Oesophagus Cancer	48	388	28	1,674	- 1,286
Oral Cancer	49	384	40	731	- 347
Ovary Cancer	50	359	44	519	- 160
Encephalitis	51	280	62	122	+ 158
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	221	64	55	+ 166
Pertussis	53	188	25	1,909	- 1,721
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	167	50	348	- 181
Bladder Cancer	55	155	59	181	- 26
Other Neoplasms	56	113	66	37	+ 76
Upper Respiratory	57	92	60	144	- 51
Dengue	58	88	74	1	+ 87
Uterin Cancer	59	74	56	234	- 160
Multiple Sclerosis	60	56	69	16	+ 40
Chagas disease	61	51	79	0	+ 51
Tetanus	62	27	53	271	- 244
Ascariasis	63	19	70	16	+ 3
Syphilis	64	8	23	2,235	- 2,228
Hepatitis B	65	7	61	123	- 117
Hepatitis C	66	6	67	30	- 25
Chlamydia	67	6	73	6	- 0
War	68	6	63	88	- 82
Leishmaniasis	69	1	68	28	- 27
Otitis Media	70	0	71	11	- 11
Diphtheria	71	0	72	11	- 11
Measles	72	0	51	343	- 343
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	65	50	- 50
Malaria	74	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Schistosomiasis	75	0	52	286	- 286
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	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

Guatemala

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.