UGANDA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,027	9	8,784	+ 43,243
Stroke	2	20,480	6	11,181	+ 9,299
Road Traffic Accidents	3	9,927	4	13,012	- 3,086
Hypertension	4	9,153	21	3,120	+ 6,033
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,756	14	4,794	+ 2,961
Kidney Disease	6	6,585	19	3,168	+ 3,417
Lung Disease	7	6,361	22	3,051	+ 3,310
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	6,269	2	18,865	- 12,596
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	6,159	30	1,286	+ 4,873
Stomach Cancer	10	5,476	45	515	+ 4,962
Lung Cancers	11	3,782	46	441	+ 3,342
Liver Disease	12	3,701	13	5,122	- 1,421
Low Birth Weight	13	2,710	8	9,673	- 6,963
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,701	11	6,641	- 3,940
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	2,551	35	919	+ 1,632
Suicide	16	2,417	24	2,033	+ 383
Other Injuries	17	2,257	20	3,130	- 872
Leukemia	18	2,211	42	599	+ 1,613
Breast Cancer	19	2,083	32	1,128	+ 955
Liver Cancer	20	2,071	29	1,522	+ 549
Prostate Cancer	21	1,998	34	950	+ 1,048
Asthma	22	1,873	27	1,745	+ 128
Lymphomas	23	1,607	26	1,762	- 155
Falls	24	1,573	33	1,127	+ 447
Birth Trauma	25	1,525	7	10,405	- 8,880
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,419	48	351	+ 1,068
Violence	27	1,414	12	6,175	- 4,761
HIV/AIDS	28	1,405	1	21,188	- 19,783
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,348	47	358	+ 990
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,322	28	1,674	- 352
Drug Use	31	1,250	57	233	+ 1,018
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,167	38	761	+ 405
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,024	5	12,103	- 11,080
Fires	34	1,016	36	872	+ 144
Inflammatory/Heart	35	898	37	859	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	36	786	59	181	+ 605
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	695	41	687	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	555	50	348	+ 208
Ovary Cancer	39	523	44	519	+ 4
Drownings	40	519	31	1,238	- 719
Tuberculosis	41	492	10	7,255	- 6,763
War	42	473	63	88	+ 385
Poisonings	43	455	39	745	- 290
Epilepsy	44	401	43	599	- 198
Oral Cancer	45	365	40	731	- 366
Meningitis	46	358	16	3,718	- 3,360
Skin Cancers	47	289	49	349	- 60
Cervical Cancer	48	279	15	4,378	- 4,098
Hepatitis B	49	237	61	123	+ 114
Multiple Sclerosis	50	226	69	16	+ 210
Uterin Cancer	51	198	56	234	- 36
Maternal Conditions	52	159	17	3,641	- 3,483
Alcohol	53	141	54	256	- 115
Encephalitis	54	137	62	122	+ 15
Skin Disease	55	132	55	242	- 110
Malnutrition	56	87	18	3,317	- 3,230
Appendicitis	57	86	58	211	- 125
Other Neoplasms	58	62	66	37	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	45	64	55	- 10
Pertussis	60	42	25	1,909	- 1,867
Syphilis	61	29	23	2,235	- 2,206
Tetanus	62	20	53	271	- 250
Upper Respiratory	63	9	60	144	- 135
Leishmaniasis	64	4	68	28	- 24
Chlamydia	65	2	73	6	- 4
Schistosomiasis	66	2	52	286	- 284
Ascariasis	67	2	70	16	- 14
Measles	68	1	51	343	- 342
Hepatitis C	69	1	67	30	- 30
Diphtheria	70	1	72	11	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	65	50	- 50
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

Iran

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.