UGANDA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	78,507	9	8,784	+ 69,723
Stroke	2	50,632	6	11,181	+ 39,451
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	33,503	30	1,286	+ 32,217
Lung Cancers	4	27,608	46	441	+ 27,168
Lung Disease	5	26,177	22	3,051	+ 23,127
Hypertension	6	24,196	21	3,120	+ 21,076
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	17,181	35	919	+ 16,262
Diabetes Mellitus	8	16,035	14	4,794	+ 11,241
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	13,208	2	18,865	- 5,657
Breast Cancer	10	11,211	32	1,128	+ 10,083
Kidney Disease	11	10,287	19	3,168	+ 7,119
Other Injuries	12	9,791	20	3,130	+ 6,662
Pancreas Cancer	13	9,777	47	358	+ 9,419
Stomach Cancer	14	8,288	45	515	+ 7,773
Other Neoplasms	15	8,071	66	37	+ 8,034
Lymphomas	16	7,817	26	1,762	+ 6,056
Liver Cancer	17	7,777	29	1,522	+ 6,254
Endocrine Disorders	18	6,815	38	761	+ 6,054
Parkinson's Disease	19	6,813	48	351	+ 6,461
Prostate Cancer	20	6,798	34	950	+ 5,848
Leukemia	21	5,439	42	599	+ 4,840
Bladder Cancer	22	5,425	59	181	+ 5,244
Liver Disease	23	4,494	13	5,122	- 628
Inflammatory/Heart	24	4,471	37	859	+ 3,612
Falls	25	3,413	33	1,127	+ 2,287
Suicide	26	3,267	24	2,033	+ 1,234
Oral Cancer	27	2,703	40	731	+ 1,972
Ovary Cancer	28	2,653	44	519	+ 2,134
Skin Cancers	29	2,618	49	349	+ 2,270
Road Traffic Accidents	30	2,604	4	13,012	- 10,409
Hepatitis C	31	1,981	67	30	+ 1,950
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,791	50	348	+ 1,443
Uterin Cancer	33	1,777	56	234	+ 1,543
Oesophagus Cancer	34	1,653	28	1,674	- 21
Anemia	35	1,352	84	0	+ 1,352
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,311	5	12,103	- 10,792
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,167	11	6,641	- 5,474
Skin Disease	38	1,164	55	242	+ 922
Epilepsy	39	1,080	43	599	+ 482
Cervical Cancer	40	933	15	4,378	- 3,445
Malnutrition	41	627	18	3,317	- 2,690
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	567	64	55	+ 512
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	558	41	687	- 129
Multiple Sclerosis	44	547	69	16	+ 531
Drug Use	45	529	57	233	+ 296
HIV/AIDS	46	420	1	21,188	- 20,768
Asthma	47	399	27	1,745	- 1,346
Osteoarthritis	48	389	80	0	+ 389
Schizophrenia	49	343	86	0	+ 343
Violence	50	330	12	6,175	- 5,845
Low Birth Weight	51	289	8	9,673	- 9,385
Drownings	52	278	31	1,238	- 960
Tuberculosis	53	272	10	7,255	- 6,983
Hepatitis B	54	270	61	123	+ 146
Alcohol	55	224	54	256	- 32
Fires	56	219	36	872	- 653
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	195	81	0	+ 195
Poisonings	58	124	39	745	- 621
Birth Trauma	59	113	7	10,405	- 10,291
Meningitis	60	103	16	3,718	- 3,614
Appendicitis	61	39	58	211	- 172
Oral conditions	62	38	82	0	+ 38
Tetanus	63	17	53	271	- 253
Upper Respiratory	64	16	60	144	- 127
Otitis Media	65	13	71	11	+ 2
War	66	5	63	88	- 83
Maternal Conditions	67	5	17	3,641	- 3,637
Encephalitis	68	4	62	122	- 118
Syphilis	69	3	23	2,235	- 2,232
Leishmaniasis	70	3	68	28	- 26
Measles	71	1	51	343	- 342
Chagas disease	72	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	0	25	1,909	- 1,909
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	72	11	- 11
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	50	- 50
Schistosomiasis	78	0	52	286	- 286
Malaria	79	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Ascariasis	80	0	70	16	- 16
Dengue	81	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

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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.