UGANDA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	JORDAN		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,418	9	8,784	+ 12,634
Stroke	2	12,827	6	11,181	+ 1,646
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,573	4	13,012	- 5,439
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,426	14	4,794	+ 2,632
Hypertension	5	6,755	21	3,120	+ 3,635
Kidney Disease	6	6,589	19	3,168	+ 3,421
Lung Cancers	7	4,669	46	441	+ 4,229
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,135	2	18,865	- 14,730
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,121	11	6,641	- 2,520
Low Birth Weight	10	3,780	8	9,673	- 5,893
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,115	30	1,286	+ 1,829
Breast Cancer	12	3,025	32	1,128	+ 1,897
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	2,719	35	919	+ 1,800
Liver Disease	14	2,177	13	5,122	- 2,945
Lung Disease	15	1,958	22	3,051	- 1,093
Leukemia	16	1,630	42	599	+ 1,031
Stomach Cancer	17	1,610	45	515	+ 1,095
Lymphomas	18	1,426	26	1,762	- 335
Other Injuries	19	1,296	20	3,130	- 1,834
Birth Trauma	20	1,195	7	10,405	- 9,210
Violence	21	1,186	12	6,175	- 4,989
Pancreas Cancer	22	1,082	47	358	+ 724
Bladder Cancer	23	938	59	181	+ 757
Falls	24	840	33	1,127	- 286
Liver Cancer	25	820	29	1,522	- 703
Endocrine Disorders	26	795	38	761	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	27	746	48	351	+ 394
Suicide	28	729	24	2,033	- 1,304
Fires	29	674	36	872	- 198
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	671	5	12,103	- 11,432
Oral Cancer	31	630	40	731	- 101
Ovary Cancer	32	614	44	519	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	33	578	34	950	- 372
Drug Use	34	506	57	233	+ 273
Asthma	35	505	27	1,745	- 1,240
Drownings	36	472	31	1,238	- 766
Meningitis	37	346	16	3,718	- 3,372
Inflammatory/Heart	38	328	37	859	- 531
Uterin Cancer	39	328	56	234	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	294	41	687	- 393
Cervical Cancer	41	281	15	4,378	- 4,097
Oesophagus Cancer	42	278	28	1,674	- 1,396
Pertussis	43	241	25	1,909	- 1,668
Maternal Conditions	44	232	17	3,641	- 3,410
Syphilis	45	228	23	2,235	- 2,007
Epilepsy	46	216	43	599	- 383
Poisonings	47	206	39	745	- 539
Skin Disease	48	186	55	242	- 56
Skin Cancers	49	167	49	349	- 182
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	99	50	348	- 249
Malnutrition	51	66	18	3,317	- 3,251
Encephalitis	52	60	62	122	- 62
Tuberculosis	53	54	10	7,255	- 7,201
Multiple Sclerosis	54	52	69	16	+ 36
Alcohol	55	46	54	256	- 210
Tetanus	56	46	53	271	- 224
Other Neoplasms	57	41	66	37	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	34	58	211	- 177
War	59	27	63	88	- 61
Hepatitis B	60	18	61	123	- 105
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	17	64	55	- 38
Schistosomiasis	62	12	52	286	- 274
HIV/AIDS	63	9	1	21,188	- 21,179
Hepatitis C	64	6	67	30	- 25
Measles	65	3	51	343	- 340
Leishmaniasis	66	1	68	28	- 27
Diphtheria	67	1	72	11	- 10
Ascariasis	68	1	70	16	- 15
Upper Respiratory	69	1	60	144	- 143
Chlamydia	70	0	73	6	- 6
Otitis Media	71	0	71	11	- 11
Dengue	72	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	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

Jordan

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.