UGANDA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	105,477	1	21,188	+ 84,288
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	71,113	2	18,865	+ 52,248
Stroke	3	62,320	6	11,181	+ 51,139
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	52,084	5	12,103	+ 39,980
Coronary Heart Disease	5	46,481	9	8,784	+ 37,697
Diabetes Mellitus	6	44,239	14	4,794	+ 39,445
Suicide	7	34,059	24	2,033	+ 32,026
Tuberculosis	8	26,733	10	7,255	+ 19,479
Lung Disease	9	24,378	22	3,051	+ 21,327
Kidney Disease	10	22,445	19	3,168	+ 19,277
Hypertension	11	21,902	21	3,120	+ 18,781
Low Birth Weight	12	21,168	8	9,673	+ 11,495
Violence	13	20,441	12	6,175	+ 14,266
Liver Disease	14	17,524	13	5,122	+ 12,402
Birth Trauma	15	15,869	7	10,405	+ 5,464
Road Traffic Accidents	16	15,011	4	13,012	+ 1,999
Asthma	17	14,996	27	1,745	+ 13,251
Other Injuries	18	11,788	20	3,130	+ 8,659
Congenital Anomalies	19	8,613	11	6,641	+ 1,973
Cervical Cancer	20	8,239	15	4,378	+ 3,861
Malnutrition	21	7,902	18	3,317	+ 4,585
Meningitis	22	7,031	16	3,718	+ 3,313
Inflammatory/Heart	23	6,749	37	859	+ 5,890
Maternal Conditions	24	6,465	17	3,641	+ 2,824
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	6,166	41	687	+ 5,479
Fires	26	5,946	36	872	+ 5,074
Endocrine Disorders	27	5,197	38	761	+ 4,436
Drownings	28	4,422	31	1,238	+ 3,185
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	4,297	30	1,286	+ 3,010
Epilepsy	30	3,173	43	599	+ 2,575
Falls	31	2,827	33	1,127	+ 1,701
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	2,778	50	348	+ 2,430
Poisonings	33	2,458	39	745	+ 1,713
Breast Cancer	34	2,148	32	1,128	+ 1,020
Prostate Cancer	35	1,784	34	950	+ 834
Lymphomas	36	1,722	26	1,762	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	37	1,624	28	1,674	- 50
Alcohol	38	1,566	54	256	+ 1,310
Liver Cancer	39	1,563	29	1,522	+ 41
Skin Disease	40	1,545	55	242	+ 1,303
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,212	48	351	+ 860
Oral Cancer	42	1,143	40	731	+ 411
Lung Cancers	43	1,129	46	441	+ 689
Pertussis	44	1,129	25	1,909	- 781
Syphilis	45	1,117	23	2,235	- 1,118
Skin Cancers	46	1,025	49	349	+ 676
Tetanus	47	999	53	271	+ 728
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	877	35	919	- 42
Leukemia	49	860	42	599	+ 261
Drug Use	50	699	57	233	+ 466
Hepatitis B	51	591	61	123	+ 467
Appendicitis	52	550	58	211	+ 339
Ovary Cancer	53	541	44	519	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	54	519	56	234	+ 285
Upper Respiratory	55	401	60	144	+ 258
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	399	64	55	+ 344
Encephalitis	57	300	62	122	+ 178
Pancreas Cancer	58	270	47	358	- 88
Measles	59	259	51	343	- 84
Stomach Cancer	60	238	45	515	- 277
Bladder Cancer	61	212	59	181	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	62	204	66	37	+ 166
Multiple Sclerosis	63	131	69	16	+ 115
Hepatitis C	64	54	67	30	+ 24
Chlamydia	65	34	73	6	+ 28
Otitis Media	66	27	71	11	+ 16
Ascariasis	67	16	70	16	+ 0
War	68	6	63	88	- 82
Diphtheria	69	6	72	11	- 5
Dengue	70	2	74	1	+ 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	68	28	- 28
Schistosomiasis	76	0	52	286	- 286
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	50	- 50
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	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

Lesotho

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.