UGANDA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,383	9	8,784	+ 26,599
Stroke	2	18,143	6	11,181	+ 6,962
Lung Disease	3	11,546	22	3,051	+ 8,495
Kidney Disease	4	10,189	19	3,168	+ 7,021
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,985	30	1,286	+ 4,699
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,936	14	4,794	+ 1,141
Lung Cancers	7	4,607	46	441	+ 4,166
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,186	2	18,865	- 14,679
Breast Cancer	9	3,545	32	1,128	+ 2,418
Liver Cancer	10	3,400	29	1,522	+ 1,877
Liver Disease	11	3,091	13	5,122	- 2,031
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,741	38	761	+ 1,980
Cervical Cancer	13	2,726	15	4,378	- 1,652
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,658	35	919	+ 1,739
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,441	11	6,641	- 4,199
Falls	16	2,384	33	1,127	+ 1,258
Hypertension	17	2,076	21	3,120	- 1,044
Other Injuries	18	1,986	20	3,130	- 1,143
Oral Cancer	19	1,955	40	731	+ 1,224
Low Birth Weight	20	1,858	8	9,673	- 7,815
Suicide	21	1,843	24	2,033	- 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,819	5	12,103	- 10,284
Drownings	23	1,754	31	1,238	+ 516
Leukemia	24	1,621	42	599	+ 1,022
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,468	48	351	+ 1,117
Prostate Cancer	26	1,456	34	950	+ 506
Tuberculosis	27	1,432	10	7,255	- 5,823
Violence	28	1,268	12	6,175	- 4,907
Asthma	29	1,247	27	1,745	- 498
Ovary Cancer	30	1,175	44	519	+ 656
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,095	4	13,012	- 11,917
Skin Disease	32	1,072	55	242	+ 829
Dengue	33	956	74	1	+ 955
Lymphomas	34	937	26	1,762	- 825
Maternal Conditions	35	689	17	3,641	- 2,952
Inflammatory/Heart	36	678	37	859	- 182
Bladder Cancer	37	665	59	181	+ 484
Epilepsy	38	620	43	599	+ 22
Birth Trauma	39	610	7	10,405	- 9,794
Pancreas Cancer	40	557	47	358	+ 199
Fires	41	498	36	872	- 375
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	456	41	687	- 231
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	431	50	348	+ 83
Encephalitis	44	343	62	122	+ 221
Malnutrition	45	342	18	3,317	- 2,975
Other Neoplasms	46	258	66	37	+ 221
Uterin Cancer	47	250	56	234	+ 16
Drug Use	48	232	57	233	- 1
Stomach Cancer	49	154	45	515	- 360
Meningitis	50	137	16	3,718	- 3,581
Alcohol	51	85	54	256	- 172
Pertussis	52	47	25	1,909	- 1,862
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	43	64	55	- 12
Tetanus	54	35	53	271	- 235
Poisonings	55	32	39	745	- 713
Hepatitis B	56	29	61	123	- 95
Multiple Sclerosis	57	27	69	16	+ 11
Syphilis	58	18	23	2,235	- 2,217
Oesophagus Cancer	59	18	28	1,674	- 1,656
Measles	60	16	51	343	- 327
Appendicitis	61	14	58	211	- 197
War	62	10	63	88	- 78
Skin Cancers	63	6	49	349	- 342
Hepatitis C	64	6	67	30	- 24
Ascariasis	65	5	70	16	- 11
Upper Respiratory	66	4	60	144	- 139
Chlamydia	67	1	73	6	- 5
Diphtheria	68	1	72	11	- 10
Otitis Media	69	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	52	286	- 286
Leishmaniasis	72	0	68	28	- 28
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	65	50	- 50
Malaria	75	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	1	21,188	- 21,188
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Maldives

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.