UGANDA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	95,612	9	8,784	+ 86,827
Diabetes Mellitus	2	60,725	14	4,794	+ 55,930
Stroke	3	58,936	6	11,181	+ 47,755
Kidney Disease	4	27,826	19	3,168	+ 24,658
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	25,619	2	18,865	+ 6,755
Lung Disease	6	20,397	22	3,051	+ 17,347
Suicide	7	15,889	24	2,033	+ 13,856
Hypertension	8	13,417	21	3,120	+ 10,297
Liver Disease	9	11,732	13	5,122	+ 6,610
Lung Cancers	10	11,348	46	441	+ 10,907
Drownings	11	8,522	31	1,238	+ 7,284
Breast Cancer	12	8,402	32	1,128	+ 7,274
Asthma	13	7,871	27	1,745	+ 6,126
Low Birth Weight	14	7,406	8	9,673	- 2,268
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	6,790	50	348	+ 6,442
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	6,644	5	12,103	- 5,460
Other Injuries	17	6,585	20	3,130	+ 3,455
Congenital Anomalies	18	6,570	11	6,641	- 71
Tuberculosis	19	6,191	10	7,255	- 1,063
Stomach Cancer	20	5,809	45	515	+ 5,294
Birth Trauma	21	5,353	7	10,405	- 5,052
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	4,172	35	919	+ 3,253
Cervical Cancer	23	4,119	15	4,378	- 259
Liver Cancer	24	4,037	29	1,522	+ 2,515
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	3,274	41	687	+ 2,587
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	3,226	30	1,286	+ 1,939
Falls	27	3,043	33	1,127	+ 1,917
Inflammatory/Heart	28	2,981	37	859	+ 2,122
Prostate Cancer	29	2,726	34	950	+ 1,776
Endocrine Disorders	30	2,625	38	761	+ 1,864
Violence	31	2,607	12	6,175	- 3,568
Leukemia	32	2,485	42	599	+ 1,886
Parkinson's Disease	33	2,310	48	351	+ 1,958
Maternal Conditions	34	1,814	17	3,641	- 1,828
Pancreas Cancer	35	1,794	47	358	+ 1,435
Lymphomas	36	1,780	26	1,762	+ 18
Pertussis	37	1,744	25	1,909	- 165
Oral Cancer	38	1,670	40	731	+ 939
Meningitis	39	1,579	16	3,718	- 2,138
Syphilis	40	1,495	23	2,235	- 741
Uterin Cancer	41	1,417	56	234	+ 1,183
Skin Disease	42	1,356	55	242	+ 1,113
Epilepsy	43	1,350	43	599	+ 751
Malnutrition	44	1,315	18	3,317	- 2,002
Ovary Cancer	45	1,142	44	519	+ 623
Alcohol	46	1,126	54	256	+ 870
Oesophagus Cancer	47	1,080	28	1,674	- 595
Fires	48	996	36	872	+ 124
Bladder Cancer	49	772	59	181	+ 592
Poisonings	50	504	39	745	- 241
Skin Cancers	51	450	49	349	+ 101
Drug Use	52	306	57	233	+ 73
Encephalitis	53	294	62	122	+ 172
Appendicitis	54	219	58	211	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	55	184	66	37	+ 147
Measles	56	172	51	343	- 171
Hepatitis B	57	149	61	123	+ 25
Road Traffic Accidents	58	90	4	13,012	- 12,922
Tetanus	59	83	53	271	- 187
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	72	64	55	+ 17
Dengue	61	69	74	1	+ 68
Multiple Sclerosis	62	68	69	16	+ 52
Hepatitis C	63	18	67	30	- 13
Diphtheria	64	17	72	11	+ 6
Ascariasis	65	16	70	16	- 0
War	66	6	63	88	- 81
Chlamydia	67	6	73	6	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	4	60	144	- 139
Otitis Media	69	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	21,188	- 21,188
Leishmaniasis	75	0	68	28	- 28
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	50	- 50
Schistosomiasis	79	0	52	286	- 286
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Micronesia

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.