UGANDA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	19,099	2	18,865	+ 234
Stroke	2	18,306	6	11,181	+ 7,125
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,452	4	13,012	+ 439
Coronary Heart Disease	4	13,043	9	8,784	+ 4,259
Malaria	5	11,931	3	13,576	- 1,645
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	11,291	5	12,103	- 812
HIV/AIDS	7	10,222	1	21,188	- 10,967
Liver Disease	8	9,218	13	5,122	+ 4,096
Low Birth Weight	9	7,932	8	9,673	- 1,741
Birth Trauma	10	6,831	7	10,405	- 3,574
Diabetes Mellitus	11	6,723	14	4,794	+ 1,929
Congenital Anomalies	12	6,429	11	6,641	- 211
Lung Disease	13	5,624	22	3,051	+ 2,573
Hypertension	14	4,910	21	3,120	+ 1,790
Kidney Disease	15	4,362	19	3,168	+ 1,194
Malnutrition	16	4,225	18	3,317	+ 908
Other Injuries	17	3,415	20	3,130	+ 286
Cervical Cancer	18	3,402	15	4,378	- 975
Meningitis	19	3,065	16	3,718	- 653
Stomach Cancer	20	2,822	45	515	+ 2,307
Maternal Conditions	21	2,613	17	3,641	- 1,028
Asthma	22	2,595	27	1,745	+ 849
Liver Cancer	23	2,555	29	1,522	+ 1,033
Suicide	24	2,545	24	2,033	+ 512
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	2,378	30	1,286	+ 1,092
Tuberculosis	26	2,260	10	7,255	- 4,994
Breast Cancer	27	2,170	32	1,128	+ 1,042
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	2,138	35	919	+ 1,219
Violence	29	1,982	12	6,175	- 4,193
Lymphomas	30	1,626	26	1,762	- 135
Falls	31	1,491	33	1,127	+ 365
Prostate Cancer	32	1,433	34	950	+ 483
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,311	41	687	+ 624
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,255	37	859	+ 395
Leukemia	35	1,146	42	599	+ 547
Drownings	36	1,030	31	1,238	- 208
Oral Cancer	37	984	40	731	+ 253
Fires	38	976	36	872	+ 103
Lung Cancers	39	847	46	441	+ 406
Poisonings	40	796	39	745	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	41	794	38	761	+ 33
Pertussis	42	788	25	1,909	- 1,121
Pancreas Cancer	43	773	47	358	+ 415
Oesophagus Cancer	44	771	28	1,674	- 904
Epilepsy	45	692	43	599	+ 93
Syphilis	46	624	23	2,235	- 1,611
Parkinson's Disease	47	528	48	351	+ 177
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	492	50	348	+ 144
Alcohol	49	454	54	256	+ 198
Skin Cancers	50	408	49	349	+ 59
Schistosomiasis	51	402	52	286	+ 116
Skin Disease	52	372	55	242	+ 130
Ovary Cancer	53	333	44	519	- 186
Appendicitis	54	254	58	211	+ 43
Hepatitis B	55	247	61	123	+ 123
Uterin Cancer	56	211	56	234	- 23
Upper Respiratory	57	211	60	144	+ 67
Tetanus	58	191	53	271	- 80
Measles	59	186	51	343	- 157
Drug Use	60	161	57	233	- 72
Encephalitis	61	141	62	122	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	62	127	59	181	- 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	84	64	55	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	64	59	66	37	+ 21
Hepatitis C	65	44	67	30	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	66	26	69	16	+ 10
Ascariasis	67	17	70	16	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	13	71	11	+ 2
War	69	9	63	88	- 79
Chlamydia	70	8	73	6	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	4	72	11	- 7
Dengue	72	1	74	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	28	- 28
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	50	- 50
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	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.