UGANDA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,644	9	8,784	+ 43,860
Stroke	2	22,646	6	11,181	+ 11,465
Road Traffic Accidents	3	16,611	4	13,012	+ 3,598
Kidney Disease	4	12,206	19	3,168	+ 9,038
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,269	2	18,865	- 10,595
Falls	6	7,202	33	1,127	+ 6,075
Liver Disease	7	6,650	13	5,122	+ 1,528
Other Injuries	8	5,400	20	3,130	+ 2,270
Diabetes Mellitus	9	5,246	14	4,794	+ 451
Lung Disease	10	3,833	22	3,051	+ 782
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,293	30	1,286	+ 2,007
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,111	11	6,641	- 3,529
Suicide	13	2,759	24	2,033	+ 726
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,198	35	919	+ 1,280
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,952	38	761	+ 1,191
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,809	37	859	+ 950
Asthma	17	1,575	27	1,745	- 171
Low Birth Weight	18	1,334	8	9,673	- 8,340
Leukemia	19	1,247	42	599	+ 648
Breast Cancer	20	1,224	32	1,128	+ 96
Liver Cancer	21	1,140	29	1,522	- 383
Hypertension	22	1,125	21	3,120	- 1,995
Fires	23	1,113	36	872	+ 241
Drownings	24	1,108	31	1,238	- 130
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,047	48	351	+ 696
Lung Cancers	26	1,045	46	441	+ 605
Tuberculosis	27	1,014	10	7,255	- 6,241
Lymphomas	28	965	26	1,762	- 796
Epilepsy	29	936	43	599	+ 338
Violence	30	871	12	6,175	- 5,304
Pancreas Cancer	31	709	47	358	+ 351
Skin Disease	32	696	55	242	+ 454
Drug Use	33	662	57	233	+ 429
Oral Cancer	34	627	40	731	- 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	616	5	12,103	- 11,488
Stomach Cancer	36	524	45	515	+ 9
Birth Trauma	37	463	7	10,405	- 9,942
Uterin Cancer	38	436	56	234	+ 202
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	378	50	348	+ 30
Poisonings	40	377	39	745	- 368
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	371	41	687	- 315
Ovary Cancer	42	334	44	519	- 185
Encephalitis	43	316	62	122	+ 194
Oesophagus Cancer	44	309	28	1,674	- 1,365
Meningitis	45	305	16	3,718	- 3,412
Bladder Cancer	46	289	59	181	+ 108
HIV/AIDS	47	259	1	21,188	- 20,929
Maternal Conditions	48	232	17	3,641	- 3,409
Cervical Cancer	49	211	15	4,378	- 4,166
Prostate Cancer	50	200	34	950	- 750
Alcohol	51	173	54	256	- 83
Malnutrition	52	107	18	3,317	- 3,210
Hepatitis B	53	77	61	123	- 47
Pertussis	54	76	25	1,909	- 1,833
Skin Cancers	55	74	49	349	- 275
Multiple Sclerosis	56	66	69	16	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	57	54	66	37	+ 17
Appendicitis	58	47	58	211	- 164
Syphilis	59	44	23	2,235	- 2,192
Schistosomiasis	60	34	52	286	- 252
Tetanus	61	21	53	271	- 250
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	12	64	55	- 43
Dengue	63	12	74	1	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	10	67	30	- 20
War	65	4	63	88	- 84
Ascariasis	66	2	70	16	- 14
Leishmaniasis	67	1	68	28	- 27
Measles	68	1	51	343	- 342
Diphtheria	69	1	72	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	70	1	60	144	- 143
Chlamydia	71	0	73	6	- 5
Otitis Media	72	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	65	50	- 50
Malaria	75	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	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

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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.