UGANDA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,329	9	8,784	+ 41,545
Stroke	2	25,782	6	11,181	+ 14,600
Lung Cancers	3	20,547	46	441	+ 20,106
Lung Disease	4	14,698	22	3,051	+ 11,648
Diabetes Mellitus	5	10,487	14	4,794	+ 5,692
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	10,140	30	1,286	+ 8,854
Kidney Disease	7	9,972	19	3,168	+ 6,804
Hypertension	8	8,649	21	3,120	+ 5,529
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	7,525	2	18,865	- 11,339
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	6,214	35	919	+ 5,295
Stomach Cancer	11	6,054	45	515	+ 5,539
Pancreas Cancer	12	4,032	47	358	+ 3,674
Liver Disease	13	3,715	13	5,122	- 1,407
Breast Cancer	14	3,306	32	1,128	+ 2,178
Prostate Cancer	15	3,285	34	950	+ 2,336
Road Traffic Accidents	16	3,265	4	13,012	- 9,747
Congenital Anomalies	17	2,910	11	6,641	- 3,731
Leukemia	18	2,853	42	599	+ 2,254
Lymphomas	19	2,841	26	1,762	+ 1,079
Liver Cancer	20	2,661	29	1,522	+ 1,139
Bladder Cancer	21	2,628	59	181	+ 2,447
Falls	22	2,562	33	1,127	+ 1,436
Violence	23	2,350	12	6,175	- 3,825
Low Birth Weight	24	2,038	8	9,673	- 7,636
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,015	48	351	+ 1,664
Endocrine Disorders	26	1,530	38	761	+ 769
Asthma	27	1,426	27	1,745	- 319
Ovary Cancer	28	1,340	44	519	+ 821
Suicide	29	1,174	24	2,033	- 859
Other Injuries	30	983	20	3,130	- 2,147
Inflammatory/Heart	31	956	37	859	+ 97
Skin Cancers	32	907	49	349	+ 558
Oesophagus Cancer	33	774	28	1,674	- 900
Cervical Cancer	34	768	15	4,378	- 3,610
Oral Cancer	35	765	40	731	+ 34
Epilepsy	36	672	43	599	+ 73
Uterin Cancer	37	639	56	234	+ 405
Drug Use	38	570	57	233	+ 337
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	462	41	687	- 224
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	434	5	12,103	- 11,669
Birth Trauma	41	422	7	10,405	- 9,983
Other Neoplasms	42	379	66	37	+ 341
Malnutrition	43	344	18	3,317	- 2,973
Drownings	44	321	31	1,238	- 916
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	265	50	348	- 83
Poisonings	46	216	39	745	- 529
Fires	47	201	36	872	- 671
Skin Disease	48	190	55	242	- 52
War	49	186	63	88	+ 99
Tuberculosis	50	178	10	7,255	- 7,077
Meningitis	51	161	16	3,718	- 3,557
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	139	64	55	+ 84
HIV/AIDS	53	119	1	21,188	- 21,069
Encephalitis	54	108	62	122	- 14
Alcohol	55	107	54	256	- 149
Multiple Sclerosis	56	99	69	16	+ 83
Maternal Conditions	57	64	17	3,641	- 3,577
Pertussis	58	60	25	1,909	- 1,849
Appendicitis	59	55	58	211	- 156
Hepatitis B	60	42	61	123	- 81
Syphilis	61	30	23	2,235	- 2,206
Schistosomiasis	62	19	52	286	- 266
Hepatitis C	63	11	67	30	- 19
Tetanus	64	7	53	271	- 264
Measles	65	4	51	343	- 340
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	144	- 140
Otitis Media	67	2	71	11	- 10
Leishmaniasis	68	1	68	28	- 27
Chlamydia	69	1	73	6	- 5
Ascariasis	70	1	70	16	- 15
Diphtheria	71	0	72	11	- 11
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	50	- 50
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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

Turkey

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.