BENIN VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,319	11	2,263	+ 4,056
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,626	1	10,205	- 4,579
Malaria	3	4,049	2	7,037	- 2,988
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,881	8	3,162	+ 718
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,609	3	6,830	- 3,221
Stroke	6	3,334	4	5,855	- 2,520
Birth Trauma	7	3,103	7	3,950	- 847
Low Birth Weight	8	2,885	6	4,908	- 2,023
Coronary Heart Disease	9	2,620	5	5,397	- 2,778
Tuberculosis	10	2,163	23	919	+ 1,245
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,980	10	2,265	- 284
Violence	12	1,841	28	726	+ 1,115
Liver Disease	13	1,527	9	2,447	- 919
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,430	14	1,912	- 482
Cervical Cancer	15	1,306	30	669	+ 637
Meningitis	16	1,109	12	1,967	- 858
Maternal Conditions	17	1,086	20	1,039	+ 47
Malnutrition	18	989	21	928	+ 61
Kidney Disease	19	945	13	1,929	- 984
Other Injuries	20	933	15	1,532	- 599
Hypertension	21	930	19	1,088	- 158
Lung Disease	22	910	17	1,220	- 310
Syphilis	23	667	51	150	+ 516
Suicide	24	606	22	922	- 315
Pertussis	25	569	18	1,168	- 598
Lymphomas	26	525	36	387	+ 139
Asthma	27	520	24	891	- 370
Oesophagus Cancer	28	499	39	326	+ 173
Liver Cancer	29	454	40	322	+ 132
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	384	29	715	- 331
Drownings	31	369	31	570	- 201
Breast Cancer	32	336	27	784	- 448
Falls	33	336	32	543	- 207
Prostate Cancer	34	283	25	867	- 584
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	274	41	311	- 37
Fires	36	260	35	431	- 171
Inflammatory/Heart	37	256	33	457	- 201
Endocrine Disorders	38	227	16	1,454	- 1,227
Poisonings	39	222	42	307	- 85
Oral Cancer	40	218	49	156	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	205	34	442	- 238
Leukemia	42	179	46	196	- 17
Epilepsy	43	179	37	369	- 191
Ovary Cancer	44	155	56	86	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	45	154	38	361	- 207
Lung Cancers	46	131	59	66	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	47	107	48	177	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	48	105	43	212	- 107
Skin Cancers	49	104	54	102	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	104	45	197	- 93
Measles	51	102	26	788	- 685
Schistosomiasis	52	85	47	183	- 98
Tetanus	53	81	50	156	- 75
Alcohol	54	76	58	85	- 9
Skin Disease	55	72	52	144	- 71
Uterin Cancer	56	70	55	99	- 29
Drug Use	57	69	44	197	- 128
Appendicitis	58	63	60	45	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	59	54	61	43	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	60	43	64	17	+ 26
Hepatitis B	61	37	53	143	- 106
Encephalitis	62	36	57	85	- 49
War	63	26	69	2	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	16	67	11	+ 5
Trypanosomiasis	65	15	78	0	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	66	11	63	20	- 8
Hepatitis C	67	9	65	17	- 8
Leishmaniasis	68	8	79	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	69	5	66	16	- 11
Ascariasis	70	5	62	40	- 35
Otitis Media	71	3	71	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	72	3	68	10	- 7
Chlamydia	73	2	70	2	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Uganda

Benin

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.