BOTSWANA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,054	1	4,950	- 3,896
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	938	2	1,674	- 735
Malaria	3	675	64	1	+ 674
Road Traffic Accidents	4	647	7	608	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	602	8	527	+ 75
Stroke	6	556	4	1,588	- 1,032
Birth Trauma	7	517	17	261	+ 256
Low Birth Weight	8	481	13	447	+ 34
Coronary Heart Disease	9	437	3	1,632	- 1,195
Tuberculosis	10	361	6	649	- 288
Congenital Anomalies	11	330	16	287	+ 43
Violence	12	307	14	389	- 82
Liver Disease	13	255	12	459	- 204
Diabetes Mellitus	14	238	5	1,273	- 1,034
Cervical Cancer	15	218	22	164	+ 54
Meningitis	16	185	25	108	+ 76
Maternal Conditions	17	181	24	118	+ 63
Malnutrition	18	165	21	171	- 6
Kidney Disease	19	158	9	506	- 349
Other Injuries	20	156	19	216	- 61
Hypertension	21	155	11	471	- 316
Lung Disease	22	152	10	482	- 330
Syphilis	23	111	44	36	+ 75
Suicide	24	101	15	370	- 269
Pertussis	25	95	40	45	+ 50
Lymphomas	26	88	31	77	+ 11
Asthma	27	87	18	232	- 145
Oesophagus Cancer	28	83	28	103	- 19
Liver Cancer	29	76	35	57	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	64	23	164	- 100
Drownings	31	62	30	83	- 21
Breast Cancer	32	56	33	68	- 12
Falls	33	56	34	62	- 6
Prostate Cancer	34	47	41	45	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	46	47	28	+ 18
Fires	36	43	26	108	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	37	43	20	177	- 134
Endocrine Disorders	38	38	27	103	- 65
Poisonings	39	37	42	42	- 5
Oral Cancer	40	36	32	70	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	34	29	90	- 56
Leukemia	42	30	51	13	+ 17
Epilepsy	43	30	36	56	- 26
Ovary Cancer	44	26	49	19	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	45	26	53	10	+ 15
Lung Cancers	46	22	39	45	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	47	18	50	16	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	48	17	38	47	- 30
Skin Cancers	49	17	37	52	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	17	43	37	- 20
Measles	51	17	68	0	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	52	14	54	10	+ 4
Tetanus	53	13	61	6	+ 7
Alcohol	54	13	45	31	- 18
Skin Disease	55	12	46	30	- 18
Uterin Cancer	56	12	56	9	+ 2
Drug Use	57	12	48	26	- 14
Appendicitis	58	10	57	8	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	59	9	60	6	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	7	58	7	- 0
Hepatitis B	61	6	62	6	+ 0
Encephalitis	62	6	59	7	- 1
War	63	4	69	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	52	11	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	2	55	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	67	2	66	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	65	1	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Uganda

Botswana

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.