BURUNDI VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,843	11	1,814	+ 4,029
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,202	1	7,810	- 2,608
Malaria	3	3,744	3	5,163	- 1,419
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,588	5	4,089	- 501
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,338	2	6,046	- 2,709
Stroke	6	3,083	4	4,323	- 1,239
Birth Trauma	7	2,869	7	3,183	- 314
Low Birth Weight	8	2,668	8	3,171	- 504
Coronary Heart Disease	9	2,422	6	3,718	- 1,296
Tuberculosis	10	2,000	10	2,385	- 384
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,831	12	1,788	+ 44
Violence	12	1,703	23	760	+ 943
Liver Disease	13	1,412	13	1,767	- 355
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,322	16	1,383	- 61
Cervical Cancer	15	1,207	14	1,474	- 267
Meningitis	16	1,025	19	1,322	- 297
Maternal Conditions	17	1,004	18	1,332	- 328
Malnutrition	18	915	9	2,500	- 1,586
Kidney Disease	19	874	21	1,001	- 128
Other Injuries	20	863	15	1,413	- 550
Hypertension	21	860	20	1,113	- 253
Lung Disease	22	841	17	1,349	- 508
Syphilis	23	616	59	60	+ 556
Suicide	24	561	24	720	- 159
Pertussis	25	526	32	378	+ 148
Lymphomas	26	486	31	379	+ 106
Asthma	27	481	22	836	- 355
Oesophagus Cancer	28	462	26	455	+ 7
Liver Cancer	29	420	29	389	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	355	27	426	- 71
Drownings	31	341	25	598	- 257
Breast Cancer	32	311	35	355	- 44
Falls	33	311	30	385	- 74
Prostate Cancer	34	262	33	374	- 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	253	37	324	- 71
Fires	36	240	28	425	- 185
Inflammatory/Heart	37	237	38	311	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	38	210	40	275	- 65
Poisonings	39	205	34	369	- 164
Oral Cancer	40	202	39	285	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	189	36	340	- 151
Leukemia	42	165	47	135	+ 30
Epilepsy	43	165	41	234	- 69
Ovary Cancer	44	143	51	106	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	45	142	44	180	- 38
Lung Cancers	46	121	56	76	+ 46
Pancreas Cancer	47	99	58	66	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	48	97	52	103	- 6
Skin Cancers	49	96	48	121	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	96	43	181	- 85
Measles	51	95	63	17	+ 77
Schistosomiasis	52	79	42	211	- 132
Tetanus	53	75	45	178	- 103
Alcohol	54	71	55	76	- 6
Skin Disease	55	67	54	91	- 25
Uterin Cancer	56	64	57	67	- 2
Drug Use	57	64	60	52	+ 12
Appendicitis	58	58	49	109	- 51
Bladder Cancer	59	50	50	109	- 59
Upper Respiratory	60	40	46	136	- 97
Hepatitis B	61	34	62	44	- 10
Encephalitis	62	34	61	46	- 12
War	63	24	53	96	- 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	15	65	17	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	65	14	77	0	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	66	10	67	10	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	8	64	17	- 8
Leishmaniasis	68	8	79	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	69	5	- 1
Ascariasis	70	4	66	16	- 12
Otitis Media	71	3	68	10	- 7
Diphtheria	72	3	71	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	2	70	2	- 1
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

Uganda

Burundi

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.