COMOROS VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	387	76	0	+ 387
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	345	1	594	- 250
Malaria	3	248	29	29	+ 219
Road Traffic Accidents	4	238	6	226	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	221	2	363	- 142
Stroke	6	204	3	356	- 151
Birth Trauma	7	190	7	211	- 21
Low Birth Weight	8	177	5	328	- 152
Coronary Heart Disease	9	160	4	349	- 188
Tuberculosis	10	133	19	79	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	11	121	10	131	- 9
Violence	12	113	20	63	+ 50
Liver Disease	13	94	8	160	- 66
Diabetes Mellitus	14	88	9	136	- 49
Cervical Cancer	15	80	13	104	- 25
Meningitis	16	68	11	115	- 48
Maternal Conditions	17	67	22	47	+ 20
Malnutrition	18	61	15	96	- 35
Kidney Disease	19	58	14	101	- 43
Other Injuries	20	57	16	90	- 33
Hypertension	21	57	12	115	- 58
Lung Disease	22	56	17	83	- 28
Syphilis	23	41	38	19	+ 22
Suicide	24	37	24	46	- 9
Pertussis	25	35	18	80	- 45
Lymphomas	26	32	37	19	+ 13
Asthma	27	32	21	49	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	28	31	26	34	- 3
Liver Cancer	29	28	28	29	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	23	23	46	- 23
Drownings	31	23	25	35	- 12
Breast Cancer	32	21	33	23	- 2
Falls	33	21	32	26	- 6
Prostate Cancer	34	17	27	33	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	17	39	19	- 2
Fires	36	16	30	27	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	37	16	31	26	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	38	14	36	19	- 6
Poisonings	39	14	35	20	- 6
Oral Cancer	40	13	41	15	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	13	34	21	- 8
Leukemia	42	11	57	3	+ 8
Epilepsy	43	11	40	17	- 6
Ovary Cancer	44	9	56	3	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	45	9	45	11	- 2
Lung Cancers	46	8	60	1	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	47	7	82	0	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	48	6	44	11	- 5
Skin Cancers	49	6	42	12	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	6	47	10	- 4
Measles	51	6	78	0	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	52	5	75	0	+ 5
Tetanus	53	5	43	12	- 7
Alcohol	54	5	51	6	- 1
Skin Disease	55	4	48	9	- 5
Uterin Cancer	56	4	55	3	+ 1
Drug Use	57	4	49	7	- 2
Appendicitis	58	4	50	6	- 2
Bladder Cancer	59	3	46	10	- 7
Upper Respiratory	60	3	53	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	61	2	52	5	- 3
Encephalitis	62	2	54	4	- 2
War	63	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	2	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	59	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	61	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	62	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	79	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.