CONGO VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,622	1	4,509	- 1,888
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,334	3	2,576	- 242
Malaria	3	1,680	6	1,977	- 297
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,610	7	1,598	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,498	8	1,304	+ 193
Stroke	6	1,383	5	2,267	- 883
Birth Trauma	7	1,287	11	997	+ 290
Low Birth Weight	8	1,197	9	1,283	- 86
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,087	4	2,494	- 1,407
Tuberculosis	10	898	2	2,781	- 1,883
Congenital Anomalies	11	822	14	729	+ 93
Violence	12	764	18	539	+ 225
Liver Disease	13	634	13	931	- 297
Diabetes Mellitus	14	593	10	1,050	- 456
Cervical Cancer	15	542	29	196	+ 346
Meningitis	16	460	22	299	+ 161
Maternal Conditions	17	451	16	578	- 127
Malnutrition	18	410	24	272	+ 139
Kidney Disease	19	392	15	613	- 221
Other Injuries	20	387	20	333	+ 54
Hypertension	21	386	12	933	- 546
Lung Disease	22	377	17	541	- 163
Syphilis	23	277	34	107	+ 170
Suicide	24	252	19	349	- 97
Pertussis	25	236	21	329	- 93
Lymphomas	26	218	45	61	+ 157
Asthma	27	216	23	291	- 75
Oesophagus Cancer	28	207	57	19	+ 188
Liver Cancer	29	188	30	169	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	159	25	230	- 71
Drownings	31	153	36	104	+ 49
Breast Cancer	32	140	32	159	- 19
Falls	33	139	33	149	- 9
Prostate Cancer	34	118	28	198	- 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	114	38	89	+ 25
Fires	36	108	37	90	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	37	106	26	220	- 113
Endocrine Disorders	38	94	27	208	- 114
Poisonings	39	92	41	71	+ 22
Oral Cancer	40	90	54	33	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	85	35	105	- 20
Leukemia	42	74	46	57	+ 17
Epilepsy	43	74	40	76	- 2
Ovary Cancer	44	64	48	49	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	45	64	39	88	- 24
Lung Cancers	46	55	47	54	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	47	44	52	42	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	48	43	42	69	- 26
Skin Cancers	49	43	53	36	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	43	43	67	- 24
Measles	51	42	31	159	- 117
Schistosomiasis	52	35	51	45	- 9
Tetanus	53	33	55	23	+ 10
Alcohol	54	32	49	46	- 14
Skin Disease	55	30	50	46	- 16
Uterin Cancer	56	29	60	15	+ 14
Drug Use	57	29	44	65	- 37
Appendicitis	58	26	58	18	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	59	22	61	15	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	18	64	7	+ 11
Hepatitis B	61	15	62	14	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	15	56	20	- 5
War	63	11	72	1	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	7	59	15	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	65	7	- 1
Other Neoplasms	66	5	63	8	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	4	67	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	3	78	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	66	4	- 2
Ascariasis	70	2	69	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	71	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	73	1	70	1	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Uganda

Congo

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.