COSTA RICA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,264	25	192	+ 2,072
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,016	7	836	+ 1,180
Malaria	3	1,451	78	0	+ 1,451
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,390	9	746	+ 644
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,293	39	87	+ 1,206
Stroke	6	1,195	2	1,624	- 430
Birth Trauma	7	1,112	47	48	+ 1,064
Low Birth Weight	8	1,034	28	178	+ 856
Coronary Heart Disease	9	939	1	2,639	- 1,701
Tuberculosis	10	775	50	32	+ 743
Congenital Anomalies	11	710	21	315	+ 394
Violence	12	660	11	635	+ 24
Liver Disease	13	547	18	370	+ 178
Diabetes Mellitus	14	512	5	953	- 441
Cervical Cancer	15	468	29	159	+ 309
Meningitis	16	397	54	18	+ 379
Maternal Conditions	17	389	55	17	+ 372
Malnutrition	18	354	48	37	+ 318
Kidney Disease	19	338	3	1,482	- 1,144
Other Injuries	20	334	13	571	- 236
Hypertension	21	333	6	863	- 530
Lung Disease	22	326	4	1,046	- 720
Syphilis	23	239	65	1	+ 238
Suicide	24	217	15	407	- 190
Pertussis	25	204	69	0	+ 204
Lymphomas	26	188	19	356	- 167
Asthma	27	186	45	60	+ 126
Oesophagus Cancer	28	179	44	61	+ 118
Liver Cancer	29	163	17	382	- 219
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	137	8	818	- 681
Drownings	31	132	37	97	+ 35
Breast Cancer	32	121	16	384	- 264
Falls	33	120	35	116	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	34	101	14	448	- 347
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	98	12	621	- 522
Fires	36	93	58	10	+ 83
Inflammatory/Heart	37	92	26	191	- 99
Endocrine Disorders	38	81	27	183	- 102
Poisonings	39	80	60	5	+ 74
Oral Cancer	40	78	38	96	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	73	42	74	- 0
Leukemia	42	64	24	262	- 198
Epilepsy	43	64	34	116	- 52
Ovary Cancer	44	55	40	80	- 25
Stomach Cancer	45	55	10	661	- 606
Lung Cancers	46	47	20	343	- 296
Pancreas Cancer	47	38	22	294	- 255
Parkinson's Disease	48	38	30	138	- 100
Skin Cancers	49	37	31	137	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	37	49	32	+ 5
Measles	51	37	75	0	+ 37
Schistosomiasis	52	31	76	0	+ 31
Tetanus	53	29	74	0	+ 29
Alcohol	54	27	33	126	- 99
Skin Disease	55	26	32	126	- 100
Uterin Cancer	56	25	41	80	- 55
Drug Use	57	25	43	63	- 38
Appendicitis	58	23	52	22	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	59	19	36	100	- 80
Upper Respiratory	60	15	62	3	+ 12
Hepatitis B	61	13	59	7	+ 6
Encephalitis	62	13	63	3	+ 11
War	63	9	68	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	46	55	- 49
Trypanosomiasis	65	5	77	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	4	23	266	- 262
Hepatitis C	67	3	64	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	68	3	72	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	57	11	- 9
Ascariasis	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Uganda

Costa Rica

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.