EQU. GUINEA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	772	1	1,838	- 1,066
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	687	2	913	- 225
Malaria	3	495	3	668	- 173
Road Traffic Accidents	4	474	8	368	+ 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	441	9	349	+ 92
Stroke	6	407	6	437	- 30
Birth Trauma	7	379	5	441	- 62
Low Birth Weight	8	352	4	457	- 104
Coronary Heart Disease	9	320	7	419	- 99
Tuberculosis	10	264	10	321	- 57
Congenital Anomalies	11	242	12	249	- 7
Violence	12	225	33	45	+ 180
Liver Disease	13	187	13	199	- 13
Diabetes Mellitus	14	175	11	299	- 124
Cervical Cancer	15	160	28	56	+ 103
Meningitis	16	135	19	127	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	17	133	17	139	- 6
Malnutrition	18	121	31	48	+ 73
Kidney Disease	19	115	14	198	- 83
Other Injuries	20	114	23	105	+ 9
Hypertension	21	114	16	165	- 51
Lung Disease	22	111	20	120	- 9
Syphilis	23	81	18	134	- 52
Suicide	24	74	22	107	- 33
Pertussis	25	70	21	109	- 39
Lymphomas	26	64	45	19	+ 45
Asthma	27	64	26	65	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	28	61	54	12	+ 49
Liver Cancer	29	55	34	43	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	47	29	55	- 9
Drownings	31	45	36	39	+ 6
Breast Cancer	32	41	24	84	- 43
Falls	33	41	32	46	- 5
Prostate Cancer	34	35	35	43	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	33	40	29	+ 5
Fires	36	32	39	30	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	37	31	27	63	- 32
Endocrine Disorders	38	28	25	73	- 45
Poisonings	39	27	44	21	+ 6
Oral Cancer	40	27	37	35	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	25	43	22	+ 3
Leukemia	42	22	61	4	+ 18
Epilepsy	43	22	38	32	- 10
Ovary Cancer	44	19	52	13	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	45	19	49	16	+ 3
Lung Cancers	46	16	41	27	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	47	13	55	11	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	48	13	46	18	- 5
Skin Cancers	49	13	48	16	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	13	50	14	- 2
Measles	51	13	15	181	- 169
Schistosomiasis	52	10	60	4	+ 6
Tetanus	53	10	42	23	- 13
Alcohol	54	9	53	12	- 3
Skin Disease	55	9	51	13	- 4
Uterin Cancer	56	9	58	8	+ 1
Drug Use	57	8	30	50	- 42
Appendicitis	58	8	59	6	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	59	7	56	9	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	5	66	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	4	65	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	4	57	8	- 3
War	63	3	71	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	62	4	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	47	16	- 15
Other Neoplasms	66	1	63	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	67	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	73	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	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 EQU. GUINEA

Uganda

Equ. Guinea

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.