ERITREA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,727	25	308	+ 2,420
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,428	1	3,277	- 848
Malaria	3	1,748	17	437	+ 1,311
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,675	5	1,326	+ 349
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,558	3	2,292	- 734
Stroke	6	1,439	2	2,564	- 1,125
Birth Trauma	7	1,339	11	616	+ 723
Low Birth Weight	8	1,245	16	531	+ 714
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,131	4	2,154	- 1,023
Tuberculosis	10	934	14	543	+ 390
Congenital Anomalies	11	855	18	432	+ 423
Violence	12	795	20	384	+ 411
Liver Disease	13	659	6	1,215	- 555
Diabetes Mellitus	14	617	7	944	- 327
Cervical Cancer	15	564	30	132	+ 431
Meningitis	16	479	19	404	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	17	469	13	544	- 75
Malnutrition	18	427	10	660	- 233
Kidney Disease	19	408	12	578	- 170
Other Injuries	20	403	15	540	- 137
Hypertension	21	402	8	926	- 524
Lung Disease	22	393	9	662	- 269
Syphilis	23	288	54	35	+ 253
Suicide	24	262	21	382	- 120
Pertussis	25	246	36	90	+ 156
Lymphomas	26	227	28	147	+ 80
Asthma	27	225	22	326	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	28	216	39	81	+ 135
Liver Cancer	29	196	45	69	+ 127
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	166	24	310	- 144
Drownings	31	159	33	118	+ 42
Breast Cancer	32	145	23	311	- 166
Falls	33	145	26	168	- 23
Prostate Cancer	34	122	47	54	+ 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	118	35	113	+ 5
Fires	36	112	31	132	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	37	111	32	123	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	38	98	43	71	+ 27
Poisonings	39	96	34	114	- 18
Oral Cancer	40	94	44	71	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	88	27	147	- 59
Leukemia	42	77	29	144	- 67
Epilepsy	43	77	38	81	- 4
Ovary Cancer	44	67	40	79	- 13
Stomach Cancer	45	66	48	48	+ 18
Lung Cancers	46	57	46	62	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	47	46	58	20	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	48	45	37	85	- 40
Skin Cancers	49	45	56	30	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	45	41	77	- 32
Measles	51	44	63	13	+ 32
Schistosomiasis	52	37	42	73	- 36
Tetanus	53	35	52	37	- 3
Alcohol	54	33	49	45	- 13
Skin Disease	55	31	50	45	- 13
Uterin Cancer	56	30	61	18	+ 13
Drug Use	57	30	53	36	- 6
Appendicitis	58	27	55	31	- 4
Bladder Cancer	59	23	51	42	- 19
Upper Respiratory	60	18	60	18	+ 1
Hepatitis B	61	16	57	28	- 12
Encephalitis	62	16	62	16	+ 0
War	63	11	71	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	7	64	12	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	76	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	66	5	66	6	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	4	65	6	- 2
Leishmaniasis	68	4	59	19	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	67	4	- 2
Ascariasis	70	2	68	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	69	2	- 0
Diphtheria	72	1	72	0	+ 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	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	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	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Uganda

Eritrea

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.