FINLAND VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,419	59	6	+ 2,413
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,154	21	436	+ 1,717
Malaria	3	1,550	74	0	+ 1,550
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,486	33	215	+ 1,271
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,382	52	15	+ 1,366
Stroke	6	1,277	3	4,115	- 2,838
Birth Trauma	7	1,188	56	8	+ 1,180
Low Birth Weight	8	1,104	48	26	+ 1,078
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,003	2	9,831	- 8,828
Tuberculosis	10	828	46	32	+ 796
Congenital Anomalies	11	758	35	192	+ 566
Violence	12	705	43	64	+ 641
Liver Disease	13	585	10	1,068	- 483
Diabetes Mellitus	14	547	22	418	+ 130
Cervical Cancer	15	500	44	62	+ 438
Meningitis	16	424	55	9	+ 415
Maternal Conditions	17	416	64	2	+ 414
Malnutrition	18	379	57	7	+ 372
Kidney Disease	19	362	26	342	+ 20
Other Injuries	20	357	20	437	- 79
Hypertension	21	356	5	2,030	- 1,674
Lung Disease	22	348	8	1,289	- 941
Syphilis	23	255	67	0	+ 255
Suicide	24	232	15	846	- 614
Pertussis	25	218	69	0	+ 218
Lymphomas	26	201	14	851	- 650
Asthma	27	199	40	85	+ 115
Oesophagus Cancer	28	191	27	320	- 129
Liver Cancer	29	174	16	545	- 371
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	147	1	11,120	- 10,973
Drownings	31	141	37	106	+ 35
Breast Cancer	32	129	12	948	- 819
Falls	33	129	7	1,325	- 1,197
Prostate Cancer	34	108	11	970	- 862
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	105	6	1,433	- 1,328
Fires	36	100	45	62	+ 38
Inflammatory/Heart	37	98	17	518	- 420
Endocrine Disorders	38	87	31	257	- 170
Poisonings	39	85	49	25	+ 60
Oral Cancer	40	83	34	207	- 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	78	36	151	- 73
Leukemia	42	68	24	371	- 303
Epilepsy	43	68	38	104	- 36
Ovary Cancer	44	59	25	344	- 285
Stomach Cancer	45	59	19	447	- 388
Lung Cancers	46	50	4	2,312	- 2,262
Pancreas Cancer	47	41	9	1,247	- 1,206
Parkinson's Disease	48	40	13	853	- 813
Skin Cancers	49	40	29	297	- 257
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	40	50	19	+ 21
Measles	51	39	72	0	+ 39
Schistosomiasis	52	33	77	0	+ 33
Tetanus	53	31	70	0	+ 31
Alcohol	54	29	18	464	- 435
Skin Disease	55	28	47	27	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	56	27	32	225	- 198
Drug Use	57	27	30	269	- 243
Appendicitis	58	24	54	10	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	59	21	28	308	- 288
Upper Respiratory	60	16	62	2	+ 14
Hepatitis B	61	14	63	2	+ 12
Encephalitis	62	14	66	0	+ 13
War	63	10	65	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	41	83	- 77
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	78	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	66	4	23	377	- 373
Hepatitis C	67	3	60	5	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	3	75	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	42	80	- 78
Ascariasis	70	2	81	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	39	93	- 93
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Uganda

Finland

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.