GAMBIA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,085	2	1,125	- 40
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	966	1	1,340	- 374
Malaria	3	695	7	674	+ 21
Road Traffic Accidents	4	666	6	695	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	620	9	626	- 6
Stroke	6	572	4	802	- 230
Birth Trauma	7	533	5	754	- 222
Low Birth Weight	8	495	8	662	- 166
Coronary Heart Disease	9	450	3	1,007	- 557
Tuberculosis	10	371	10	445	- 74
Congenital Anomalies	11	340	11	383	- 43
Violence	12	316	20	195	+ 121
Liver Disease	13	262	14	323	- 61
Diabetes Mellitus	14	245	15	290	- 44
Cervical Cancer	15	224	23	145	+ 79
Meningitis	16	190	18	229	- 38
Maternal Conditions	17	186	13	345	- 159
Malnutrition	18	170	26	110	+ 60
Kidney Disease	19	162	16	266	- 103
Other Injuries	20	160	21	194	- 34
Hypertension	21	160	22	172	- 12
Lung Disease	22	156	19	206	- 50
Syphilis	23	114	34	55	+ 60
Suicide	24	104	25	113	- 9
Pertussis	25	98	27	99	- 1
Lymphomas	26	90	51	12	+ 79
Asthma	27	89	24	134	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	28	86	54	5	+ 80
Liver Cancer	29	78	12	377	- 299
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	66	28	89	- 23
Drownings	31	63	30	69	- 5
Breast Cancer	32	58	40	26	+ 31
Falls	33	58	29	83	- 25
Prostate Cancer	34	49	43	21	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	47	52	11	+ 36
Fires	36	45	31	67	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	37	44	32	59	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	38	39	17	230	- 191
Poisonings	39	38	36	42	- 4
Oral Cancer	40	37	71	0	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	35	33	56	- 21
Leukemia	42	31	59	2	+ 28
Epilepsy	43	31	35	43	- 12
Ovary Cancer	44	27	61	2	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	45	26	47	14	+ 13
Lung Cancers	46	23	38	34	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	47	18	53	6	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	48	18	37	34	- 16
Skin Cancers	49	18	68	0	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	18	41	24	- 6
Measles	51	18	49	13	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	52	15	42	23	- 8
Tetanus	53	14	45	18	- 5
Alcohol	54	13	50	12	+ 1
Skin Disease	55	12	44	19	- 6
Uterin Cancer	56	12	66	1	+ 11
Drug Use	57	12	39	28	- 16
Appendicitis	58	11	55	5	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	59	9	56	4	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	7	64	2	+ 6
Hepatitis B	61	6	46	14	- 7
Encephalitis	62	6	48	14	- 7
War	63	4	69	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	62	2	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	3	78	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	2	57	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	2	65	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	60	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	58	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	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	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Uganda

Gambia

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.