GREECE VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,497	50	47	+ 4,450
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,004	3	8,282	- 4,278
Malaria	3	2,882	78	0	+ 2,882
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,762	22	870	+ 1,892
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,569	44	95	+ 2,474
Stroke	6	2,373	2	14,077	- 11,704
Birth Trauma	7	2,209	57	17	+ 2,192
Low Birth Weight	8	2,053	41	127	+ 1,926
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,865	1	21,124	- 19,260
Tuberculosis	10	1,540	46	66	+ 1,473
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,410	38	174	+ 1,235
Violence	12	1,311	42	104	+ 1,207
Liver Disease	13	1,087	23	809	+ 278
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,018	20	1,266	- 248
Cervical Cancer	15	929	36	243	+ 686
Meningitis	16	789	53	33	+ 756
Maternal Conditions	17	773	61	2	+ 771
Malnutrition	18	704	66	1	+ 703
Kidney Disease	19	672	6	4,759	- 4,086
Other Injuries	20	664	17	1,453	- 789
Hypertension	21	662	9	2,922	- 2,260
Lung Disease	22	648	5	5,526	- 4,879
Syphilis	23	475	65	1	+ 473
Suicide	24	432	28	533	- 101
Pertussis	25	405	69	0	+ 405
Lymphomas	26	374	19	1,268	- 895
Asthma	27	370	55	27	+ 343
Oesophagus Cancer	28	355	35	246	+ 110
Liver Cancer	29	323	14	1,566	- 1,242
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	273	7	3,940	- 3,667
Drownings	31	263	32	435	- 173
Breast Cancer	32	239	11	2,520	- 2,281
Falls	33	239	21	1,245	- 1,006
Prostate Cancer	34	202	12	2,023	- 1,822
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	195	8	3,264	- 3,069
Fires	36	185	39	146	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	37	182	24	725	- 543
Endocrine Disorders	38	162	29	526	- 364
Poisonings	39	158	56	19	+ 139
Oral Cancer	40	155	30	440	- 285
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	146	26	611	- 465
Leukemia	42	127	18	1,354	- 1,227
Epilepsy	43	127	34	249	- 122
Ovary Cancer	44	110	27	557	- 447
Stomach Cancer	45	109	16	1,535	- 1,426
Lung Cancers	46	94	4	7,355	- 7,262
Pancreas Cancer	47	76	13	1,904	- 1,828
Parkinson's Disease	48	75	10	2,646	- 2,571
Skin Cancers	49	74	31	438	- 364
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	74	43	100	- 26
Measles	51	73	68	0	+ 73
Schistosomiasis	52	61	75	0	+ 61
Tetanus	53	57	62	2	+ 56
Alcohol	54	54	49	50	+ 4
Skin Disease	55	51	47	56	- 5
Uterin Cancer	56	50	33	373	- 323
Drug Use	57	49	37	193	- 144
Appendicitis	58	45	58	9	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	59	38	15	1,551	- 1,512
Upper Respiratory	60	30	59	8	+ 23
Hepatitis B	61	26	48	56	- 30
Encephalitis	62	26	67	1	+ 25
War	63	19	64	1	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	12	45	67	- 55
Trypanosomiasis	65	11	76	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	66	8	25	679	- 671
Hepatitis C	67	6	52	38	- 32
Leishmaniasis	68	6	60	4	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	3	40	135	- 132
Ascariasis	70	3	73	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	71	2	82	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	70	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	73	1	80	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	81	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	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	63	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	47	- 47
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	27	- 27
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Uganda

Greece

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.