GUATEMALA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,848	21	1,173	+ 6,676
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,988	2	9,245	- 2,257
Malaria	3	5,029	74	0	+ 5,029
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,820	8	4,026	+ 794
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,483	9	2,617	+ 1,866
Stroke	6	4,142	6	4,849	- 707
Birth Trauma	7	3,854	19	1,466	+ 2,388
Low Birth Weight	8	3,583	16	1,658	+ 1,925
Coronary Heart Disease	9	3,254	1	9,825	- 6,571
Tuberculosis	10	2,687	37	301	+ 2,386
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,460	18	1,517	+ 943
Violence	12	2,287	7	4,411	- 2,123
Liver Disease	13	1,897	5	5,684	- 3,787
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,776	3	6,932	- 5,156
Cervical Cancer	15	1,622	25	808	+ 814
Meningitis	16	1,377	41	271	+ 1,106
Maternal Conditions	17	1,349	30	468	+ 880
Malnutrition	18	1,229	11	1,981	- 752
Kidney Disease	19	1,174	4	6,277	- 5,103
Other Injuries	20	1,159	10	2,466	- 1,306
Hypertension	21	1,156	26	679	+ 476
Lung Disease	22	1,130	13	1,901	- 771
Syphilis	23	828	64	3	+ 825
Suicide	24	753	22	1,039	- 286
Pertussis	25	707	53	70	+ 637
Lymphomas	26	653	43	229	+ 423
Asthma	27	646	36	335	+ 312
Oesophagus Cancer	28	620	48	144	+ 476
Liver Cancer	29	564	15	1,765	- 1,201
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	476	12	1,957	- 1,480
Drownings	31	458	32	463	- 5
Breast Cancer	32	418	28	495	- 78
Falls	33	417	20	1,371	- 954
Prostate Cancer	34	352	24	846	- 494
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	340	31	464	- 124
Fires	36	323	45	207	+ 116
Inflammatory/Heart	37	318	44	225	+ 93
Endocrine Disorders	38	282	29	486	- 204
Poisonings	39	276	39	275	+ 1
Oral Cancer	40	271	49	142	+ 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	254	23	1,029	- 775
Leukemia	42	222	27	601	- 379
Epilepsy	43	222	33	463	- 241
Ovary Cancer	44	192	50	133	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	45	191	17	1,570	- 1,380
Lung Cancers	46	163	35	391	- 228
Pancreas Cancer	47	133	38	282	- 149
Parkinson's Disease	48	130	34	393	- 262
Skin Cancers	49	129	46	195	- 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	129	54	62	+ 67
Measles	51	127	72	0	+ 127
Schistosomiasis	52	106	75	0	+ 106
Tetanus	53	100	62	10	+ 90
Alcohol	54	95	14	1,799	- 1,704
Skin Disease	55	90	42	232	- 142
Uterin Cancer	56	87	59	27	+ 59
Drug Use	57	86	40	272	- 185
Appendicitis	58	78	47	164	- 86
Bladder Cancer	59	67	55	57	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	60	53	57	34	+ 19
Hepatitis B	61	46	65	2	+ 43
Encephalitis	62	45	51	104	- 58
War	63	33	68	2	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	20	52	82	- 61
Trypanosomiasis	65	18	73	0	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	66	14	56	42	- 28
Hepatitis C	67	11	66	2	+ 9
Leishmaniasis	68	10	69	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	69	6	60	21	- 15
Ascariasis	70	6	63	7	- 1
Otitis Media	71	4	70	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	72	4	71	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	73	2	67	2	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	58	33	- 32
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	19	- 19
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Uganda

Guatemala

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.