GUINEA-BISSAU VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	917	1	1,445	- 528
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	816	2	1,390	- 573
Malaria	3	587	9	684	- 97
Road Traffic Accidents	4	563	10	619	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	524	4	913	- 389
Stroke	6	484	6	829	- 345
Birth Trauma	7	450	7	790	- 340
Low Birth Weight	8	419	8	705	- 286
Coronary Heart Disease	9	380	5	907	- 527
Tuberculosis	10	314	3	1,387	- 1,073
Congenital Anomalies	11	287	12	373	- 86
Violence	12	267	22	173	+ 94
Liver Disease	13	222	11	405	- 183
Diabetes Mellitus	14	207	14	313	- 106
Cervical Cancer	15	189	23	154	+ 35
Meningitis	16	161	16	258	- 97
Maternal Conditions	17	158	13	333	- 176
Malnutrition	18	144	27	121	+ 23
Kidney Disease	19	137	15	268	- 131
Other Injuries	20	135	17	234	- 99
Hypertension	21	135	21	177	- 42
Lung Disease	22	132	20	191	- 59
Syphilis	23	97	31	85	+ 12
Suicide	24	88	26	134	- 46
Pertussis	25	83	19	212	- 129
Lymphomas	26	76	45	28	+ 49
Asthma	27	76	24	150	- 74
Oesophagus Cancer	28	72	49	19	+ 54
Liver Cancer	29	66	28	116	- 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	56	34	69	- 13
Drownings	31	54	30	89	- 36
Breast Cancer	32	49	29	93	- 44
Falls	33	49	33	71	- 22
Prostate Cancer	34	41	42	41	+ 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	40	38	50	- 10
Fires	36	38	35	64	- 26
Inflammatory/Heart	37	37	37	53	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	38	33	18	221	- 188
Poisonings	39	32	41	45	- 12
Oral Cancer	40	32	56	13	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	30	32	77	- 47
Leukemia	42	26	61	6	+ 20
Epilepsy	43	26	39	48	- 23
Ovary Cancer	44	22	48	19	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	45	22	36	55	- 33
Lung Cancers	46	19	50	18	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	47	15	54	14	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	48	15	46	27	- 12
Skin Cancers	49	15	52	17	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	15	43	33	- 18
Measles	51	15	25	147	- 132
Schistosomiasis	52	12	44	30	- 18
Tetanus	53	12	40	48	- 37
Alcohol	54	11	57	12	- 1
Skin Disease	55	10	53	16	- 6
Uterin Cancer	56	10	59	8	+ 2
Drug Use	57	10	55	13	- 3
Appendicitis	58	9	60	7	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	59	8	51	17	- 9
Upper Respiratory	60	6	66	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	5	47	20	- 15
Encephalitis	62	5	58	10	- 5
War	63	4	70	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	67	2	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	2	65	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	63	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Uganda

Guinea-Bissau

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.