GUYANA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	341	7	256	+ 85
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	304	6	302	+ 2
Malaria	3	219	33	30	+ 189
Road Traffic Accidents	4	210	11	175	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	195	27	48	+ 148
Stroke	6	180	2	1,022	- 842
Birth Trauma	7	168	24	64	+ 103
Low Birth Weight	8	156	22	89	+ 67
Coronary Heart Disease	9	142	1	1,335	- 1,193
Tuberculosis	10	117	16	137	- 20
Congenital Anomalies	11	107	23	69	+ 38
Violence	12	99	10	194	- 94
Liver Disease	13	83	9	197	- 114
Diabetes Mellitus	14	77	3	579	- 501
Cervical Cancer	15	71	21	91	- 21
Meningitis	16	60	44	17	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	17	59	35	28	+ 31
Malnutrition	18	53	30	37	+ 16
Kidney Disease	19	51	8	233	- 182
Other Injuries	20	50	14	167	- 117
Hypertension	21	50	4	320	- 270
Lung Disease	22	49	13	174	- 125
Syphilis	23	36	71	0	+ 36
Suicide	24	33	5	315	- 283
Pertussis	25	31	73	0	+ 31
Lymphomas	26	28	32	32	- 4
Asthma	27	28	36	25	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	28	27	51	8	+ 19
Liver Cancer	29	25	34	29	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	21	38	23	- 2
Drownings	31	20	15	145	- 125
Breast Cancer	32	18	19	96	- 78
Falls	33	18	48	11	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	34	15	17	123	- 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	15	25	59	- 44
Fires	36	14	41	19	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	37	14	20	92	- 78
Endocrine Disorders	38	12	12	174	- 162
Poisonings	39	12	65	1	+ 11
Oral Cancer	40	12	40	20	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	11	26	54	- 43
Leukemia	42	10	39	21	- 12
Epilepsy	43	10	37	24	- 14
Ovary Cancer	44	8	43	18	- 9
Stomach Cancer	45	8	31	34	- 26
Lung Cancers	46	7	29	38	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	47	6	42	19	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	48	6	49	9	- 3
Skin Cancers	49	6	55	5	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	6	47	13	- 7
Measles	51	6	77	0	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	52	5	84	0	+ 5
Tetanus	53	4	72	0	+ 4
Alcohol	54	4	57	3	+ 1
Skin Disease	55	4	56	3	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	56	4	46	13	- 9
Drug Use	57	4	45	16	- 12
Appendicitis	58	3	54	6	- 3
Bladder Cancer	59	3	50	8	- 5
Upper Respiratory	60	2	66	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	61	2	59	2	- 0
Encephalitis	62	2	53	7	- 5
War	63	1	64	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	63	1	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	28	40	- 40
Hepatitis C	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	62	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.