ICELAND VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	157	59	0	+ 156
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	139	6	82	+ 57
Malaria	3	100	73	0	+ 100
Road Traffic Accidents	4	96	35	7	+ 89
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	89	55	1	+ 88
Stroke	6	83	3	141	- 58
Birth Trauma	7	77	46	2	+ 74
Low Birth Weight	8	71	43	3	+ 68
Coronary Heart Disease	9	65	1	403	- 339
Tuberculosis	10	54	82	0	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	11	49	34	7	+ 42
Violence	12	46	39	4	+ 42
Liver Disease	13	38	31	9	+ 28
Diabetes Mellitus	14	35	16	30	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	15	32	32	9	+ 23
Meningitis	16	27	50	1	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	17	27	60	0	+ 27
Malnutrition	18	25	57	1	+ 24
Kidney Disease	19	23	15	33	- 10
Other Injuries	20	23	11	50	- 27
Hypertension	21	23	17	24	- 1
Lung Disease	22	23	5	129	- 106
Syphilis	23	17	80	0	+ 17
Suicide	24	15	13	40	- 25
Pertussis	25	14	62	0	+ 14
Lymphomas	26	13	14	37	- 24
Asthma	27	13	48	2	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	28	12	19	23	- 10
Liver Cancer	29	11	20	22	- 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	10	2	295	- 286
Drownings	31	9	56	1	+ 8
Breast Cancer	32	8	9	53	- 45
Falls	33	8	18	24	- 15
Prostate Cancer	34	7	8	61	- 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	7	7	73	- 67
Fires	36	6	58	1	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	37	6	26	16	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	38	6	27	16	- 10
Poisonings	39	6	42	3	+ 2
Oral Cancer	40	5	33	9	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	5	41	3	+ 2
Leukemia	42	4	22	19	- 14
Epilepsy	43	4	37	5	- 1
Ovary Cancer	44	4	25	16	- 13
Stomach Cancer	45	4	23	18	- 14
Lung Cancers	46	3	4	134	- 131
Pancreas Cancer	47	3	12	43	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	48	3	10	53	- 50
Skin Cancers	49	3	29	13	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	3	54	1	+ 2
Measles	51	3	67	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	52	2	75	0	+ 2
Tetanus	53	2	68	0	+ 2
Alcohol	54	2	28	14	- 12
Skin Disease	55	2	45	3	- 1
Uterin Cancer	56	2	36	7	- 5
Drug Use	57	2	24	17	- 15
Appendicitis	58	2	86	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	59	1	21	20	- 19
Upper Respiratory	60	1	51	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	61	1	63	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	1	78	0	+ 1
War	63	1	61	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	0	38	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	0	30	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	67	0	52	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	44	3	- 3
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	49	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Uganda

Iceland

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.