IRELAND VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,250	57	9	+ 2,241
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,003	6	1,298	+ 705
Malaria	3	1,442	75	0	+ 1,442
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,382	33	153	+ 1,229
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,285	45	53	+ 1,233
Stroke	6	1,187	5	1,770	- 582
Birth Trauma	7	1,105	56	10	+ 1,095
Low Birth Weight	8	1,027	44	56	+ 971
Coronary Heart Disease	9	933	1	4,762	- 3,829
Tuberculosis	10	770	50	23	+ 747
Congenital Anomalies	11	705	32	153	+ 552
Violence	12	656	47	38	+ 618
Liver Disease	13	544	19	279	+ 265
Diabetes Mellitus	14	509	16	414	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	15	465	35	103	+ 362
Meningitis	16	395	58	7	+ 387
Maternal Conditions	17	387	61	3	+ 384
Malnutrition	18	352	63	2	+ 351
Kidney Disease	19	336	10	566	- 230
Other Injuries	20	332	30	171	+ 162
Hypertension	21	331	29	175	+ 157
Lung Disease	22	324	4	1,915	- 1,591
Syphilis	23	237	68	0	+ 237
Suicide	24	216	14	470	- 254
Pertussis	25	203	67	0	+ 203
Lymphomas	26	187	13	513	- 326
Asthma	27	185	41	58	+ 127
Oesophagus Cancer	28	178	15	419	- 241
Liver Cancer	29	162	18	318	- 156
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	137	2	3,209	- 3,073
Drownings	31	131	43	57	+ 74
Breast Cancer	32	120	8	760	- 640
Falls	33	120	25	247	- 127
Prostate Cancer	34	101	9	585	- 484
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	98	7	1,095	- 998
Fires	36	93	48	30	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	37	91	26	240	- 149
Endocrine Disorders	38	81	24	249	- 168
Poisonings	39	79	53	14	+ 65
Oral Cancer	40	78	28	183	- 105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	73	38	67	+ 6
Leukemia	42	64	20	274	- 210
Epilepsy	43	64	36	85	- 21
Ovary Cancer	44	55	21	273	- 218
Stomach Cancer	45	55	17	357	- 302
Lung Cancers	46	47	3	1,916	- 1,869
Pancreas Cancer	47	38	11	530	- 492
Parkinson's Disease	48	37	12	530	- 492
Skin Cancers	49	37	23	252	- 215
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	37	46	50	- 13
Measles	51	36	83	0	+ 36
Schistosomiasis	52	30	72	0	+ 30
Tetanus	53	29	81	0	+ 29
Alcohol	54	27	39	64	- 37
Skin Disease	55	26	42	58	- 32
Uterin Cancer	56	25	34	126	- 101
Drug Use	57	25	31	167	- 142
Appendicitis	58	22	60	3	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	59	19	22	256	- 237
Upper Respiratory	60	15	64	1	+ 14
Hepatitis B	61	13	59	6	+ 7
Encephalitis	62	13	66	0	+ 13
War	63	9	65	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	40	59	- 53
Trypanosomiasis	65	5	74	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	4	27	218	- 214
Hepatitis C	67	3	52	19	- 16
Leishmaniasis	68	3	76	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	37	83	- 81
Ascariasis	70	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Uganda

Ireland

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.