LESOTHO VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	958	1	4,767	- 3,810
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	853	2	3,214	- 2,362
Malaria	3	614	79	0	+ 614
Road Traffic Accidents	4	588	16	678	- 90
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	547	4	2,354	- 1,807
Stroke	6	505	3	2,817	- 2,311
Birth Trauma	7	470	15	717	- 247
Low Birth Weight	8	437	12	957	- 520
Coronary Heart Disease	9	397	5	2,101	- 1,704
Tuberculosis	10	328	8	1,208	- 880
Congenital Anomalies	11	300	19	389	- 89
Violence	12	279	13	924	- 645
Liver Disease	13	232	14	792	- 561
Diabetes Mellitus	14	217	6	2,000	- 1,783
Cervical Cancer	15	198	20	372	- 175
Meningitis	16	168	22	318	- 150
Maternal Conditions	17	165	24	292	- 128
Malnutrition	18	150	21	357	- 207
Kidney Disease	19	143	10	1,015	- 871
Other Injuries	20	141	18	533	- 391
Hypertension	21	141	11	990	- 849
Lung Disease	22	138	9	1,102	- 964
Syphilis	23	101	45	50	+ 51
Suicide	24	92	7	1,539	- 1,448
Pertussis	25	86	44	51	+ 35
Lymphomas	26	80	36	78	+ 2
Asthma	27	79	17	678	- 599
Oesophagus Cancer	28	76	37	73	+ 2
Liver Cancer	29	69	39	71	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	58	29	194	- 136
Drownings	31	56	28	200	- 144
Breast Cancer	32	51	34	97	- 46
Falls	33	51	31	128	- 77
Prostate Cancer	34	43	35	81	- 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	42	48	40	+ 2
Fires	36	39	26	269	- 229
Inflammatory/Heart	37	39	23	305	- 266
Endocrine Disorders	38	34	27	235	- 201
Poisonings	39	34	33	111	- 77
Oral Cancer	40	33	42	52	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	31	25	279	- 248
Leukemia	42	27	49	39	- 12
Epilepsy	43	27	30	143	- 116
Ovary Cancer	44	23	53	24	- 1
Stomach Cancer	45	23	60	11	+ 13
Lung Cancers	46	20	43	51	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	47	16	58	12	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	48	16	41	55	- 39
Skin Cancers	49	16	46	46	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	16	32	126	- 110
Measles	51	16	59	12	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	52	13	76	0	+ 13
Tetanus	53	12	47	45	- 33
Alcohol	54	12	38	71	- 59
Skin Disease	55	11	40	70	- 59
Uterin Cancer	56	11	54	23	- 13
Drug Use	57	11	50	32	- 21
Appendicitis	58	10	52	25	- 15
Bladder Cancer	59	8	61	10	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	6	55	18	- 12
Hepatitis B	61	6	51	27	- 21
Encephalitis	62	6	57	14	- 8
War	63	4	68	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	56	18	- 16
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	77	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	2	62	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	67	1	64	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	63	6	- 5
Ascariasis	70	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	1	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	65	2	- 1
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Uganda

Lesotho

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.