LIBERIA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,338	6	1,919	+ 419
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,081	2	2,693	- 612
Malaria	3	1,498	4	2,428	- 930
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,436	5	1,920	- 485
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,335	10	1,592	- 256
Stroke	6	1,234	11	1,578	- 345
Birth Trauma	7	1,148	9	1,601	- 454
Low Birth Weight	8	1,067	8	1,652	- 585
Coronary Heart Disease	9	969	7	1,885	- 916
Tuberculosis	10	800	1	2,766	- 1,966
Congenital Anomalies	11	733	14	833	- 100
Violence	12	681	18	477	+ 204
Liver Disease	13	565	13	858	- 293
Diabetes Mellitus	14	529	15	650	- 121
Cervical Cancer	15	483	19	474	+ 9
Meningitis	16	410	17	552	- 142
Maternal Conditions	17	402	12	870	- 468
Malnutrition	18	366	24	353	+ 13
Kidney Disease	19	350	16	609	- 259
Other Injuries	20	345	22	380	- 35
Hypertension	21	344	23	371	- 26
Lung Disease	22	337	26	294	+ 43
Syphilis	23	247	21	394	- 148
Suicide	24	224	30	220	+ 5
Pertussis	25	211	32	197	+ 13
Lymphomas	26	194	39	93	+ 101
Asthma	27	193	31	200	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	28	185	60	16	+ 169
Liver Cancer	29	168	20	439	- 271
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	142	29	235	- 93
Drownings	31	137	35	127	+ 10
Breast Cancer	32	124	27	246	- 121
Falls	33	124	33	155	- 31
Prostate Cancer	34	105	25	297	- 193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	101	40	90	+ 12
Fires	36	96	34	153	- 57
Inflammatory/Heart	37	95	38	115	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	38	84	28	245	- 161
Poisonings	39	82	41	82	+ 0
Oral Cancer	40	81	48	50	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	76	36	126	- 50
Leukemia	42	66	58	23	+ 43
Epilepsy	43	66	42	81	- 15
Ovary Cancer	44	57	47	50	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	45	57	37	122	- 65
Lung Cancers	46	49	44	66	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	47	40	53	38	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	48	39	43	72	- 33
Skin Cancers	49	38	46	51	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	38	49	50	- 12
Measles	51	38	3	2,554	- 2,516
Schistosomiasis	52	31	45	51	- 20
Tetanus	53	30	54	31	- 1
Alcohol	54	28	57	25	+ 3
Skin Disease	55	27	51	41	- 14
Uterin Cancer	56	26	55	28	- 3
Drug Use	57	26	50	42	- 17
Appendicitis	58	23	61	12	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	59	20	59	19	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	16	67	3	+ 13
Hepatitis B	61	14	52	39	- 25
Encephalitis	62	13	56	27	- 14
War	63	10	70	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	64	4	+ 2
Trypanosomiasis	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	4	62	6	- 2
Hepatitis C	67	3	65	4	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	3	77	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	63	4	- 2
Ascariasis	70	2	66	4	- 2
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	1	69	1	+ 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	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Uganda

Liberia

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.