MAURITIUS VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	563	13	141	+ 422
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	502	7	346	+ 156
Malaria	3	361	70	0	+ 361
Road Traffic Accidents	4	346	11	155	+ 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	322	42	23	+ 299
Stroke	6	297	3	985	- 688
Birth Trauma	7	277	36	37	+ 240
Low Birth Weight	8	257	35	37	+ 220
Coronary Heart Disease	9	234	2	1,805	- 1,571
Tuberculosis	10	193	45	17	+ 176
Congenital Anomalies	11	177	25	57	+ 120
Violence	12	164	41	30	+ 135
Liver Disease	13	136	12	145	- 9
Diabetes Mellitus	14	127	1	1,873	- 1,746
Cervical Cancer	15	116	30	49	+ 67
Meningitis	16	99	57	2	+ 97
Maternal Conditions	17	97	48	11	+ 86
Malnutrition	18	88	54	4	+ 84
Kidney Disease	19	84	4	724	- 640
Other Injuries	20	83	21	66	+ 18
Hypertension	21	83	6	592	- 509
Lung Disease	22	81	5	646	- 565
Syphilis	23	59	67	0	+ 59
Suicide	24	54	14	120	- 66
Pertussis	25	51	66	0	+ 51
Lymphomas	26	47	24	57	- 10
Asthma	27	46	17	107	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	28	45	37	35	+ 9
Liver Cancer	29	40	27	56	- 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	34	34	42	- 8
Drownings	31	33	33	43	- 10
Breast Cancer	32	30	8	232	- 202
Falls	33	30	26	57	- 27
Prostate Cancer	34	25	15	115	- 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	24	10	182	- 158
Fires	36	23	50	10	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	37	23	16	108	- 85
Endocrine Disorders	38	20	19	101	- 81
Poisonings	39	20	49	11	+ 9
Oral Cancer	40	19	23	63	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	18	43	22	- 4
Leukemia	42	16	31	48	- 32
Epilepsy	43	16	38	35	- 19
Ovary Cancer	44	14	32	46	- 32
Stomach Cancer	45	14	18	104	- 91
Lung Cancers	46	12	9	182	- 171
Pancreas Cancer	47	10	28	55	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	48	9	47	12	- 2
Skin Cancers	49	9	53	5	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	9	56	3	+ 6
Measles	51	9	77	0	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	52	8	69	0	+ 8
Tetanus	53	7	76	0	+ 7
Alcohol	54	7	29	53	- 46
Skin Disease	55	6	22	64	- 58
Uterin Cancer	56	6	40	32	- 26
Drug Use	57	6	46	16	- 10
Appendicitis	58	6	59	1	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	59	5	44	21	- 16
Upper Respiratory	60	4	63	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	3	65	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	62	3	61	1	+ 2
War	63	2	62	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	60	1	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	20	77	- 76
Hepatitis C	67	1	51	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.