NAMIBIA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,205	1	2,928	- 1,723
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,073	2	1,464	- 391
Malaria	3	772	51	22	+ 751
Road Traffic Accidents	4	740	6	868	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	689	8	645	+ 44
Stroke	6	636	4	1,333	- 697
Birth Trauma	7	592	13	345	+ 247
Low Birth Weight	8	550	9	516	+ 34
Coronary Heart Disease	9	500	5	1,221	- 721
Tuberculosis	10	413	3	1,416	- 1,004
Congenital Anomalies	11	378	16	283	+ 95
Violence	12	351	11	450	- 98
Liver Disease	13	291	14	336	- 44
Diabetes Mellitus	14	273	7	724	- 452
Cervical Cancer	15	249	23	133	+ 116
Meningitis	16	211	27	109	+ 103
Maternal Conditions	17	207	25	110	+ 97
Malnutrition	18	189	18	224	- 35
Kidney Disease	19	180	15	322	- 141
Other Injuries	20	178	19	207	- 29
Hypertension	21	177	12	428	- 250
Lung Disease	22	174	10	461	- 288
Syphilis	23	127	43	35	+ 92
Suicide	24	116	17	243	- 127
Pertussis	25	109	37	54	+ 54
Lymphomas	26	100	40	46	+ 54
Asthma	27	99	20	200	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	28	95	52	21	+ 74
Liver Cancer	29	87	41	45	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	73	21	176	- 102
Drownings	31	70	26	110	- 39
Breast Cancer	32	64	24	121	- 57
Falls	33	64	34	62	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	34	54	31	94	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	52	36	54	- 2
Fires	36	50	28	109	- 59
Inflammatory/Heart	37	49	22	162	- 113
Endocrine Disorders	38	43	33	73	- 30
Poisonings	39	42	39	46	- 4
Oral Cancer	40	42	30	100	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	39	32	76	- 37
Leukemia	42	34	49	24	+ 10
Epilepsy	43	34	38	49	- 15
Ovary Cancer	44	30	50	23	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	45	29	45	33	- 3
Lung Cancers	46	25	35	59	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	47	20	53	18	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	48	20	42	43	- 23
Skin Cancers	49	20	29	108	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	20	44	33	- 13
Measles	51	20	65	2	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	52	16	55	14	+ 3
Tetanus	53	15	62	6	+ 9
Alcohol	54	15	48	28	- 14
Skin Disease	55	14	47	31	- 17
Uterin Cancer	56	13	56	11	+ 2
Drug Use	57	13	46	32	- 18
Appendicitis	58	12	58	9	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	59	10	54	16	- 5
Upper Respiratory	60	8	61	6	+ 2
Hepatitis B	61	7	63	4	+ 3
Encephalitis	62	7	59	8	- 1
War	63	5	67	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	57	9	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	65	3	77	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	2	60	8	- 6
Hepatitis C	67	2	66	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	2	79	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Uganda

Namibia

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.