NEW GUINEA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,319	24	611	+ 3,708
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,846	6	2,595	+ 1,251
Malaria	3	2,767	7	2,446	+ 321
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,653	12	1,105	+ 1,547
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,467	8	2,295	+ 172
Stroke	6	2,279	2	5,095	- 2,815
Birth Trauma	7	2,121	11	1,504	+ 617
Low Birth Weight	8	1,972	10	1,661	+ 311
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,791	1	6,835	- 5,045
Tuberculosis	10	1,479	5	3,969	- 2,490
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,354	16	951	+ 403
Violence	12	1,259	15	969	+ 290
Liver Disease	13	1,044	22	624	+ 420
Diabetes Mellitus	14	977	4	4,533	- 3,556
Cervical Cancer	15	892	19	665	+ 228
Meningitis	16	758	34	324	+ 434
Maternal Conditions	17	742	30	421	+ 322
Malnutrition	18	676	48	134	+ 542
Kidney Disease	19	646	18	687	- 41
Other Injuries	20	638	20	647	- 9
Hypertension	21	636	13	1,096	- 460
Lung Disease	22	622	3	4,538	- 3,916
Syphilis	23	456	42	234	+ 222
Suicide	24	414	37	259	+ 156
Pertussis	25	389	39	248	+ 141
Lymphomas	26	359	32	353	+ 6
Asthma	27	356	9	1,842	- 1,486
Oesophagus Cancer	28	341	44	199	+ 142
Liver Cancer	29	310	21	644	- 334
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	262	33	343	- 81
Drownings	31	252	40	240	+ 13
Breast Cancer	32	230	17	764	- 534
Falls	33	230	26	502	- 272
Prostate Cancer	34	194	36	285	- 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	187	29	445	- 258
Fires	36	178	27	488	- 310
Inflammatory/Heart	37	175	43	229	- 54
Endocrine Disorders	38	155	47	153	+ 2
Poisonings	39	152	50	121	+ 30
Oral Cancer	40	149	25	580	- 431
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	140	35	302	- 162
Leukemia	42	122	38	253	- 131
Epilepsy	43	122	51	111	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	44	106	46	179	- 73
Stomach Cancer	45	105	28	447	- 342
Lung Cancers	46	90	23	622	- 532
Pancreas Cancer	47	73	52	107	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	48	72	45	185	- 113
Skin Cancers	49	71	31	417	- 345
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	71	14	1,072	- 1,001
Measles	51	70	41	238	- 168
Schistosomiasis	52	58	73	0	+ 58
Tetanus	53	55	56	48	+ 7
Alcohol	54	52	53	93	- 41
Skin Disease	55	49	49	126	- 77
Uterin Cancer	56	48	55	81	- 34
Drug Use	57	47	61	13	+ 35
Appendicitis	58	43	59	20	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	59	37	54	82	- 46
Upper Respiratory	60	29	68	2	+ 27
Hepatitis B	61	25	58	27	- 2
Encephalitis	62	25	57	31	- 6
War	63	18	69	1	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	11	65	5	+ 6
Trypanosomiasis	65	10	76	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	66	8	60	15	- 8
Hepatitis C	67	6	62	8	- 2
Leishmaniasis	68	6	74	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	69	3	66	5	- 2
Ascariasis	70	3	63	7	- 4
Otitis Media	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	67	3	- 1
Chlamydia	73	1	70	1	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	64	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	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	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Uganda

New Guinea

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.