NIGER VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,325	30	1,048	+ 10,278
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,084	1	21,093	- 11,010
Malaria	3	7,257	2	17,022	- 9,765
Road Traffic Accidents	4	6,955	8	5,946	+ 1,009
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	6,469	3	16,030	- 9,561
Stroke	6	5,977	5	8,717	- 2,740
Birth Trauma	7	5,562	7	8,030	- 2,469
Low Birth Weight	8	5,171	4	9,560	- 4,389
Coronary Heart Disease	9	4,695	6	8,229	- 3,534
Tuberculosis	10	3,878	13	3,703	+ 175
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,550	10	4,346	- 796
Violence	12	3,301	19	2,244	+ 1,057
Liver Disease	13	2,738	11	4,116	- 1,379
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,563	17	2,630	- 68
Cervical Cancer	15	2,340	38	487	+ 1,853
Meningitis	16	1,987	9	5,237	- 3,250
Maternal Conditions	17	1,946	14	3,317	- 1,371
Malnutrition	18	1,773	21	2,170	- 397
Kidney Disease	19	1,693	16	2,732	- 1,039
Other Injuries	20	1,673	12	3,826	- 2,153
Hypertension	21	1,668	25	1,356	+ 312
Lung Disease	22	1,631	20	2,172	- 541
Syphilis	23	1,195	62	110	+ 1,085
Suicide	24	1,087	27	1,227	- 140
Pertussis	25	1,020	15	2,858	- 1,837
Lymphomas	26	942	43	350	+ 591
Asthma	27	933	22	1,902	- 969
Oesophagus Cancer	28	895	55	132	+ 764
Liver Cancer	29	814	35	745	+ 69
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	688	32	858	- 170
Drownings	31	662	24	1,581	- 919
Breast Cancer	32	603	29	1,075	- 472
Falls	33	602	26	1,297	- 695
Prostate Cancer	34	508	57	128	+ 380
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	491	37	522	- 31
Fires	36	466	28	1,120	- 654
Inflammatory/Heart	37	459	34	769	- 309
Endocrine Disorders	38	407	23	1,806	- 1,399
Poisonings	39	398	33	771	- 373
Oral Cancer	40	391	49	242	+ 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	367	31	1,044	- 677
Leukemia	42	320	48	258	+ 63
Epilepsy	43	320	36	676	- 356
Ovary Cancer	44	277	40	425	- 147
Stomach Cancer	45	275	44	300	- 25
Lung Cancers	46	235	67	42	+ 194
Pancreas Cancer	47	191	54	138	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	48	188	47	275	- 88
Skin Cancers	49	186	45	287	- 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	186	39	467	- 281
Measles	51	184	18	2,414	- 2,230
Schistosomiasis	52	153	50	237	- 85
Tetanus	53	145	42	372	- 228
Alcohol	54	137	60	120	+ 17
Skin Disease	55	130	52	213	- 83
Uterin Cancer	56	125	64	86	+ 39
Drug Use	57	124	58	126	- 2
Appendicitis	58	113	56	128	- 15
Bladder Cancer	59	97	53	161	- 65
Upper Respiratory	60	77	63	94	- 17
Hepatitis B	61	66	46	279	- 213
Encephalitis	62	65	61	112	- 47
War	63	47	41	409	- 362
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	29	70	18	+ 12
Trypanosomiasis	65	27	78	0	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	66	20	68	24	- 4
Hepatitis C	67	16	66	46	- 29
Leishmaniasis	68	15	51	237	- 222
Multiple Sclerosis	69	9	69	22	- 14
Ascariasis	70	9	59	125	- 116
Otitis Media	71	6	72	1	+ 5
Diphtheria	72	6	65	60	- 55
Chlamydia	73	3	71	3	+ 0
Dengue	74	1	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

Uganda

Niger

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.