NORWAY VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,369	61	10	+ 2,358
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,109	6	1,797	+ 312
Malaria	3	1,518	84	0	+ 1,518
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,455	42	114	+ 1,341
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,353	37	128	+ 1,225
Stroke	6	1,250	4	2,475	- 1,225
Birth Trauma	7	1,163	54	17	+ 1,146
Low Birth Weight	8	1,081	52	23	+ 1,058
Coronary Heart Disease	9	982	1	5,321	- 4,339
Tuberculosis	10	811	56	15	+ 796
Congenital Anomalies	11	742	34	136	+ 606
Violence	12	690	50	32	+ 658
Liver Disease	13	573	30	214	+ 359
Diabetes Mellitus	14	536	16	560	- 24
Cervical Cancer	15	489	39	125	+ 364
Meningitis	16	416	58	14	+ 402
Maternal Conditions	17	407	66	1	+ 406
Malnutrition	18	371	35	135	+ 236
Kidney Disease	19	354	14	611	- 257
Other Injuries	20	350	15	583	- 233
Hypertension	21	349	28	230	+ 119
Lung Disease	22	341	3	2,723	- 2,382
Syphilis	23	250	67	1	+ 249
Suicide	24	227	13	633	- 406
Pertussis	25	213	64	1	+ 212
Lymphomas	26	197	12	646	- 449
Asthma	27	195	43	85	+ 111
Oesophagus Cancer	28	187	27	248	- 61
Liver Cancer	29	170	26	259	- 89
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	144	2	4,464	- 4,320
Drownings	31	138	45	65	+ 74
Breast Cancer	32	126	11	698	- 572
Falls	33	126	9	777	- 652
Prostate Cancer	34	106	8	1,172	- 1,066
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	103	7	1,787	- 1,684
Fires	36	98	48	45	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	37	96	29	221	- 125
Endocrine Disorders	38	85	19	359	- 274
Poisonings	39	83	57	14	+ 69
Oral Cancer	40	82	32	168	- 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	77	33	160	- 83
Leukemia	42	67	21	354	- 287
Epilepsy	43	67	40	119	- 52
Ovary Cancer	44	58	24	309	- 251
Stomach Cancer	45	58	22	343	- 286
Lung Cancers	46	49	5	2,320	- 2,271
Pancreas Cancer	47	40	10	770	- 730
Parkinson's Disease	48	39	17	554	- 515
Skin Cancers	49	39	18	407	- 368
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	39	46	61	- 22
Measles	51	38	72	0	+ 38
Schistosomiasis	52	32	83	0	+ 32
Tetanus	53	30	69	0	+ 30
Alcohol	54	29	31	205	- 176
Skin Disease	55	27	38	128	- 101
Uterin Cancer	56	26	36	134	- 108
Drug Use	57	26	25	264	- 238
Appendicitis	58	24	59	12	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	59	20	20	356	- 336
Upper Respiratory	60	16	60	12	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	14	63	3	+ 10
Encephalitis	62	14	70	0	+ 13
War	63	10	68	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	47	60	- 54
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	82	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	66	4	23	324	- 320
Hepatitis C	67	3	55	17	- 13
Leishmaniasis	68	3	81	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	41	119	- 117
Ascariasis	70	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	65	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Uganda

Norway

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.