SIERRA LEONE VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,921	9	2,546	+ 1,376
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,491	1	7,420	- 3,928
Malaria	3	2,513	2	6,824	- 4,311
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,408	8	2,581	- 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,240	3	5,275	- 3,035
Stroke	6	2,069	5	3,769	- 1,700
Birth Trauma	7	1,926	6	2,888	- 962
Low Birth Weight	8	1,790	7	2,791	- 1,001
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,626	4	4,027	- 2,401
Tuberculosis	10	1,343	10	2,414	- 1,072
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,229	11	1,532	- 303
Violence	12	1,143	22	618	+ 525
Liver Disease	13	948	13	1,312	- 364
Diabetes Mellitus	14	887	14	1,190	- 302
Cervical Cancer	15	810	35	264	+ 547
Meningitis	16	688	12	1,415	- 727
Maternal Conditions	17	674	18	880	- 206
Malnutrition	18	614	17	924	- 310
Kidney Disease	19	586	15	1,082	- 496
Other Injuries	20	579	16	1,040	- 461
Hypertension	21	577	21	623	- 46
Lung Disease	22	565	20	791	- 227
Syphilis	23	414	41	180	+ 234
Suicide	24	376	25	521	- 145
Pertussis	25	353	26	469	- 115
Lymphomas	26	326	42	132	+ 194
Asthma	27	323	24	613	- 290
Oesophagus Cancer	28	310	57	37	+ 273
Liver Cancer	29	282	27	400	- 118
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	238	28	373	- 135
Drownings	31	229	29	366	- 137
Breast Cancer	32	209	23	615	- 407
Falls	33	208	30	324	- 115
Prostate Cancer	34	176	34	274	- 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	170	39	192	- 22
Fires	36	161	33	275	- 114
Inflammatory/Heart	37	159	32	288	- 129
Endocrine Disorders	38	141	19	798	- 657
Poisonings	39	138	38	218	- 80
Oral Cancer	40	135	50	82	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	127	31	308	- 181
Leukemia	42	111	59	37	+ 74
Epilepsy	43	111	37	230	- 120
Ovary Cancer	44	96	53	77	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	45	95	36	232	- 136
Lung Cancers	46	82	49	85	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	47	66	54	62	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	48	65	44	117	- 52
Skin Cancers	49	65	48	86	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	64	43	127	- 62
Measles	51	64	58	37	+ 27
Schistosomiasis	52	53	46	101	- 48
Tetanus	53	50	45	103	- 53
Alcohol	54	47	55	52	- 5
Skin Disease	55	45	51	81	- 36
Uterin Cancer	56	43	60	31	+ 12
Drug Use	57	43	40	185	- 142
Appendicitis	58	39	61	27	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	59	33	52	78	- 45
Upper Respiratory	60	27	64	10	+ 16
Hepatitis B	61	23	47	92	- 69
Encephalitis	62	23	56	50	- 28
War	63	16	67	8	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	68	7	+ 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	9	78	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	66	7	66	10	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	6	63	13	- 8
Leishmaniasis	68	5	79	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	69	3	65	10	- 7
Ascariasis	70	3	62	15	- 12
Otitis Media	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	69	4	- 2
Chlamydia	73	1	70	1	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Uganda

Sierra Leone

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.