SINGAPORE VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,592	45	18	+ 2,574
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,308	2	5,189	- 2,882
Malaria	3	1,661	75	0	+ 1,661
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,592	26	121	+ 1,471
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,481	39	28	+ 1,453
Stroke	6	1,368	3	1,559	- 191
Birth Trauma	7	1,273	55	3	+ 1,270
Low Birth Weight	8	1,183	41	25	+ 1,158
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,075	1	5,292	- 4,217
Tuberculosis	10	887	40	26	+ 862
Congenital Anomalies	11	812	31	80	+ 733
Violence	12	755	46	15	+ 741
Liver Disease	13	627	20	209	+ 417
Diabetes Mellitus	14	586	28	108	+ 479
Cervical Cancer	15	535	30	85	+ 450
Meningitis	16	455	48	8	+ 447
Maternal Conditions	17	445	53	3	+ 442
Malnutrition	18	406	63	0	+ 406
Kidney Disease	19	388	6	1,028	- 641
Other Injuries	20	383	32	79	+ 304
Hypertension	21	382	8	732	- 350
Lung Disease	22	373	14	383	- 10
Syphilis	23	273	65	0	+ 273
Suicide	24	249	9	650	- 402
Pertussis	25	234	62	0	+ 233
Lymphomas	26	215	13	397	- 181
Asthma	27	213	35	37	+ 176
Oesophagus Cancer	28	205	24	137	+ 68
Liver Cancer	29	186	7	746	- 559
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	157	36	32	+ 125
Drownings	31	151	38	29	+ 122
Breast Cancer	32	138	10	605	- 467
Falls	33	138	18	218	- 80
Prostate Cancer	34	116	16	303	- 186
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	112	5	1,203	- 1,090
Fires	36	107	49	7	+ 100
Inflammatory/Heart	37	105	19	215	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	38	93	37	30	+ 63
Poisonings	39	91	60	1	+ 90
Oral Cancer	40	89	15	317	- 228
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	84	33	69	+ 15
Leukemia	42	73	17	249	- 176
Epilepsy	43	73	42	25	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	44	63	21	204	- 140
Stomach Cancer	45	63	12	405	- 342
Lung Cancers	46	54	4	1,540	- 1,487
Pancreas Cancer	47	44	11	537	- 493
Parkinson's Disease	48	43	29	90	- 47
Skin Cancers	49	43	34	56	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	43	43	22	+ 20
Measles	51	42	72	0	+ 42
Schistosomiasis	52	35	78	0	+ 35
Tetanus	53	33	73	0	+ 33
Alcohol	54	31	47	10	+ 21
Skin Disease	55	30	25	136	- 106
Uterin Cancer	56	29	23	147	- 119
Drug Use	57	28	44	19	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	26	50	6	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	59	22	27	120	- 98
Upper Respiratory	60	18	54	3	+ 14
Hepatitis B	61	15	52	4	+ 11
Encephalitis	62	15	61	0	+ 15
War	63	11	59	2	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	7	58	2	+ 4
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	77	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	66	5	22	195	- 191
Hepatitis C	67	4	56	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	3	76	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	57	3	- 1
Ascariasis	70	2	67	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	64	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	66	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	81	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 SINGAPORE

Uganda

Singapore

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.