SUDAN VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	21,697	22	2,331	+ 19,366
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	19,318	4	12,619	+ 6,699
Malaria	3	13,902	10	5,614	+ 8,288
Road Traffic Accidents	4	13,325	5	11,459	+ 1,867
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	12,394	9	6,277	+ 6,117
Stroke	6	11,450	2	20,582	- 9,132
Birth Trauma	7	10,655	7	8,526	+ 2,129
Low Birth Weight	8	9,906	3	16,036	- 6,130
Coronary Heart Disease	9	8,995	1	43,966	- 34,971
Tuberculosis	10	7,429	15	4,250	+ 3,179
Congenital Anomalies	11	6,800	11	5,507	+ 1,293
Violence	12	6,323	21	2,478	+ 3,845
Liver Disease	13	5,245	14	4,348	+ 897
Diabetes Mellitus	14	4,910	17	3,070	+ 1,839
Cervical Cancer	15	4,483	41	770	+ 3,713
Meningitis	16	3,807	33	1,092	+ 2,715
Maternal Conditions	17	3,729	23	1,961	+ 1,768
Malnutrition	18	3,397	34	1,089	+ 2,308
Kidney Disease	19	3,244	12	5,095	- 1,851
Other Injuries	20	3,205	18	2,912	+ 293
Hypertension	21	3,195	8	7,287	- 4,092
Lung Disease	22	3,124	13	4,382	- 1,257
Syphilis	23	2,289	47	603	+ 1,686
Suicide	24	2,082	27	1,644	+ 438
Pertussis	25	1,955	24	1,899	+ 56
Lymphomas	26	1,804	29	1,533	+ 271
Asthma	27	1,787	19	2,636	- 849
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,715	32	1,126	+ 589
Liver Cancer	29	1,559	37	946	+ 613
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	1,317	20	2,584	- 1,267
Drownings	31	1,267	26	1,684	- 417
Breast Cancer	32	1,155	16	3,071	- 1,916
Falls	33	1,154	28	1,559	- 405
Prostate Cancer	34	973	49	523	+ 449
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	941	35	1,049	- 108
Fires	36	893	31	1,310	- 417
Inflammatory/Heart	37	880	38	839	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	38	779	30	1,459	- 680
Poisonings	39	763	42	744	+ 19
Oral Cancer	40	749	50	493	+ 256
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	703	40	775	- 72
Leukemia	42	613	25	1,828	- 1,215
Epilepsy	43	613	43	735	- 122
Ovary Cancer	44	532	39	794	- 262
Stomach Cancer	45	527	51	478	+ 50
Lung Cancers	46	451	48	545	- 94
Pancreas Cancer	47	367	58	272	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	48	360	45	705	- 345
Skin Cancers	49	357	55	356	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	356	46	684	- 328
Measles	51	352	6	9,301	- 8,950
Schistosomiasis	52	292	63	68	+ 224
Tetanus	53	277	53	378	- 101
Alcohol	54	262	61	84	+ 178
Skin Disease	55	248	60	112	+ 136
Uterin Cancer	56	239	62	71	+ 168
Drug Use	57	238	36	1,036	- 798
Appendicitis	58	216	59	155	+ 61
Bladder Cancer	59	185	54	369	- 183
Upper Respiratory	60	147	70	5	+ 142
Hepatitis B	61	126	44	730	- 604
Encephalitis	62	125	57	303	- 178
War	63	90	56	336	- 246
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	56	67	20	+ 36
Trypanosomiasis	65	51	79	0	+ 51
Other Neoplasms	66	38	65	35	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	31	68	17	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	68	29	52	448	- 420
Multiple Sclerosis	69	16	64	54	- 37
Ascariasis	70	16	66	21	- 5
Otitis Media	71	12	73	0	+ 12
Diphtheria	72	11	69	11	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	6	71	1	+ 5
Dengue	74	1	72	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Uganda

Sudan

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.