SURINAME VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	278	7	138	+ 140
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	248	5	171	+ 77
Malaria	3	178	78	0	+ 178
Road Traffic Accidents	4	171	13	89	+ 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	159	27	31	+ 127
Stroke	6	147	2	615	- 469
Birth Trauma	7	137	30	28	+ 109
Low Birth Weight	8	127	19	51	+ 76
Coronary Heart Disease	9	115	1	650	- 535
Tuberculosis	10	95	37	17	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	11	87	22	40	+ 47
Violence	12	81	26	34	+ 47
Liver Disease	13	67	8	134	- 67
Diabetes Mellitus	14	63	3	286	- 223
Cervical Cancer	15	57	20	48	+ 9
Meningitis	16	49	50	5	+ 44
Maternal Conditions	17	48	41	14	+ 34
Malnutrition	18	44	43	13	+ 30
Kidney Disease	19	42	4	281	- 240
Other Injuries	20	41	15	73	- 32
Hypertension	21	41	9	134	- 93
Lung Disease	22	40	12	93	- 53
Syphilis	23	29	52	3	+ 26
Suicide	24	27	6	148	- 121
Pertussis	25	25	59	1	+ 24
Lymphomas	26	23	34	23	+ 0
Asthma	27	23	39	16	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	28	22	56	2	+ 20
Liver Cancer	29	20	21	45	- 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	17	10	117	- 100
Drownings	31	16	29	28	- 12
Breast Cancer	32	15	17	55	- 40
Falls	33	15	25	34	- 20
Prostate Cancer	34	12	14	78	- 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	12	16	72	- 60
Fires	36	11	44	13	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	37	11	23	37	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	38	10	24	37	- 27
Poisonings	39	10	57	2	+ 8
Oral Cancer	40	10	40	16	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	9	28	29	- 20
Leukemia	42	8	35	20	- 12
Epilepsy	43	8	36	18	- 10
Ovary Cancer	44	7	42	14	- 7
Stomach Cancer	45	7	33	25	- 18
Lung Cancers	46	6	11	102	- 96
Pancreas Cancer	47	5	32	26	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	48	5	31	28	- 23
Skin Cancers	49	5	60	1	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	5	47	6	- 2
Measles	51	5	73	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	52	4	55	2	+ 1
Tetanus	53	4	62	1	+ 3
Alcohol	54	3	38	16	- 13
Skin Disease	55	3	18	53	- 50
Uterin Cancer	56	3	49	5	- 2
Drug Use	57	3	45	7	- 4
Appendicitis	58	3	53	3	- 0
Bladder Cancer	59	2	48	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	60	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	61	2	63	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	2	51	4	- 3
War	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	0	54	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	46	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	64	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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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.