SWAZILAND VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	489	1	2,314	- 1,824
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	436	2	921	- 485
Malaria	3	314	67	0	+ 313
Road Traffic Accidents	4	300	7	384	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	280	6	517	- 238
Stroke	6	258	4	800	- 542
Birth Trauma	7	240	18	166	+ 74
Low Birth Weight	8	223	14	233	- 10
Coronary Heart Disease	9	203	5	755	- 552
Tuberculosis	10	168	13	256	- 88
Congenital Anomalies	11	153	19	160	- 7
Violence	12	143	16	212	- 70
Liver Disease	13	118	11	274	- 155
Diabetes Mellitus	14	111	3	892	- 781
Cervical Cancer	15	101	15	215	- 114
Meningitis	16	86	23	97	- 12
Maternal Conditions	17	84	21	116	- 32
Malnutrition	18	77	22	106	- 29
Kidney Disease	19	73	8	381	- 308
Other Injuries	20	72	17	190	- 118
Hypertension	21	72	10	292	- 220
Lung Disease	22	70	12	264	- 194
Syphilis	23	52	45	17	+ 34
Suicide	24	47	9	338	- 291
Pertussis	25	44	33	39	+ 5
Lymphomas	26	41	36	31	+ 10
Asthma	27	40	20	150	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	28	39	44	18	+ 20
Liver Cancer	29	35	37	29	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	30	27	77	- 47
Drownings	31	29	25	87	- 58
Breast Cancer	32	26	35	37	- 11
Falls	33	26	32	41	- 15
Prostate Cancer	34	22	31	45	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	21	43	19	+ 3
Fires	36	20	26	84	- 64
Inflammatory/Heart	37	20	24	94	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	38	18	28	74	- 57
Poisonings	39	17	34	37	- 20
Oral Cancer	40	17	51	10	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	16	29	51	- 35
Leukemia	42	14	47	16	- 2
Epilepsy	43	14	30	46	- 32
Ovary Cancer	44	12	52	10	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	45	12	53	7	+ 5
Lung Cancers	46	10	46	17	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	47	8	56	6	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	48	8	41	24	- 16
Skin Cancers	49	8	42	20	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	8	39	26	- 18
Measles	51	8	64	1	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	52	7	49	13	- 6
Tetanus	53	6	62	4	+ 3
Alcohol	54	6	48	16	- 10
Skin Disease	55	6	40	25	- 20
Uterin Cancer	56	5	50	11	- 6
Drug Use	57	5	38	27	- 21
Appendicitis	58	5	54	7	- 2
Bladder Cancer	59	4	55	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	3	60	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	61	3	57	6	- 3
Encephalitis	62	3	59	5	- 2
War	63	2	71	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	5	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	61	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	63	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Uganda

Swaziland

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.