SYRIA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,260	58	15	+ 10,246
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,135	4	2,958	+ 6,177
Malaria	3	6,574	79	0	+ 6,574
Road Traffic Accidents	4	6,301	5	2,550	+ 3,751
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,861	7	2,156	+ 3,705
Stroke	6	5,415	2	8,088	- 2,674
Birth Trauma	7	5,039	21	744	+ 4,294
Low Birth Weight	8	4,684	12	1,652	+ 3,032
Coronary Heart Disease	9	4,254	1	28,203	- 23,949
Tuberculosis	10	3,513	56	23	+ 3,490
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,216	8	2,077	+ 1,138
Violence	12	2,990	25	444	+ 2,546
Liver Disease	13	2,480	11	1,720	+ 760
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,322	15	1,534	+ 788
Cervical Cancer	15	2,120	42	188	+ 1,932
Meningitis	16	1,800	35	295	+ 1,505
Maternal Conditions	17	1,763	45	105	+ 1,659
Malnutrition	18	1,606	51	73	+ 1,534
Kidney Disease	19	1,534	6	2,329	- 795
Other Injuries	20	1,516	24	521	+ 994
Hypertension	21	1,511	23	707	+ 803
Lung Disease	22	1,477	13	1,601	- 124
Syphilis	23	1,083	55	31	+ 1,052
Suicide	24	984	33	333	+ 652
Pertussis	25	924	37	289	+ 636
Lymphomas	26	853	18	827	+ 26
Asthma	27	845	17	1,052	- 207
Oesophagus Cancer	28	811	47	97	+ 713
Liver Cancer	29	737	31	366	+ 371
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	623	14	1,551	- 928
Drownings	31	599	40	215	+ 384
Breast Cancer	32	546	10	1,953	- 1,407
Falls	33	546	29	383	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	34	460	28	404	+ 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	445	16	1,224	- 779
Fires	36	422	43	179	+ 244
Inflammatory/Heart	37	416	32	337	+ 79
Endocrine Disorders	38	369	26	418	- 49
Poisonings	39	361	46	98	+ 263
Oral Cancer	40	354	36	289	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	333	49	79	+ 253
Leukemia	42	290	19	796	- 506
Epilepsy	43	290	48	92	+ 197
Ovary Cancer	44	251	34	328	- 76
Stomach Cancer	45	249	22	725	- 475
Lung Cancers	46	213	9	2,048	- 1,834
Pancreas Cancer	47	173	27	411	- 237
Parkinson's Disease	48	170	30	367	- 197
Skin Cancers	49	169	38	276	- 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	168	41	197	- 29
Measles	51	166	70	0	+ 166
Schistosomiasis	52	138	60	11	+ 127
Tetanus	53	131	52	57	+ 74
Alcohol	54	124	53	51	+ 73
Skin Disease	55	117	61	8	+ 110
Uterin Cancer	56	113	44	146	- 32
Drug Use	57	113	39	249	- 137
Appendicitis	58	102	54	36	+ 66
Bladder Cancer	59	88	20	757	- 670
Upper Respiratory	60	70	66	3	+ 66
Hepatitis B	61	60	63	5	+ 55
Encephalitis	62	59	50	77	- 18
War	63	43	3	7,760	- 7,718
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	27	62	7	+ 20
Trypanosomiasis	65	24	77	0	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	66	18	57	21	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	15	68	1	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	68	14	65	5	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	69	8	59	14	- 6
Ascariasis	70	8	67	1	+ 7
Otitis Media	71	5	71	0	+ 5
Diphtheria	72	5	64	5	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	3	69	1	+ 2
Dengue	74	1	72	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Uganda

Syria

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.