TRINIDAD/TOB. VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	606	12	196	+ 410
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	539	10	205	+ 334
Malaria	3	388	72	0	+ 388
Road Traffic Accidents	4	372	15	130	+ 242
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	346	45	18	+ 328
Stroke	6	320	3	822	- 503
Birth Trauma	7	297	40	25	+ 272
Low Birth Weight	8	277	23	83	+ 194
Coronary Heart Disease	9	251	1	1,476	- 1,225
Tuberculosis	10	207	43	22	+ 186
Congenital Anomalies	11	190	22	93	+ 97
Violence	12	177	4	549	- 373
Liver Disease	13	146	14	136	+ 10
Diabetes Mellitus	14	137	2	1,275	- 1,138
Cervical Cancer	15	125	21	97	+ 28
Meningitis	16	106	52	9	+ 97
Maternal Conditions	17	104	50	10	+ 94
Malnutrition	18	95	47	17	+ 78
Kidney Disease	19	91	5	439	- 349
Other Injuries	20	89	30	61	+ 29
Hypertension	21	89	11	201	- 112
Lung Disease	22	87	16	129	- 42
Syphilis	23	64	61	0	+ 64
Suicide	24	58	17	121	- 63
Pertussis	25	55	67	0	+ 55
Lymphomas	26	50	20	111	- 61
Asthma	27	50	35	40	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	28	48	41	24	+ 24
Liver Cancer	29	44	28	66	- 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	37	9	215	- 178
Drownings	31	35	39	31	+ 5
Breast Cancer	32	32	7	258	- 226
Falls	33	32	33	43	- 11
Prostate Cancer	34	27	6	330	- 303
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	26	13	196	- 169
Fires	36	25	48	16	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	37	25	25	72	- 48
Endocrine Disorders	38	22	18	119	- 98
Poisonings	39	21	59	1	+ 20
Oral Cancer	40	21	38	31	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	20	31	52	- 32
Leukemia	42	17	29	62	- 45
Epilepsy	43	17	37	32	- 15
Ovary Cancer	44	15	24	80	- 65
Stomach Cancer	45	15	26	69	- 54
Lung Cancers	46	13	8	217	- 205
Pancreas Cancer	47	10	19	114	- 104
Parkinson's Disease	48	10	32	51	- 41
Skin Cancers	49	10	57	4	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	10	49	11	- 1
Measles	51	10	76	0	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	52	8	71	0	+ 8
Tetanus	53	8	65	0	+ 8
Alcohol	54	7	42	23	- 16
Skin Disease	55	7	36	39	- 32
Uterin Cancer	56	7	27	68	- 61
Drug Use	57	7	44	19	- 12
Appendicitis	58	6	56	4	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	59	5	34	41	- 35
Upper Respiratory	60	4	64	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	4	60	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	62	3	54	6	- 3
War	63	3	46	17	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	53	8	- 7
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	51	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	67	1	62	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	58	2	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	63	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Uganda

Trinidad/Tob.

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.