URUGUAY VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,473	28	195	+ 1,277
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,311	6	1,370	- 59
Malaria	3	944	79	0	+ 944
Road Traffic Accidents	4	904	16	512	+ 393
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	841	35	134	+ 707
Stroke	6	777	2	2,850	- 2,073
Birth Trauma	7	723	53	22	+ 701
Low Birth Weight	8	672	42	73	+ 599
Coronary Heart Disease	9	611	1	4,265	- 3,654
Tuberculosis	10	504	41	81	+ 424
Congenital Anomalies	11	462	30	170	+ 291
Violence	12	429	23	295	+ 134
Liver Disease	13	356	27	206	+ 150
Diabetes Mellitus	14	333	11	747	- 414
Cervical Cancer	15	304	29	172	+ 132
Meningitis	16	258	58	10	+ 248
Maternal Conditions	17	253	60	9	+ 244
Malnutrition	18	231	43	73	+ 158
Kidney Disease	19	220	8	1,040	- 820
Other Injuries	20	218	10	774	- 556
Hypertension	21	217	15	648	- 431
Lung Disease	22	212	4	1,706	- 1,494
Syphilis	23	155	66	3	+ 153
Suicide	24	141	12	735	- 594
Pertussis	25	133	72	0	+ 132
Lymphomas	26	122	20	457	- 335
Asthma	27	121	37	127	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	28	116	24	286	- 170
Liver Cancer	29	106	34	147	- 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	89	3	1,899	- 1,809
Drownings	31	86	45	65	+ 21
Breast Cancer	32	78	9	848	- 770
Falls	33	78	47	55	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	34	66	13	707	- 641
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	64	7	1,245	- 1,181
Fires	36	61	48	54	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	37	60	22	314	- 254
Endocrine Disorders	38	53	17	487	- 434
Poisonings	39	52	55	17	+ 35
Oral Cancer	40	51	31	167	- 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	48	46	57	- 9
Leukemia	42	42	25	280	- 239
Epilepsy	43	42	40	86	- 44
Ovary Cancer	44	36	32	160	- 124
Stomach Cancer	45	36	18	480	- 444
Lung Cancers	46	31	5	1,463	- 1,432
Pancreas Cancer	47	25	14	656	- 631
Parkinson's Disease	48	24	21	320	- 296
Skin Cancers	49	24	33	149	- 125
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	24	50	39	- 15
Measles	51	24	74	0	+ 24
Schistosomiasis	52	20	77	0	+ 20
Tetanus	53	19	71	0	+ 18
Alcohol	54	18	39	104	- 87
Skin Disease	55	17	36	130	- 113
Uterin Cancer	56	16	38	115	- 99
Drug Use	57	16	49	41	- 24
Appendicitis	58	15	59	9	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	59	13	26	276	- 264
Upper Respiratory	60	10	62	5	+ 5
Hepatitis B	61	9	63	4	+ 4
Encephalitis	62	8	64	4	+ 5
War	63	6	70	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	51	35	- 31
Trypanosomiasis	65	3	76	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	3	19	464	- 461
Hepatitis C	67	2	65	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	2	78	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	56	13	- 12
Ascariasis	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	80	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

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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.