ZAMBIA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,942	1	17,234	- 8,292
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,962	2	9,517	- 1,555
Malaria	3	5,730	4	7,882	- 2,152
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,492	11	3,654	+ 1,838
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,108	5	6,275	- 1,167
Stroke	6	4,719	3	7,948	- 3,229
Birth Trauma	7	4,391	7	5,062	- 670
Low Birth Weight	8	4,083	8	4,857	- 774
Coronary Heart Disease	9	3,707	10	4,432	- 725
Tuberculosis	10	3,062	6	5,941	- 2,879
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,803	12	3,146	- 343
Violence	12	2,606	23	1,153	+ 1,453
Liver Disease	13	2,162	9	4,501	- 2,339
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,023	14	2,395	- 372
Cervical Cancer	15	1,848	17	1,799	+ 49
Meningitis	16	1,569	16	1,976	- 407
Maternal Conditions	17	1,537	22	1,188	+ 349
Malnutrition	18	1,400	15	2,303	- 903
Kidney Disease	19	1,337	18	1,760	- 423
Other Injuries	20	1,321	19	1,729	- 408
Hypertension	21	1,317	13	2,616	- 1,300
Lung Disease	22	1,288	21	1,273	+ 15
Syphilis	23	943	24	885	+ 59
Suicide	24	858	20	1,303	- 445
Pertussis	25	806	25	743	+ 63
Lymphomas	26	743	31	548	+ 196
Asthma	27	737	26	741	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	28	707	36	359	+ 348
Liver Cancer	29	643	46	177	+ 466
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	543	29	590	- 47
Drownings	31	522	27	689	- 167
Breast Cancer	32	476	35	366	+ 110
Falls	33	475	28	596	- 121
Prostate Cancer	34	401	30	561	- 161
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	388	43	203	+ 185
Fires	36	368	32	546	- 178
Inflammatory/Heart	37	363	33	501	- 139
Endocrine Disorders	38	321	37	354	- 32
Poisonings	39	314	34	456	- 142
Oral Cancer	40	309	48	155	+ 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	290	40	246	+ 44
Leukemia	42	253	39	261	- 8
Epilepsy	43	253	38	332	- 79
Ovary Cancer	44	219	57	82	+ 137
Stomach Cancer	45	217	42	206	+ 11
Lung Cancers	46	186	41	226	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	47	151	62	42	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	48	148	47	164	- 16
Skin Cancers	49	147	54	108	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	147	45	190	- 43
Measles	51	145	61	48	+ 97
Schistosomiasis	52	120	51	128	- 8
Tetanus	53	114	44	190	- 76
Alcohol	54	108	49	140	- 32
Skin Disease	55	102	52	126	- 24
Uterin Cancer	56	99	64	30	+ 69
Drug Use	57	98	53	122	- 24
Appendicitis	58	89	56	84	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	59	76	50	132	- 55
Upper Respiratory	60	61	60	68	- 7
Hepatitis B	61	52	55	104	- 52
Encephalitis	62	52	59	70	- 19
War	63	37	69	6	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	23	63	30	- 7
Trypanosomiasis	65	21	72	3	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	66	16	65	20	- 4
Hepatitis C	67	13	66	18	- 5
Leishmaniasis	68	12	58	72	- 61
Multiple Sclerosis	69	7	67	13	- 7
Ascariasis	70	7	68	9	- 2
Otitis Media	71	5	70	5	- 0
Diphtheria	72	5	73	3	+ 2
Chlamydia	73	3	71	3	- 1
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	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 ZAMBIA

Uganda

Zambia

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.