UGANDA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	72,766	9	8,784	+ 63,981
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	41,390	30	1,286	+ 40,104
Lung Disease	3	28,159	22	3,051	+ 25,108
Stroke	4	22,846	6	11,181	+ 11,664
Lung Cancers	5	22,415	46	441	+ 21,974
Kidney Disease	6	12,374	19	3,168	+ 9,206
Drug Use	7	10,727	57	233	+ 10,495
Hypertension	8	9,506	21	3,120	+ 6,386
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	8,910	35	919	+ 7,992
Diabetes Mellitus	10	8,851	14	4,794	+ 4,057
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	8,693	2	18,865	- 10,172
Suicide	12	7,652	24	2,033	+ 5,619
Breast Cancer	13	7,014	32	1,128	+ 5,886
Endocrine Disorders	14	6,771	38	761	+ 6,010
Pancreas Cancer	15	6,383	47	358	+ 6,025
Liver Disease	16	6,255	13	5,122	+ 1,133
Road Traffic Accidents	17	6,009	4	13,012	- 7,004
Falls	18	5,825	33	1,127	+ 4,698
Lymphomas	19	5,805	26	1,762	+ 4,044
Prostate Cancer	20	5,132	34	950	+ 4,182
Parkinson's Disease	21	4,971	48	351	+ 4,619
Inflammatory/Heart	22	4,688	37	859	+ 3,829
Liver Cancer	23	3,900	29	1,522	+ 2,378
Leukemia	24	3,886	42	599	+ 3,287
Other Injuries	25	3,747	20	3,130	+ 617
Bladder Cancer	26	2,828	59	181	+ 2,647
Violence	27	2,735	12	6,175	- 3,440
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,570	28	1,674	+ 895
Other Neoplasms	29	2,557	66	37	+ 2,520
Alcohol	30	2,113	54	256	+ 1,857
Ovary Cancer	31	2,103	44	519	+ 1,584
Skin Cancers	32	2,062	49	349	+ 1,714
Stomach Cancer	33	1,885	45	515	+ 1,370
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,695	11	6,641	- 4,946
Oral Cancer	35	1,665	40	731	+ 934
Uterin Cancer	36	1,450	56	234	+ 1,217
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,435	5	12,103	- 10,669
Cervical Cancer	38	1,007	15	4,378	- 3,371
Low Birth Weight	39	998	8	9,673	- 8,676
Malnutrition	40	975	18	3,317	- 2,342
Hepatitis C	41	819	67	30	+ 789
HIV/AIDS	42	816	1	21,188	- 20,372
Skin Disease	43	780	55	242	+ 537
Multiple Sclerosis	44	729	69	16	+ 713
Drownings	45	587	31	1,238	- 651
Asthma	46	550	27	1,745	- 1,195
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	525	50	348	+ 178
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	499	41	687	- 188
Fires	49	459	36	872	- 413
Epilepsy	50	456	43	599	- 143
Anemia	51	449	84	0	+ 449
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	355	64	55	+ 300
Poisonings	53	241	39	745	- 504
Birth Trauma	54	178	7	10,405	- 10,227
War	55	173	63	88	+ 85
Maternal Conditions	56	112	17	3,641	- 3,529
Schizophrenia	57	104	86	0	+ 104
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	98	81	0	+ 98
Hepatitis B	59	88	61	123	- 36
Meningitis	60	87	16	3,718	- 3,630
Osteoarthritis	61	83	80	0	+ 83
Tuberculosis	62	79	10	7,255	- 7,176
Appendicitis	63	61	58	211	- 150
Oral conditions	64	41	82	0	+ 41
Upper Respiratory	65	33	60	144	- 110
Syphilis	66	7	23	2,235	- 2,228
Otitis Media	67	5	71	11	- 6
Encephalitis	68	4	62	122	- 118
Pertussis	69	2	25	1,909	- 1,907
Chagas disease	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	0	53	271	- 270
Schistosomiasis	72	0	52	286	- 285
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	72	11	- 11
Dengue	76	0	74	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	50	- 50
Leishmaniasis	79	0	68	28	- 28
Measles	80	0	51	343	- 343
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

United States

Uganda

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.