CENTRAL AFRICA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,429	4	3,753	- 1,323
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,163	1	5,231	- 3,068
Malaria	3	1,557	6	3,279	- 1,723
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,492	10	1,790	- 298
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,388	3	4,684	- 3,296
Stroke	6	1,282	5	3,284	- 2,002
Birth Trauma	7	1,193	9	2,192	- 999
Low Birth Weight	8	1,109	8	2,228	- 1,119
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,007	7	2,900	- 1,893
Tuberculosis	10	832	2	4,704	- 3,872
Congenital Anomalies	11	761	19	776	- 14
Violence	12	708	17	1,009	- 301
Liver Disease	13	587	14	1,153	- 566
Diabetes Mellitus	14	550	15	1,141	- 592
Cervical Cancer	15	502	32	230	+ 272
Meningitis	16	426	16	1,015	- 588
Maternal Conditions	17	418	13	1,174	- 757
Malnutrition	18	380	22	691	- 310
Kidney Disease	19	363	21	710	- 347
Other Injuries	20	359	23	621	- 262
Hypertension	21	358	12	1,252	- 894
Lung Disease	22	350	18	956	- 606
Syphilis	23	256	41	120	+ 136
Suicide	24	233	24	585	- 352
Pertussis	25	219	31	265	- 46
Lymphomas	26	202	42	119	+ 83
Asthma	27	200	20	761	- 561
Oesophagus Cancer	28	192	53	48	+ 144
Liver Cancer	29	175	44	117	+ 58
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	147	33	204	- 56
Drownings	31	142	34	202	- 60
Breast Cancer	32	129	26	344	- 215
Falls	33	129	36	181	- 52
Prostate Cancer	34	109	38	156	- 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	105	45	116	- 11
Fires	36	100	39	142	- 42
Inflammatory/Heart	37	99	30	270	- 171
Endocrine Disorders	38	87	25	423	- 336
Poisonings	39	85	40	134	- 49
Oral Cancer	40	84	46	91	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	79	27	317	- 238
Leukemia	42	69	47	88	- 19
Epilepsy	43	69	43	119	- 50
Ovary Cancer	44	60	50	64	- 4
Stomach Cancer	45	59	49	65	- 6
Lung Cancers	46	51	55	47	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	47	41	60	37	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	48	40	48	67	- 27
Skin Cancers	49	40	58	43	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	40	35	194	- 154
Measles	51	39	11	1,625	- 1,586
Schistosomiasis	52	33	37	169	- 136
Tetanus	53	31	29	280	- 249
Alcohol	54	29	52	62	- 32
Skin Disease	55	28	54	48	- 20
Uterin Cancer	56	27	65	20	+ 7
Drug Use	57	27	57	44	- 17
Appendicitis	58	24	51	62	- 38
Bladder Cancer	59	21	64	23	- 3
Upper Respiratory	60	16	63	24	- 8
Hepatitis B	61	14	61	33	- 19
Encephalitis	62	14	62	28	- 14
War	63	10	28	314	- 303
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	66	15	- 9
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	59	40	- 34
Other Neoplasms	66	4	70	5	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	3	69	6	- 2
Leishmaniasis	68	3	56	46	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	72	4	- 2
Ascariasis	70	2	71	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	68	6	- 5
Diphtheria	72	1	67	11	- 9
Chlamydia	73	1	73	2	- 1
Dengue	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Uganda

Central Africa

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.