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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda
UGANDA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
45.8
47.2
46.5
170
171
170
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
51.9
54.1
53.0
168
168
168
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Uganda
UGANDA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
51.9
54.1
168
168
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
56.4
64.7
187
169
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
57.3
65.3
187
170
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
57.8
65.7
187
169
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
58.5
66.1
187
171
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
59.6
66.9
186
171
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
60.9
68.0
186
174
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
62.5
69.4
186
173
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
64.5
71.1
188
171
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
66.8
72.9
188
168
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
69.2
74.6
188
166
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
71.7
76.1
189
162
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
74.2
77.6
190
160
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
76.8
79.2
191
163
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.5
81.2
191
164
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.6
83.7
189
166
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.0
86.8
189
164
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.8
90.3
187
163
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.8
94.1
189
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda
UGANDA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
296.69
11
  
0.40
137
2 Stroke
150.62
29
  
36.89
160
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
132.46
33
  
23.69
125
4 Coronary Heart Disease
130.92
69
  
68.80
155
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
82.98
29
  
1.95
119
6 Diabetes Mellitus
55.81
46
  
5.04
185
7 Tuberculosis
52.82
35
  
0.41
170
8 Malaria
50.16
22
  
0.01
104
9 Violence
47.20
7
  
1.14
160
10 Lung Disease
46.73
26
  
21.47
98
11 Other Injuries
34.87
9
  
5.54
170
12 Road Traffic Accidents
34.71
19
  
4.77
180
13 Kidney Disease
27.76
34
  
3.23
185
14 Hypertension
27.23
88
  
3.67
183
15 Maternal Conditions
25.46
20
  
0.15
151
16 Cervical Cancer
19.67
11
  
1.38
161
17 Low Birth Weight
19.65
40
  
3.39
144
18 Endocrine Disorders
18.53
25
  
3.13
147
19 Birth Trauma
18.32
27
  
0.64
166
20 Breast Cancer
17.84
83
  
23.62
20
21 Suicide
17.61
21
  
6.90
101
22 Asthma
17.50
28
  
1.09
153
23 Schistosomiasis
16.39
4
  
0.00
64
24 Inflammatory/Heart
15.52
30
  
2.97
152
25 Poisonings
15.32
9
  
2.81
89
26 Oesophagus Cancer
13.37
10
  
7.62
30
27 Trypanosomiasis
12.99
7
  
0.00
192
28 Prostate Cancer
12.38
23
  
8.21
58
29 Meningitis
12.12
31
  
0.41
149
30 Epilepsy
11.62
8
  
1.57
104
31 Stomach Cancer
9.82
58
  
4.81
130
32 Liver Cancer
9.73
53
  
3.07
164
33 Liver Disease
9.65
92
  
9.48
96
34 Pertussis
9.23
11
  
0.02
106
35 Drownings
9.18
15
  
0.35
187
36 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.17
48
  
17.08
14
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.81
19
  
2.54
123
38 Lymphomas
7.70
24
  
7.35
36
39 War
7.57
16
  
0.00
192
40 Malnutrition
7.17
53
  
0.07
172
41 Congenital Anomalies
6.78
72
  
3.68
164
42 Fires
6.55
13
  
0.45
158
43 Anaemia
6.46
36
  
0.15
171
44 Falls
5.92
46
  
3.51
109
45 Measles
5.86
10
  
0.00
97
46 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.35
126
  
15.49
33
47 Skin Disease
4.72
43
  
1.50
104
48 Oral Cancer
4.63
46
  
2.39
113
49 Other Neoplasms
4.58
41
  
2.95
92
50 Ovary Cancer
3.47
33
  
3.96
20
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Uganda
UGANDA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
65,762
17.70
  
266
0.06
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
38,919
10.48
  
37,348
8.00
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
37,645
10.13
  
3,081
0.66
4 Malaria
32,569
8.77
  
5
0.00
5 Stroke
15,762
4.24
  
55,919
11.98
6 Low Birth Weight
13,801
3.71
  
1,386
0.30
7 Coronary Heart Disease
13,569
3.65
  
92,299
19.77
8 Birth Trauma
12,869
3.46
  
262
0.06
9 Violence
11,373
3.06
  
703
0.15
10 Tuberculosis
9,867
2.66
  
443
0.09
11 Other Injuries
9,289
2.50
  
6,029
1.29
12 Road Traffic Accidents
8,192
2.21
  
3,073
0.66
13 Pertussis
6,475
1.74
  
6
0.00
14 Maternal Conditions
6,453
1.74
  
81
0.02
15 Diabetes Mellitus
5,967
1.61
  
6,682
1.43
16 Meningitis
5,702
1.53
  
278
0.06
17 Lung Disease
4,948
1.33
  
29,069
6.23
18 Poisonings
4,258
1.15
  
1,805
0.39
19 Congenital Anomalies
4,106
1.11
  
1,950
0.42
20 Measles
4,102
1.10
  
2
0.00
21 Malnutrition
3,605
0.97
  
85
0.02
22 Kidney Disease
3,463
0.93
  
4,804
1.03
23 Suicide
3,299
0.89
  
4,660
1.00
24 Trypanosomiasis
3,201
0.86
  
0
0.00
25 Hypertension
2,746
0.74
  
5,191
1.11
26 Schistosomiasis
2,614
0.70
  
1
0.00
27 Endocrine Disorders
2,480
0.67
  
3,056
0.65
28 Cervical Cancer
2,464
0.66
  
1,322
0.28
29 Fires
2,452
0.66
  
380
0.08
30 Drownings
2,447
0.66
  
233
0.05
31 Asthma
2,184
0.59
  
1,260
0.27
32 Epilepsy
2,133
0.57
  
1,201
0.26
33 Inflammatory/Heart
2,038
0.55
  
3,014
0.65
34 Lymphomas
1,725
0.46
  
8,744
1.87
35 War
1,656
0.45
  
0
0.00
36 Anaemia
1,627
0.44
  
260
0.06
37 Oesophagus Cancer
1,465
0.39
  
8,762
1.88
38 Syphilis
1,263
0.34
  
3
0.00
39 Prostate Cancer
1,249
0.34
  
11,508
2.46
40 Liver Disease
1,219
0.33
  
7,767
1.66
41 Liver Cancer
1,199
0.32
  
3,470
0.74
42 Breast Cancer
1,144
0.31
  
14,343
3.07
43 Stomach Cancer
1,120
0.30
  
6,006
1.29
44 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,101
0.30
  
3,294
0.71
45 Falls
1,036
0.28
  
4,450
0.95
46 Vitamin A Deficiency
946
0.25
  
0
0.00
47 Alzheimers/Dementia
824
0.22
  
29,116
6.24
48 Other Neoplasms
662
0.18
  
3,829
0.82
49 Colon-Rectum Cancers
622
0.17
  
18,951
4.06
50 Oral Cancer
553
0.15
  
2,428
0.52
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda
UGANDA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Cervical Cancer
19.67
11
  
1.38
161
2 Breast Cancer
17.84
83
  
23.62
20
3 Oesophagus Cancer
13.37
10
  
7.62
30
4 Prostate Cancer
12.38
23
  
8.21
58
5 Stomach Cancer
9.82
58
  
4.81
130
6 Liver Cancer
9.73
53
  
3.07
164
7 Lymphomas
7.70
24
  
7.35
36
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.35
126
  
15.49
33
9 Oral Cancer
4.63
46
  
2.39
113
10 Other Neoplasms
4.58
41
  
2.95
92
11 Ovary Cancer
3.47
33
  
3.96
20
12 Lung Cancers
2.57
163
  
30.98
18
13 Pancreas Cancer
1.61
140
  
6.81
39
14 Bladder Cancer
1.44
133
  
4.27
28
15 Skin Cancers
1.40
84
  
2.74
32
16 Leukemia
0.94
184
  
4.39
63
17 Uterin Cancer
0.86
109
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Uganda
UGANDA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
32,369,558
39
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
50.0 %
1
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
47.9 %
192
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.1 %
190
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
47.84
3
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
12.09
37
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
6.77
3
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
64.82
32
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.01
84
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.71
137
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-8.83
149
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.69
21
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
66.8
153
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
76.8
138
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
57.7
144
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
53.0
168
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
42.0
182
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$1,100
175
  
$36,600
23
 

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