JAMAICA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,214	7	757	+ 457
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,081	15	393	+ 688
Malaria	3	778	72	0	+ 778
Road Traffic Accidents	4	746	12	444	+ 302
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	693	42	35	+ 659
Stroke	6	641	1	2,415	- 1,774
Birth Trauma	7	596	37	65	+ 531
Low Birth Weight	8	554	18	241	+ 314
Coronary Heart Disease	9	503	3	1,726	- 1,223
Tuberculosis	10	416	54	8	+ 408
Congenital Anomalies	11	380	23	139	+ 242
Violence	12	354	4	1,484	- 1,130
Liver Disease	13	293	21	155	+ 139
Diabetes Mellitus	14	275	2	2,077	- 1,802
Cervical Cancer	15	251	16	358	- 107
Meningitis	16	213	47	16	+ 197
Maternal Conditions	17	209	43	35	+ 174
Malnutrition	18	190	40	48	+ 142
Kidney Disease	19	182	6	793	- 611
Other Injuries	20	179	31	91	+ 89
Hypertension	21	179	8	651	- 472
Lung Disease	22	175	11	452	- 277
Syphilis	23	128	60	1	+ 127
Suicide	24	116	35	70	+ 46
Pertussis	25	109	67	0	+ 109
Lymphomas	26	101	17	251	- 150
Asthma	27	100	36	65	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	28	96	34	74	+ 22
Liver Cancer	29	87	29	101	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	74	9	587	- 514
Drownings	31	71	51	10	+ 61
Breast Cancer	32	65	14	413	- 349
Falls	33	65	33	82	- 17
Prostate Cancer	34	54	5	883	- 829
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	53	13	436	- 384
Fires	36	50	46	16	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	37	49	24	133	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	38	44	20	176	- 133
Poisonings	39	43	57	2	+ 40
Oral Cancer	40	42	39	59	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	39	32	82	- 43
Leukemia	42	34	26	129	- 95
Epilepsy	43	34	41	46	- 12
Ovary Cancer	44	30	30	97	- 67
Stomach Cancer	45	30	19	231	- 201
Lung Cancers	46	25	10	472	- 447
Pancreas Cancer	47	21	27	119	- 98
Parkinson's Disease	48	20	25	132	- 112
Skin Cancers	49	20	52	10	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	20	44	27	- 7
Measles	51	20	77	0	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	52	16	74	0	+ 16
Tetanus	53	16	63	0	+ 15
Alcohol	54	15	55	7	+ 7
Skin Disease	55	14	22	145	- 131
Uterin Cancer	56	13	28	106	- 93
Drug Use	57	13	48	13	+ 0
Appendicitis	58	12	53	9	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	59	10	38	60	- 49
Upper Respiratory	60	8	65	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	61	7	59	1	+ 6
Encephalitis	62	7	49	13	- 6
War	63	5	61	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	50	11	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	65	3	75	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	2	45	19	- 16
Hepatitis C	67	2	64	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	56	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	66	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.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.