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Afghanistan
COUNTRY #1
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AFGHANISTAN VS UGANDA

Compare Afghanistan and Uganda health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Uganda
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
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Uganda Population Pyramid
89,446,901
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Uganda UGANDA
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Uganda UGANDA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
  
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
1970
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
  
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
1980
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
  
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
1990
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
  
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
2000
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
  
45.1
48.0
46.6
176
176
176
2010
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
  
57.2
59.5
58.4
157
158
156
2019
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
  
63.2
70.1
66.7
148
133
136
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Uganda UGANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.3
63.2
147
174
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age
63.3
63.2
147
174
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age 5
67.5
66.9
146
177
66.5
73.0
155
133
Age 10
67.7
67.0
147
178
67.1
73.5
154
132
Age 15
67.8
67.1
150
178
67.4
73.8
154
131
Age 20
68.1
67.4
150
179
67.9
74.1
154
130
Age 25
68.6
67.8
149
180
68.3
74.4
154
129
Age 30
69.2
68.3
149
180
68.9
74.8
154
129
Age 35
69.7
68.9
149
180
69.5
75.4
154
126
Age 40
70.4
69.6
151
180
70.3
75.9
153
123
Age 45
71.3
70.6
156
180
71.3
76.6
154
123
Age 50
72.3
71.8
157
180
72.5
77.4
154
119
Age 55
73.7
73.2
157
180
74.0
78.3
153
116
Age 60
75.4
75.1
157
181
75.7
79.4
152
113
Age 65
77.5
77.2
160
181
77.7
80.8
154
109
Age 70
79.9
79.6
158
181
80.1
82.4
153
109
Age 75
82.7
82.4
156
180
82.8
84.6
151
105
Age 80
85.8
85.6
154
174
86.0
87.2
145
98
Age 85
89.2
89.1
156
171
89.5
90.4
131
86
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Uganda UGANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
301.71
6
82.33
131
2. Stroke
149.10
25
99.89
72
3. War
121.55
1
0.21
39
4. Hypertension
65.86
4
30.73
43
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
49.80
62
81.99
41
6. Kidney Disease
46.10
15
24.60
77
7. Tuberculosis
41.14
24
24.27
45
8. Diabetes Mellitus
40.94
58
40.31
60
9. Lung Disease
37.01
32
28.73
59
10. Liver Disease
27.20
67
33.70
47
11. Maternal Conditions
25.94
4
9.90
33
12. Asthma
24.23
13
11.28
56
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.34
26
19.36
60
14. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
11.12
150
15. Road Traffic Accidents
19.81
76
53.60
6
16. Other Injuries
13.02
36
10.15
64
17. Low Birth Weight
12.07
17
7.36
61
18. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.64
9
4.66
63
19. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
4.55
124
20. Birth Trauma
10.16
24
7.85
42
21. Violence
9.87
52
17.69
24
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
9.72
68
46.00
40
23. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
11.56
7
24. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
4.38
50
25. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
3.20
157
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.42
70
6.31
78
27. Parkinson's Disease
5.98
24
4.10
93
28. Suicide
5.96
129
10.45
65
29. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.86
17
1.93
72
30. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
45.76
8
31. Meningitis
5.20
48
9.73
36
32. Falls
5.13
99
7.78
59
33. Hepatitis B
4.96
1
0.69
51
34. Encephalitis
4.57
1
0.44
86
35. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
25.14
45
36. Lymphomas
4.32
108
8.13
7
37. Endocrine Disorders
4.30
80
2.94
115
38. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
7.69
50
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
7.45
112
40. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
5.62
44
41. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
2.93
60
42. Pertussis
3.38
22
2.25
38
43. Inflammatory/Heart
3.32
130
4.44
95
44. Drownings
2.78
78
2.33
95
45. Epilepsy
2.70
37
1.99
70
46. Tetanus
2.49
6
0.51
45
47. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
1.70
113
48. Leukemia
1.95
154
2.67
137
49. HIV/AIDS
1.72
110
69.15
18
50. Fires
1.60
89
2.83
54
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Uganda UGANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,195
17.35
8,784
4.23
2. War
25,620
11.06
88
0.04
3. Stroke
19,060
8.23
11,181
5.39
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
14,649
6.32
18,865
9.09
5. Low Birth Weight
12,631
5.45
9,673
4.66
6. Birth Trauma
10,723
4.63
10,405
5.01
7. Tuberculosis
9,839
4.25
7,255
3.50
8. Hypertension
7,995
3.45
3,120
1.50
9. Maternal Conditions
7,807
3.37
3,641
1.75
10. Kidney Disease
6,590
2.85
3,168
1.53
11. Road Traffic Accidents
6,033
2.60
13,012
6.27
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,750
2.48
4,794
2.31
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,555
2.40
12,103
5.83
14. Congenital Anomalies
5,001
2.16
6,641
3.20
15. Lung Disease
4,650
2.01
3,051
1.47
16. Liver Disease
4,600
1.99
5,122
2.47
17. Asthma
3,403
1.47
1,745
0.84
18. Other Injuries
3,241
1.40
3,130
1.51
19. Violence
3,217
1.39
6,175
2.98
20. Meningitis
2,626
1.13
3,718
1.79
21. Pertussis
2,107
0.91
1,909
0.92
22. Breast Cancer
1,822
0.79
1,128
0.54
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,765
0.76
1,286
0.62
24. Suicide
1,573
0.68
2,033
0.98
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,505
0.65
687
0.33
26. Stomach Cancer
1,501
0.65
515
0.25
27. Oral Cancer
1,467
0.63
731
0.35
28. Endocrine Disorders
1,364
0.59
761
0.37
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1,314
0.57
1,674
0.81
30. Tetanus
1,254
0.54
271
0.13
31. Encephalitis
1,190
0.51
122
0.06
32. Lung Cancers
1,076
0.46
441
0.21
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,041
0.45
348
0.17
34. Drownings
996
0.43
1,238
0.60
35. Epilepsy
993
0.43
599
0.29
36. Lymphomas
946
0.41
1,762
0.85
37. Falls
905
0.39
1,127
0.54
38. Hepatitis B
863
0.37
123
0.06
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
741
0.32
919
0.44
40. Liver Cancer
657
0.28
1,522
0.73
41. Parkinson's Disease
628
0.27
351
0.17
42. Leukemia
610
0.26
599
0.29
43. Malnutrition
589
0.25
3,317
1.60
44. Cervical Cancer
541
0.23
4,378
2.11
45. Inflammatory/Heart
527
0.23
859
0.41
46. HIV/AIDS
464
0.20
21,188
10.21
47. Poisonings
384
0.17
745
0.36
48. Ovary Cancer
369
0.16
519
0.25
49. Measles
350
0.15
343
0.17
50. Fires
348
0.15
872
0.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Uganda UGANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
11.12
150
2. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
4.55
124
3. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
11.56
7
4. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
4.38
50
5. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
3.20
157
6. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
45.76
8
7. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
25.14
45
8. Lymphomas
4.32
108
8.13
7
9. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
7.69
50
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
7.45
112
11. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
5.62
44
12. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
2.93
60
13. Leukemia
1.95
154
2.67
137
14. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
1.70
113
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.54
153
2.88
116
16. Skin Cancers
1.03
138
2.54
51
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.