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Uganda
COUNTRY #1
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UGANDA VS KENYA

Compare Uganda and Kenya 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.

Kenya
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
Uganda Population Pyramid
89,446,901
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Kenya Population Pyramid
91,575,092
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda UGANDA   Kenya KENYA
  Uganda UGANDA   Kenya KENYA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
  
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
1970
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
  
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
1980
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
  
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
1990
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
  
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
2000
45.1
48.0
46.6
176
176
176
  
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
2010
57.2
59.5
58.4
157
158
156
  
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
2019
63.2
70.1
66.7
148
133
136
  
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda UGANDA   Kenya KENYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.2
70.1
148
133
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age
63.2
70.1
148
133
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age 5
66.5
73.0
155
133
66.9
71.3
151
146
Age 10
67.1
73.5
154
132
67.2
71.6
152
148
Age 15
67.4
73.8
154
131
67.5
71.8
153
148
Age 20
67.9
74.1
154
130
67.9
72.1
153
148
Age 25
68.3
74.4
154
129
68.4
72.5
153
148
Age 30
68.9
74.8
154
129
68.9
73.0
155
148
Age 35
69.5
75.4
154
126
69.5
73.6
156
148
Age 40
70.3
75.9
153
123
70.3
74.4
154
146
Age 45
71.3
76.6
154
123
71.4
75.4
151
144
Age 50
72.5
77.4
154
119
72.7
76.6
149
142
Age 55
74.0
78.3
153
116
74.2
77.8
147
129
Age 60
75.7
79.4
152
113
76.0
79.1
144
124
Age 65
77.7
80.8
154
109
78.0
80.5
144
118
Age 70
80.1
82.4
153
109
80.3
82.2
139
119
Age 75
82.8
84.6
151
105
83.0
84.4
139
124
Age 80
86.0
87.2
145
98
86.0
87.0
138
124
Age 85
89.5
90.4
131
86
89.4
90.1
137
126
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda UGANDA   Kenya KENYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
99.89
72
92.66
81
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.33
131
72.70
144
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
81.99
41
85.68
38
4. HIV/AIDS
69.15
18
48.82
25
5. Road Traffic Accidents
53.60
6
48.00
12
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
46.00
40
53.46
31
7. Cervical Cancer
45.76
8
24.71
26
8. Diabetes Mellitus
40.31
60
30.43
88
9. Liver Disease
33.70
47
57.44
6
10. Hypertension
30.73
43
28.53
47
11. Malaria
30.23
31
33.54
29
12. Lung Disease
28.73
59
26.82
68
13. Prostate Cancer
25.14
45
24.17
51
14. Kidney Disease
24.60
77
23.30
91
15. Tuberculosis
24.27
45
49.91
18
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.36
60
18.35
76
17. Violence
17.69
24
7.07
65
18. Oesophagus Cancer
11.56
7
20.37
2
19. Asthma
11.28
56
9.95
65
20. Breast Cancer
11.12
150
19.76
51
21. Malnutrition
11.07
28
13.10
21
22. Suicide
10.45
65
11.01
60
23. Other Injuries
10.15
64
12.36
42
24. Maternal Conditions
9.90
33
11.72
28
25. Meningitis
9.73
36
13.96
19
26. Lymphomas
8.13
7
7.26
17
27. Birth Trauma
7.85
42
8.50
38
28. Falls
7.78
59
7.89
53
29. Liver Cancer
7.69
50
5.77
82
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.45
112
6.74
123
31. Low Birth Weight
7.36
61
8.13
53
32. Congenital Anomalies
6.31
78
6.20
86
33. Ovary Cancer
5.62
44
6.41
25
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.66
63
4.78
61
35. Stomach Cancer
4.55
124
10.16
43
36. Inflammatory/Heart
4.44
95
4.22
105
37. Oral Cancer
4.38
50
7.82
13
38. Parkinson's Disease
4.10
93
3.79
112
39. Lung Cancers
3.20
157
3.20
156
40. Endocrine Disorders
2.94
115
2.69
125
41. Uterin Cancer
2.93
60
3.07
51
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
116
3.59
96
43. Fires
2.83
54
3.66
34
44. Leukemia
2.67
137
4.48
44
45. Skin Cancers
2.54
51
3.16
26
46. Drownings
2.33
95
2.27
103
47. Poisonings
2.33
39
3.34
13
48. Syphilis
2.33
5
0.55
55
49. Pertussis
2.25
38
1.30
59
50. Epilepsy
1.99
70
2.27
52
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uganda UGANDA   Kenya KENYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
21,188
10.21
20,885
7.93
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
18,865
9.09
22,571
8.57
3. Malaria
13,576
6.54
12,652
4.80
4. Road Traffic Accidents
13,012
6.27
14,883
5.65
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
12,103
5.83
15,420
5.85
6. Stroke
11,181
5.39
15,895
6.03
7. Birth Trauma
10,405
5.01
9,957
3.78
8. Low Birth Weight
9,673
4.66
9,562
3.63
9. Coronary Heart Disease
8,784
4.23
11,972
4.54
10. Tuberculosis
7,255
3.50
19,655
7.46
11. Congenital Anomalies
6,641
3.20
6,115
2.32
12. Violence
6,175
2.98
2,942
1.12
13. Liver Disease
5,122
2.47
13,405
5.09
14. Diabetes Mellitus
4,794
2.31
5,651
2.15
15. Cervical Cancer
4,378
2.11
3,389
1.29
16. Meningitis
3,718
1.79
5,364
2.04
17. Maternal Conditions
3,641
1.75
5,651
2.15
18. Malnutrition
3,317
1.60
4,212
1.60
19. Kidney Disease
3,168
1.53
4,464
1.69
20. Other Injuries
3,130
1.51
4,336
1.65
21. Hypertension
3,120
1.50
4,418
1.68
22. Lung Disease
3,051
1.47
4,280
1.62
23. Syphilis
2,235
1.08
449
0.17
24. Suicide
2,033
0.98
3,214
1.22
25. Pertussis
1,909
0.92
1,014
0.38
26. Lymphomas
1,762
0.85
1,931
0.73
27. Asthma
1,745
0.84
2,300
0.87
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,674
0.81
4,373
1.66
29. Liver Cancer
1,522
0.73
1,351
0.51
30. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,286
0.62
1,827
0.69
31. Drownings
1,238
0.60
1,200
0.46
32. Breast Cancer
1,128
0.54
2,658
1.01
33. Falls
1,127
0.54
1,465
0.56
34. Prostate Cancer
950
0.46
1,292
0.49
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
919
0.44
1,477
0.56
36. Fires
872
0.42
1,316
0.50
37. Inflammatory/Heart
859
0.41
1,121
0.43
38. Endocrine Disorders
761
0.37
831
0.32
39. Poisonings
745
0.36
1,269
0.48
40. Oral Cancer
731
0.35
1,842
0.70
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
687
0.33
1,089
0.41
42. Leukemia
599
0.29
1,327
0.50
43. Epilepsy
599
0.29
832
0.32
44. Ovary Cancer
519
0.25
795
0.30
45. Stomach Cancer
515
0.25
2,010
0.76
46. Lung Cancers
441
0.21
669
0.25
47. Pancreas Cancer
358
0.17
716
0.27
48. Parkinson's Disease
351
0.17
470
0.18
49. Skin Cancers
349
0.17
638
0.24
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
348
0.17
408
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda UGANDA   Kenya KENYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
45.76
8
24.71
26
2. Prostate Cancer
25.14
45
24.17
51
3. Oesophagus Cancer
11.56
7
20.37
2
4. Breast Cancer
11.12
150
19.76
51
5. Lymphomas
8.13
7
7.26
17
6. Liver Cancer
7.69
50
5.77
82
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.45
112
6.74
123
8. Ovary Cancer
5.62
44
6.41
25
9. Stomach Cancer
4.55
124
10.16
43
10. Oral Cancer
4.38
50
7.82
13
11. Lung Cancers
3.20
157
3.20
156
12. Uterin Cancer
2.93
60
3.07
51
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
116
3.59
96
14. Leukemia
2.67
137
4.48
44
15. Skin Cancers
2.54
51
3.16
26
16. Bladder Cancer
1.70
113
1.69
115
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.