Uganda - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 74.73
2010 65.33
2015 57.70
2019 51.66

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 6.11
2010 9.39
2015 11.31
2019 12.76

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 19.16
2010 25.28
2015 30.99
2019 35.58

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Uganda was 18.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 18.20 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 25.30
2001 25.00
2002 24.50
2003 24.10
2004 24.10
2005 24.20
2006 23.50
2007 21.80
2008 20.50
2009 20.20
2010 19.70
2011 19.50
2012 18.70
2013 18.60
2014 18.60
2015 18.50
2016 18.80
2017 18.30
2018 18.20
2019 18.30

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Uganda was 24.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 36.20 in 2000, while its lowest value was 24.70 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 36.20
2001 35.80
2002 35.20
2003 34.80
2004 34.70
2005 34.60
2006 33.60
2007 31.90
2008 30.70
2009 30.10
2010 29.40
2011 29.10
2012 28.40
2013 27.80
2014 26.80
2015 26.10
2016 25.90
2017 24.90
2018 24.70
2019 24.70

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Uganda was 21.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 30.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 21.10 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 30.30
2001 29.90
2002 29.30
2003 29.00
2004 28.90
2005 28.90
2006 28.10
2007 26.30
2008 25.10
2009 24.60
2010 24.10
2011 23.90
2012 23.10
2013 22.80
2014 22.30
2015 21.90
2016 22.00
2017 21.30
2018 21.10
2019 21.20

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 155.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 156.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 155.70

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Uganda was 1.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.20 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.70 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.20
2001 3.20
2002 2.90
2003 2.90
2004 3.10
2005 3.10
2006 2.90
2007 2.70
2008 2.50
2009 2.50
2010 2.40
2011 2.40
2012 2.30
2013 2.10
2014 2.00
2015 1.90
2016 1.90
2017 1.70
2018 1.70
2019 1.70

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Uganda was 1.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.30 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.20 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.20
2001 2.30
2002 2.00
2003 2.00
2004 2.20
2005 2.20
2006 2.10
2007 1.90
2008 1.80
2009 1.80
2010 1.80
2011 1.80
2012 1.60
2013 1.50
2014 1.40
2015 1.40
2016 1.40
2017 1.30
2018 1.20
2019 1.20

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Uganda was 2.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.30 in 2001 and a minimum value of 2.20 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 4.30
2001 4.30
2002 3.90
2003 3.80
2004 4.00
2005 4.00
2006 3.80
2007 3.50
2008 3.30
2009 3.20
2010 3.10
2011 3.10
2012 3.00
2013 2.80
2014 2.60
2015 2.50
2016 2.40
2017 2.20
2018 2.20
2019 2.20

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Uganda was 1.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.50 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.60 in 2014.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 4.50
2001 4.30
2002 4.10
2003 4.00
2004 4.00
2005 4.30
2006 4.30
2007 3.40
2008 2.90
2009 2.80
2010 2.60
2011 2.50
2012 2.00
2013 1.70
2014 1.60
2015 1.70
2016 1.80
2017 1.60
2018 1.60
2019 1.70

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Uganda was 7.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 7.40 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 16.00
2001 15.50
2002 14.90
2003 14.90
2004 15.00
2005 15.20
2006 14.60
2007 12.80
2008 11.40
2009 10.90
2010 10.20
2011 10.20
2012 9.50
2013 8.90
2014 8.10
2015 7.80
2016 7.80
2017 7.40
2018 7.40
2019 7.60

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Uganda was 4.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.20 in 2000 and a minimum value of 4.40 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 10.20
2001 9.80
2002 9.40
2003 9.40
2004 9.50
2005 9.70
2006 9.40
2007 8.00
2008 7.10
2009 6.80
2010 6.30
2011 6.30
2012 5.70
2013 5.20
2014 4.80
2015 4.70
2016 4.70
2017 4.40
2018 4.40
2019 4.60

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Uganda was 29.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.90 in 2000 and a minimum value of 28.40 in 2011.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 33.90
2001 33.60
2002 33.30
2003 32.70
2004 32.40
2005 32.50
2006 31.80
2007 31.80
2008 31.70
2009 31.90
2010 32.30
2011 28.40
2012 29.50
2013 29.90
2014 30.20
2015 30.30
2016 30.40
2017 29.90
2018 29.70
2019 29.40

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 31.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors