URUGUAY VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,860	1	4,265	- 1,404
Stroke	2	2,434	2	2,850	- 416
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,841	11	747	+ 1,094
Hypertension	4	873	15	648	+ 225
Prostate Cancer	5	863	13	707	+ 156
Breast Cancer	6	861	9	848	+ 13
Kidney Disease	7	839	8	1,040	- 201
Endocrine Disorders	8	802	17	487	+ 315
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	780	6	1,370	- 590
Other Injuries	10	673	10	774	- 101
Lung Disease	11	565	4	1,706	- 1,141
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	518	7	1,245	- 726
Skin Disease	13	297	36	130	+ 167
Cervical Cancer	14	293	29	172	+ 121
Stomach Cancer	15	238	18	480	- 242
Lung Cancers	16	222	5	1,463	- 1,241
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	221	3	1,899	- 1,678
HIV/AIDS	18	203	28	195	+ 8
Lymphomas	19	201	20	457	- 256
Uterin Cancer	20	192	38	115	+ 77
Inflammatory/Heart	21	188	22	314	- 126
Anemia	22	172	44	71	+ 102
Pancreas Cancer	23	169	14	656	- 486
Leukemia	24	161	25	280	- 120
Liver Cancer	25	151	34	147	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	26	142	30	170	- 28
Epilepsy	27	118	40	86	+ 32
Liver Disease	28	117	27	206	- 89
Alcohol	29	115	39	104	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	30	111	32	160	- 49
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	108	57	12	+ 95
Other Neoplasms	32	100	19	464	- 364
Oral Cancer	33	85	31	167	- 82
Violence	34	78	23	295	- 217
Drownings	35	78	45	65	+ 13
Asthma	36	64	37	127	- 63
Low Birth Weight	37	56	42	73	- 17
Malnutrition	38	44	43	73	- 29
Appendicitis	39	43	59	9	+ 34
Drug Use	40	41	49	41	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	41	37	26	276	- 239
Parkinson's Disease	42	34	21	320	- 287
Skin Cancers	43	34	33	149	- 115
Birth Trauma	44	32	53	22	+ 10
Schizophrenia	45	31	54	18	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	28	35	134	- 107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	27	46	57	- 29
Poisonings	48	24	55	17	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	20	50	39	- 19
Tuberculosis	50	18	41	81	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	15	51	35	- 20
Maternal Conditions	52	14	60	9	+ 6
Meningitis	53	14	58	10	+ 3
Suicide	54	13	12	735	- 723
Otitis Media	55	10	67	2	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	56	9	56	13	- 4
Fires	57	6	48	54	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	58	4	24	286	- 282
War	59	1	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	60	0	66	3	- 3
Chlamydia	61	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	62	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	64	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	68	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	84	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	62	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	64	4	- 4
Hepatitis B	74	0	63	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	16	512	- 512
Falls	82	0	47	55	- 55
Oral conditions	83	0	68	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Antigua/Bar.

Uruguay

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.