URUGUAY VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,554	1	4,265	- 710
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,987	6	1,370	+ 1,617
Lung Disease	3	1,693	4	1,706	- 13
Stroke	4	1,668	2	2,850	- 1,182
Kidney Disease	5	990	8	1,040	- 49
Lung Cancers	6	730	5	1,463	- 733
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	651	7	1,245	- 594
Breast Cancer	8	515	9	848	- 333
Diabetes Mellitus	9	498	11	747	- 249
Road Traffic Accidents	10	459	16	512	- 53
Hypertension	11	423	15	648	- 226
Other Injuries	12	411	10	774	- 363
Inflammatory/Heart	13	401	22	314	+ 86
Pancreas Cancer	14	336	14	656	- 320
Prostate Cancer	15	329	13	707	- 379
Liver Disease	16	294	27	206	+ 88
Endocrine Disorders	17	291	17	487	- 197
Suicide	18	273	12	735	- 462
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	272	3	1,899	- 1,626
Stomach Cancer	20	257	18	480	- 223
Other Neoplasms	21	235	19	464	- 229
Skin Disease	22	231	36	130	+ 101
Violence	23	198	23	295	- 97
Lymphomas	24	197	20	457	- 260
Cervical Cancer	25	181	29	172	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	26	176	30	170	+ 6
Leukemia	27	160	25	280	- 121
Low Birth Weight	28	159	42	73	+ 86
Oesophagus Cancer	29	150	24	286	- 137
Liver Cancer	30	149	34	147	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	31	122	26	276	- 154
HIV/AIDS	32	108	28	195	- 87
Ovary Cancer	33	95	32	160	- 65
Skin Cancers	34	78	33	149	- 71
Oral Cancer	35	78	31	167	- 89
Parkinson's Disease	36	70	21	320	- 250
Uterin Cancer	37	69	38	115	- 46
Malnutrition	38	68	43	73	- 5
Drug Use	39	60	49	41	+ 20
Anemia	40	50	44	71	- 20
Tuberculosis	41	48	41	81	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	42	35	134	- 92
Falls	43	37	47	55	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	36	46	57	- 21
Chagas disease	45	33	61	5	+ 28
Alcohol	46	32	39	104	- 72
Asthma	47	29	37	127	- 98
Drownings	48	28	45	65	- 37
Birth Trauma	49	27	53	22	+ 5
Epilepsy	50	24	40	86	- 62
Meningitis	51	23	58	10	+ 13
Fires	52	20	48	54	- 34
Maternal Conditions	53	20	60	9	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	18	51	35	- 17
Poisonings	55	14	55	17	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	10	50	39	- 29
Hepatitis C	57	8	65	3	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	58	7	56	13	- 6
Osteoarthritis	59	5	52	32	- 27
Appendicitis	60	5	59	9	- 4
Schizophrenia	61	4	54	18	- 14
Hepatitis B	62	4	63	4	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	3	57	12	- 9
Encephalitis	64	1	64	4	- 3
Syphilis	65	1	66	3	- 2
Oral conditions	66	1	68	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	5	- 4
Pertussis	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	69	0	- 0
War	70	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	67	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Argentina

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.