URUGUAY VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,757	1	4,265	- 1,507
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,995	3	1,899	+ 96
Stroke	3	1,322	2	2,850	- 1,528
Lung Cancers	4	1,122	5	1,463	- 341
Lung Disease	5	1,086	4	1,706	- 620
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	794	7	1,245	- 450
Diabetes Mellitus	7	572	11	747	- 175
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	569	6	1,370	- 801
Prostate Cancer	9	482	13	707	- 225
Breast Cancer	10	436	9	848	- 412
Suicide	11	403	12	735	- 332
Kidney Disease	12	402	8	1,040	- 638
Pancreas Cancer	13	399	14	656	- 257
Falls	14	399	47	55	+ 344
Lymphomas	15	389	20	457	- 68
Endocrine Disorders	16	298	17	487	- 189
Skin Cancers	17	297	33	149	+ 148
Leukemia	18	272	25	280	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	19	261	21	320	- 60
Liver Cancer	20	261	34	147	+ 113
Drug Use	21	228	49	41	+ 188
Other Injuries	22	210	10	774	- 564
Hypertension	23	209	15	648	- 440
Inflammatory/Heart	24	201	22	314	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	25	191	24	286	- 95
Liver Disease	26	182	27	206	- 24
Stomach Cancer	27	165	18	480	- 315
Other Neoplasms	28	160	19	464	- 303
Road Traffic Accidents	29	159	16	512	- 352
Bladder Cancer	30	152	26	276	- 124
Ovary Cancer	31	128	32	160	- 32
Oral Cancer	32	124	31	167	- 43
Congenital Anomalies	33	91	30	170	- 79
Skin Disease	34	76	36	130	- 54
Uterin Cancer	35	67	38	115	- 48
Asthma	36	58	37	127	- 69
Alcohol	37	49	39	104	- 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	48	50	39	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	39	44	29	172	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	38	35	134	- 96
Epilepsy	41	36	40	86	- 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	35	46	57	- 21
Low Birth Weight	43	32	42	73	- 42
Violence	44	31	23	295	- 264
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	29	51	35	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	46	24	56	13	+ 11
Drownings	47	23	45	65	- 42
Hepatitis C	48	22	65	3	+ 19
Anemia	49	20	44	71	- 50
Birth Trauma	50	18	53	22	- 4
Malnutrition	51	15	43	73	- 58
Osteoarthritis	52	15	52	32	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	9	57	12	- 3
Schizophrenia	54	8	54	18	- 10
Fires	55	7	48	54	- 48
Tuberculosis	56	7	41	81	- 74
HIV/AIDS	57	6	28	195	- 189
Hepatitis B	58	5	63	4	+ 1
Oral conditions	59	5	68	1	+ 4
Meningitis	60	5	58	10	- 5
Poisonings	61	4	55	17	- 12
Appendicitis	62	3	59	9	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	3	60	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	5	- 3
War	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	67	2	- 1
Syphilis	67	0	66	3	- 2
Encephalitis	68	0	64	4	- 4
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	61	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Australia

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.