URUGUAY VS AUSTRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,737	1	4,265	+ 2,472
Stroke	2	1,989	2	2,850	- 860
Lung Cancers	3	1,611	5	1,463	+ 148
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,594	3	1,899	- 304
Lung Disease	5	1,569	4	1,706	- 138
Hypertension	6	1,375	15	648	+ 727
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	888	7	1,245	- 357
Kidney Disease	8	858	8	1,040	- 182
Diabetes Mellitus	9	800	11	747	+ 52
Pancreas Cancer	10	726	14	656	+ 71
Breast Cancer	11	709	9	848	- 139
Other Injuries	12	649	10	774	- 125
Influenza and Pneumonia	13	597	6	1,370	- 773
Inflammatory/Heart	14	579	22	314	+ 265
Prostate Cancer	15	573	13	707	- 134
Liver Disease	16	522	27	206	+ 316
Suicide	17	499	12	735	- 236
Lymphomas	18	446	20	457	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	19	421	21	320	+ 101
Endocrine Disorders	20	411	17	487	- 76
Falls	21	375	47	55	+ 320
Liver Cancer	22	352	34	147	+ 205
Leukemia	23	336	25	280	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	24	312	18	480	- 168
Other Neoplasms	25	311	19	464	- 153
Bladder Cancer	26	236	26	276	- 40
Oral Cancer	27	235	31	167	+ 67
Skin Cancers	28	223	33	149	+ 74
Alcohol	29	206	39	104	+ 101
Ovary Cancer	30	196	32	160	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	31	166	16	512	- 345
Oesophagus Cancer	32	155	24	286	- 131
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	145	50	39	+ 106
Congenital Anomalies	34	125	30	170	- 45
Uterin Cancer	35	105	38	115	- 10
Epilepsy	36	85	40	86	- 1
Cervical Cancer	37	78	29	172	- 94
Multiple Sclerosis	38	65	56	13	+ 52
Drug Use	39	62	49	41	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	58	35	134	- 76
Hepatitis C	41	56	65	3	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	54	46	57	- 3
Skin Disease	43	38	36	130	- 92
Anemia	44	38	44	71	- 33
Asthma	45	31	37	127	- 96
Malnutrition	46	27	43	73	- 46
Violence	47	18	23	295	- 277
Drownings	48	16	45	65	- 49
HIV/AIDS	49	16	28	195	- 180
Tuberculosis	50	16	41	81	- 65
Low Birth Weight	51	15	42	73	- 58
Fires	52	14	48	54	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	13	51	35	- 21
Birth Trauma	54	13	53	22	- 9
Upper Respiratory	55	10	62	5	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	57	12	- 4
Osteoarthritis	57	8	52	32	- 24
Meningitis	58	8	58	10	- 2
Appendicitis	59	6	59	9	- 3
Poisonings	60	6	55	17	- 11
Oral conditions	61	3	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	3	63	4	- 1
Schizophrenia	63	2	54	18	- 16
Maternal Conditions	64	2	60	9	- 7
Otitis Media	65	0	67	2	- 1
Syphilis	66	0	66	3	- 2
War	67	0	70	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	64	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Chlamydia	78	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Austria

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.