URUGUAY VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,786	1	4,265	- 1,479
Stroke	2	1,868	2	2,850	- 982
Hypertension	3	1,649	15	648	+ 1,000
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,280	11	747	+ 533
Violence	5	1,238	23	295	+ 943
HIV/AIDS	6	1,119	28	195	+ 924
Kidney Disease	7	999	8	1,040	- 41
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	814	6	1,370	- 557
Breast Cancer	9	574	9	848	- 274
Other Injuries	10	559	10	774	- 215
Liver Disease	11	558	27	206	+ 353
Prostate Cancer	12	546	13	707	- 162
Endocrine Disorders	13	514	17	487	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	445	3	1,899	- 1,453
Inflammatory/Heart	15	391	22	314	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	353	7	1,245	- 892
Lung Disease	17	277	4	1,706	- 1,429
Road Traffic Accidents	18	252	16	512	- 260
Lung Cancers	19	244	5	1,463	- 1,219
Skin Disease	20	221	36	130	+ 91
Drownings	21	217	45	65	+ 152
Lymphomas	22	207	20	457	- 250
Cervical Cancer	23	171	29	172	- 1
Alcohol	24	167	39	104	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	25	148	18	480	- 332
Falls	26	147	47	55	+ 92
Parkinson's Disease	27	140	21	320	- 180
Low Birth Weight	28	137	42	73	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	29	132	30	170	- 38
Uterin Cancer	30	116	38	115	+ 1
Suicide	31	115	12	735	- 621
Liver Cancer	32	99	34	147	- 49
Fires	33	87	48	54	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	86	46	57	+ 30
Leukemia	35	84	25	280	- 196
Ovary Cancer	36	83	32	160	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	37	81	14	656	- 574
Oesophagus Cancer	38	73	24	286	- 214
Asthma	39	71	37	127	- 56
Epilepsy	40	65	40	86	- 21
Maternal Conditions	41	53	60	9	+ 45
Birth Trauma	42	52	53	22	+ 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	43	35	134	- 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	36	50	39	- 3
Malnutrition	45	35	43	73	- 38
Oral Cancer	46	29	31	167	- 138
Other Neoplasms	47	27	19	464	- 436
Drug Use	48	21	49	41	- 20
Meningitis	49	21	58	10	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	50	18	26	276	- 259
Encephalitis	51	15	64	4	+ 11
Appendicitis	52	15	59	9	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	13	51	35	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	54	13	56	13	- 1
Skin Cancers	55	7	33	149	- 142
Poisonings	56	5	55	17	- 11
War	57	5	70	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	58	3	41	81	- 77
Dengue	59	2	83	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	63	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	5	- 3
Tetanus	62	1	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	63	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	69	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	71	- 71
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Oral conditions	84	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	86	0	52	32	- 32
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Bahamas

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.