URUGUAY VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,370	1	4,265	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,693	3	1,899	+ 794
Stroke	3	2,118	2	2,850	- 731
Lung Cancers	4	1,938	5	1,463	+ 475
Lung Disease	5	1,841	4	1,706	+ 135
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,624	6	1,370	+ 253
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	952	7	1,245	- 293
Kidney Disease	8	844	8	1,040	- 196
Breast Cancer	9	740	9	848	- 108
Suicide	10	604	12	735	- 132
Other Injuries	11	574	10	774	- 200
Other Neoplasms	12	523	19	464	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	13	522	13	707	- 185
Pancreas Cancer	14	517	14	656	- 138
Falls	15	502	47	55	+ 447
Lymphomas	16	444	20	457	- 13
Liver Disease	17	410	27	206	+ 204
Endocrine Disorders	18	409	17	487	- 78
Parkinson's Disease	19	394	21	320	+ 74
Diabetes Mellitus	20	363	11	747	- 384
Leukemia	21	343	25	280	+ 63
Bladder Cancer	22	308	26	276	+ 32
Inflammatory/Heart	23	303	22	314	- 11
Liver Cancer	24	279	34	147	+ 132
Oesophagus Cancer	25	257	24	286	- 29
Stomach Cancer	26	247	18	480	- 233
Hypertension	27	212	15	648	- 437
Oral Cancer	28	193	31	167	+ 26
Road Traffic Accidents	29	190	16	512	- 321
Ovary Cancer	30	187	32	160	+ 26
Skin Cancers	31	149	33	149	+ 0
Alcohol	32	143	39	104	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	119	35	134	- 15
Uterin Cancer	34	110	38	115	- 5
Skin Disease	35	109	36	130	- 21
Epilepsy	36	99	40	86	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	84	50	39	+ 45
Malnutrition	38	83	43	73	+ 10
Drug Use	39	82	49	41	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	40	81	30	170	- 89
Cervical Cancer	41	69	29	172	- 103
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	61	46	57	+ 4
Anemia	43	57	44	71	- 14
Violence	44	43	23	295	- 252
Multiple Sclerosis	45	42	56	13	+ 29
Asthma	46	37	37	127	- 90
Drownings	47	22	45	65	- 42
Fires	48	21	48	54	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	21	51	35	- 14
Low Birth Weight	50	20	42	73	- 54
Osteoarthritis	51	17	52	32	- 16
Hepatitis C	52	15	65	3	+ 12
Birth Trauma	53	13	53	22	- 9
Tuberculosis	54	13	41	81	- 67
Poisonings	55	12	55	17	- 5
Schizophrenia	56	11	54	18	- 7
HIV/AIDS	57	10	28	195	- 185
Meningitis	58	8	58	10	- 2
Upper Respiratory	59	6	62	5	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	6	57	12	- 7
Oral conditions	61	5	68	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	5	59	9	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	5	63	4	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	2	60	9	- 7
Otitis Media	65	1	67	2	- 1
Encephalitis	66	0	64	4	- 4
War	67	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	66	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Tetanus	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	83	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

Belgium

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.