URUGUAY VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,581	1	4,265	- 1,684
Stroke	2	1,918	2	2,850	- 932
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,474	6	1,370	+ 104
Violence	4	1,071	23	295	+ 776
Diabetes Mellitus	5	928	11	747	+ 181
Lung Disease	6	924	4	1,706	- 782
Kidney Disease	7	587	8	1,040	- 453
Road Traffic Accidents	8	527	16	512	+ 16
Lung Cancers	9	493	5	1,463	- 970
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	478	3	1,899	- 1,420
Hypertension	11	449	15	648	- 200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	361	7	1,245	- 884
Liver Disease	13	333	27	206	+ 128
Breast Cancer	14	323	9	848	- 525
Prostate Cancer	15	296	13	707	- 411
Falls	16	293	47	55	+ 238
Stomach Cancer	17	280	18	480	- 200
Inflammatory/Heart	18	273	22	314	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	19	263	17	487	- 224
Suicide	20	226	12	735	- 509
Other Injuries	21	215	10	774	- 559
HIV/AIDS	22	195	28	195	+ 0
Congenital Anomalies	23	192	30	170	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	24	187	14	656	- 469
Liver Cancer	25	179	34	147	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	26	163	24	286	- 123
Lymphomas	27	162	20	457	- 296
Oral Cancer	28	155	31	167	- 12
Cervical Cancer	29	148	29	172	- 24
Leukemia	30	133	25	280	- 148
Skin Disease	31	112	36	130	- 18
Alcohol	32	111	39	104	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	33	107	42	73	+ 34
Malnutrition	34	104	43	73	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	88	35	134	- 46
Bladder Cancer	36	83	26	276	- 194
Chagas disease	37	79	61	5	+ 74
Skin Cancers	38	78	33	149	- 71
Drownings	39	77	45	65	+ 12
Tuberculosis	40	76	41	81	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	41	74	21	320	- 246
Other Neoplasms	42	73	19	464	- 391
Ovary Cancer	43	68	32	160	- 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	66	46	57	+ 9
Birth Trauma	45	59	53	22	+ 37
Epilepsy	46	51	40	86	- 35
Uterin Cancer	47	43	38	115	- 72
Asthma	48	40	37	127	- 87
Drug Use	49	38	49	41	- 2
Anemia	50	38	44	71	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	34	50	39	- 5
Hepatitis C	52	30	65	3	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	53	23	60	9	+ 15
Meningitis	54	21	58	10	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	17	57	12	+ 5
War	56	17	70	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	57	17	59	9	+ 8
Fires	58	16	48	54	- 38
Hepatitis B	59	12	63	4	+ 8
Schizophrenia	60	10	54	18	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	9	51	35	- 25
Schistosomiasis	62	9	77	0	+ 9
Leishmaniasis	63	7	78	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	56	13	- 8
Osteoarthritis	65	5	52	32	- 27
Poisonings	66	5	55	17	- 12
Upper Respiratory	67	4	62	5	- 1
Syphilis	68	3	66	3	+ 1
Leprosy	69	3	69	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	67	2	- 0
Tetanus	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	72	1	64	4	- 3
Oral conditions	73	1	68	1	- 0
Malaria	74	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	74	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Brazil

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.