URUGUAY VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,178	6	1,370	+ 808
HIV/AIDS	2	1,536	28	195	+ 1,341
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,311	35	134	+ 1,176
Malaria	4	1,243	79	0	+ 1,243
Stroke	5	1,239	2	2,850	- 1,611
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,183	1	4,265	- 3,082
Birth Trauma	7	912	53	22	+ 890
Low Birth Weight	8	879	42	73	+ 806
Road Traffic Accidents	9	864	16	512	+ 352
Tuberculosis	10	820	41	81	+ 740
Diabetes Mellitus	11	605	11	747	- 143
Congenital Anomalies	12	582	30	170	+ 412
Kidney Disease	13	569	8	1,040	- 471
Liver Disease	14	501	27	206	+ 295
Meningitis	15	381	58	10	+ 370
Other Injuries	16	364	10	774	- 410
Maternal Conditions	17	289	60	9	+ 280
Endocrine Disorders	18	274	17	487	- 213
Suicide	19	258	12	735	- 477
Lung Disease	20	256	4	1,706	- 1,451
Pertussis	21	253	72	0	+ 253
Hypertension	22	225	15	648	- 423
Breast Cancer	23	207	9	848	- 641
Violence	24	184	23	295	- 111
Asthma	25	179	37	127	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	26	175	29	172	+ 3
Falls	27	137	47	55	+ 82
Malnutrition	28	135	43	73	+ 62
Drownings	29	130	45	65	+ 66
Syphilis	30	129	66	3	+ 127
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	128	3	1,899	- 1,771
Measles	32	114	74	0	+ 114
Inflammatory/Heart	33	109	22	314	- 205
Prostate Cancer	34	104	13	707	- 603
Drug Use	35	103	49	41	+ 62
Fires	36	100	48	54	+ 46
Liver Cancer	37	97	34	147	- 50
Epilepsy	38	96	40	86	+ 10
Oral Cancer	39	94	31	167	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	83	46	57	+ 27
Poisonings	41	74	55	17	+ 57
War	42	71	70	0	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	63	7	1,245	- 1,182
Lymphomas	44	54	20	457	- 403
Stomach Cancer	45	51	18	480	- 430
Parkinson's Disease	46	50	21	320	- 271
Hepatitis B	47	37	63	4	+ 33
Skin Disease	48	36	36	130	- 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	36	50	39	- 3
Ovary Cancer	50	33	32	160	- 127
Lung Cancers	51	33	5	1,463	- 1,429
Pancreas Cancer	52	32	14	656	- 623
Schistosomiasis	53	32	77	0	+ 32
Leukemia	54	30	25	280	- 250
Tetanus	55	25	71	0	+ 24
Skin Cancers	56	23	33	149	- 126
Alcohol	57	22	39	104	- 83
Encephalitis	58	21	64	4	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	59	15	24	286	- 271
Uterin Cancer	60	8	38	115	- 107
Appendicitis	61	8	59	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	62	7	26	276	- 269
Other Neoplasms	63	5	19	464	- 458
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	56	13	- 9
Ascariasis	65	3	80	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	3	65	3	- 0
Diphtheria	67	3	73	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	3	51	35	- 32
Leishmaniasis	69	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	70	2	62	5	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Cameroon

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.