URUGUAY VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,961	1	4,265	- 2,304
Stroke	2	1,786	2	2,850	- 1,064
Kidney Disease	3	746	8	1,040	- 294
Lung Disease	4	746	4	1,706	- 961
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	734	3	1,899	- 1,165
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	719	6	1,370	- 651
Hypertension	7	700	15	648	+ 52
Stomach Cancer	8	666	18	480	+ 186
Lung Cancers	9	634	5	1,463	- 829
Diabetes Mellitus	10	583	11	747	- 164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	555	7	1,245	- 690
Road Traffic Accidents	12	519	16	512	+ 7
Liver Disease	13	486	27	206	+ 280
Prostate Cancer	14	447	13	707	- 260
Suicide	15	312	12	735	- 423
Breast Cancer	16	310	9	848	- 538
Pancreas Cancer	17	288	14	656	- 368
Lymphomas	18	256	20	457	- 202
Liver Cancer	19	251	34	147	+ 104
Other Neoplasms	20	249	19	464	- 214
Other Injuries	21	240	10	774	- 533
Endocrine Disorders	22	236	17	487	- 251
Falls	23	166	47	55	+ 111
Leukemia	24	161	25	280	- 119
Congenital Anomalies	25	157	30	170	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	26	145	21	320	- 175
Cervical Cancer	27	143	29	172	- 29
Skin Disease	28	140	36	130	+ 10
Violence	29	136	23	295	- 159
Oesophagus Cancer	30	133	24	286	- 154
Inflammatory/Heart	31	130	22	314	- 184
Bladder Cancer	32	118	26	276	- 158
HIV/AIDS	33	99	28	195	- 96
Skin Cancers	34	96	33	149	- 53
Ovary Cancer	35	94	32	160	- 66
Low Birth Weight	36	80	42	73	+ 7
Malnutrition	37	77	43	73	+ 4
Tuberculosis	38	75	41	81	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	61	35	134	- 73
Oral Cancer	40	56	31	167	- 111
Fires	41	54	48	54	- 0
Asthma	42	54	37	127	- 73
Epilepsy	43	54	40	86	- 32
Drownings	44	52	45	65	- 13
Uterin Cancer	45	50	38	115	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	41	46	57	- 16
Alcohol	47	38	39	104	- 67
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	34	51	35	- 0
Anemia	49	33	44	71	- 38
Drug Use	50	27	49	41	- 13
Osteoarthritis	51	24	52	32	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	19	50	39	- 20
Meningitis	53	17	58	10	+ 7
Birth Trauma	54	16	53	22	- 6
Chagas disease	55	14	61	5	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	57	12	+ 1
Poisonings	57	13	55	17	- 4
Schizophrenia	58	7	54	18	- 11
Appendicitis	59	7	59	9	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	5	63	4	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	5	65	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	56	13	- 8
Maternal Conditions	63	4	60	9	- 5
War	64	2	70	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	65	1	68	1	- 0
Syphilis	66	1	66	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	5	- 4
Pertussis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	- 0
Encephalitis	70	0	64	4	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Chile

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.