URUGUAY VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,942	2	2,850	+ 2,093
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,285	1	4,265	+ 21
Lung Disease	3	2,343	4	1,706	+ 637
Lung Cancers	4	1,728	5	1,463	+ 265
Stomach Cancer	5	964	18	480	+ 484
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	736	3	1,899	- 1,162
Hypertension	7	729	15	648	+ 80
Road Traffic Accidents	8	605	16	512	+ 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	601	7	1,245	- 644
Oesophagus Cancer	10	588	24	286	+ 301
Kidney Disease	11	465	8	1,040	- 575
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	443	6	1,370	- 927
Liver Cancer	13	438	34	147	+ 290
Diabetes Mellitus	14	391	11	747	- 356
Liver Disease	15	352	27	206	+ 146
Falls	16	336	47	55	+ 281
Suicide	17	281	12	735	- 454
Pancreas Cancer	18	270	14	656	- 386
Breast Cancer	19	224	9	848	- 624
Parkinson's Disease	20	171	21	320	- 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	158	50	39	+ 119
Leukemia	22	141	25	280	- 140
Lymphomas	23	140	20	457	- 317
Oral Cancer	24	132	31	167	- 35
Other Injuries	25	131	10	774	- 643
Drownings	26	128	45	65	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	27	125	29	172	- 47
Prostate Cancer	28	124	13	707	- 584
Bladder Cancer	29	92	26	276	- 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	91	46	57	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	31	89	30	170	- 82
Tuberculosis	32	84	41	81	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	33	72	22	314	- 242
HIV/AIDS	34	70	28	195	- 126
Ovary Cancer	35	68	32	160	- 92
Poisonings	36	62	55	17	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	37	62	17	487	- 425
Drug Use	38	59	49	41	+ 18
Asthma	39	56	37	127	- 71
Low Birth Weight	40	52	42	73	- 21
Skin Cancers	41	48	33	149	- 102
Alcohol	42	46	39	104	- 58
Birth Trauma	43	43	53	22	+ 20
Malnutrition	44	31	43	73	- 42
Uterin Cancer	45	28	38	115	- 87
Epilepsy	46	27	40	86	- 58
Violence	47	27	23	295	- 268
Fires	48	25	48	54	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	24	51	35	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	21	35	134	- 113
Meningitis	51	14	58	10	+ 4
Skin Disease	52	13	36	130	- 117
Other Neoplasms	53	11	19	464	- 453
Maternal Conditions	54	9	60	9	- 0
Encephalitis	55	7	64	4	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	7	63	4	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	6	62	5	+ 2
Syphilis	58	4	66	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	56	13	- 9
Appendicitis	60	4	59	9	- 5
War	61	2	70	0	+ 2
Measles	62	1	74	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Pertussis	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	82	0	52	32	- 32
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

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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.