URUGUAY VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,975	1	4,265	- 1,290
Violence	2	1,331	23	295	+ 1,036
Stroke	3	1,145	2	2,850	- 1,705
Lung Disease	4	1,100	4	1,706	- 606
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	744	6	1,370	- 626
Road Traffic Accidents	6	536	16	512	+ 25
Kidney Disease	7	472	8	1,040	- 568
Hypertension	8	442	15	648	- 206
Stomach Cancer	9	422	18	480	- 58
Lung Cancers	10	363	5	1,463	- 1,100
Diabetes Mellitus	11	347	11	747	- 400
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	302	7	1,245	- 943
Breast Cancer	13	253	9	848	- 595
Prostate Cancer	14	248	13	707	- 459
Other Neoplasms	15	221	19	464	- 242
Congenital Anomalies	16	205	30	170	+ 35
HIV/AIDS	17	185	28	195	- 10
Lymphomas	18	180	20	457	- 277
Liver Disease	19	168	27	206	- 38
Cervical Cancer	20	157	29	172	- 15
Leukemia	21	153	25	280	- 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	149	3	1,899	- 1,750
Low Birth Weight	23	145	42	73	+ 71
Liver Cancer	24	143	34	147	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	25	140	14	656	- 516
Suicide	26	136	12	735	- 600
Malnutrition	27	130	43	73	+ 57
Other Injuries	28	110	10	774	- 664
Falls	29	105	47	55	+ 50
Endocrine Disorders	30	94	17	487	- 393
Inflammatory/Heart	31	92	22	314	- 222
Tuberculosis	32	88	41	81	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	33	78	32	160	- 83
Skin Disease	34	76	36	130	- 54
Skin Cancers	35	71	33	149	- 78
Oesophagus Cancer	36	58	24	286	- 229
Oral Cancer	37	56	31	167	- 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	52	35	134	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	48	46	57	- 9
Drownings	40	48	45	65	- 17
Birth Trauma	41	45	53	22	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	42	42	26	276	- 234
Epilepsy	43	41	40	86	- 45
Drug Use	44	34	49	41	- 7
Uterin Cancer	45	29	38	115	- 86
Maternal Conditions	46	27	60	9	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	47	26	21	320	- 294
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	23	57	12	+ 11
War	49	18	70	0	+ 18
Meningitis	50	17	58	10	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	17	51	35	- 18
Appendicitis	52	15	59	9	+ 6
Chagas disease	53	14	61	5	+ 9
Asthma	54	13	37	127	- 114
Dengue	55	9	83	0	+ 9
Fires	56	9	48	54	- 46
Anemia	57	7	44	71	- 64
Osteoarthritis	58	5	52	32	- 28
Hepatitis C	59	4	65	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	56	13	- 9
Poisonings	61	4	55	17	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	3	63	4	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	3	50	39	- 36
Encephalitis	64	3	64	4	- 1
Syphilis	65	2	66	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	5	- 3
Malaria	67	2	79	0	+ 2
Alcohol	68	2	39	104	- 103
Pertussis	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	1	54	18	- 17
Tetanus	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	1	67	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	78	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Colombia

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.