URUGUAY VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,533	28	195	+ 2,338
Tuberculosis	2	1,562	41	81	+ 1,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,447	6	1,370	+ 77
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,401	1	4,265	- 2,863
Stroke	5	1,273	2	2,850	- 1,577
Malaria	6	1,111	79	0	+ 1,111
Road Traffic Accidents	7	898	16	512	+ 386
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	733	35	134	+ 598
Low Birth Weight	9	721	42	73	+ 647
Diabetes Mellitus	10	590	11	747	- 158
Birth Trauma	11	560	53	22	+ 538
Hypertension	12	524	15	648	- 124
Liver Disease	13	523	27	206	+ 317
Congenital Anomalies	14	409	30	170	+ 239
Kidney Disease	15	344	8	1,040	- 696
Maternal Conditions	16	324	60	9	+ 316
Lung Disease	17	304	4	1,706	- 1,402
Violence	18	303	23	295	+ 8
Suicide	19	196	12	735	- 540
Other Injuries	20	187	10	774	- 587
Pertussis	21	185	72	0	+ 185
Meningitis	22	168	58	10	+ 158
Asthma	23	163	37	127	+ 36
Malnutrition	24	153	43	73	+ 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	129	3	1,899	- 1,769
Inflammatory/Heart	26	123	22	314	- 191
Endocrine Disorders	27	117	17	487	- 370
Prostate Cancer	28	111	13	707	- 596
Cervical Cancer	29	110	29	172	- 62
Liver Cancer	30	95	34	147	- 52
Measles	31	90	74	0	+ 90
Breast Cancer	32	89	9	848	- 759
Falls	33	84	47	55	+ 29
Syphilis	34	60	66	3	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	59	46	57	+ 2
Drownings	36	58	45	65	- 6
Fires	37	51	48	54	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	50	7	1,245	- 1,195
Stomach Cancer	39	49	18	480	- 431
Epilepsy	40	43	40	86	- 43
Poisonings	41	40	55	17	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	42	39	21	320	- 282
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	37	50	39	- 2
Drug Use	44	37	49	41	- 4
Lymphomas	45	34	20	457	- 423
Leukemia	46	32	25	280	- 248
Lung Cancers	47	30	5	1,463	- 1,433
Ovary Cancer	48	28	32	160	- 133
Alcohol	49	26	39	104	- 79
Skin Disease	50	26	36	130	- 104
Schistosomiasis	51	25	77	0	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	52	24	14	656	- 632
Skin Cancers	53	20	33	149	- 129
Oral Cancer	54	18	31	167	- 149
Tetanus	55	13	71	0	+ 13
Encephalitis	56	11	64	4	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	57	11	24	286	- 275
Appendicitis	58	10	59	9	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	8	51	35	- 26
Uterin Cancer	60	8	38	115	- 107
Bladder Cancer	61	8	26	276	- 268
Hepatitis B	62	8	63	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	4	19	464	- 459
Upper Respiratory	64	4	62	5	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	4	76	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	56	13	- 11
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 1
War	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Congo

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.