URUGUAY VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,158	1	4,265	+ 5,893
Stroke	2	5,179	2	2,850	+ 2,330
Lung Cancers	3	2,346	5	1,463	+ 883
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	1,807	7	1,245	+ 562
Lung Disease	5	1,742	4	1,706	+ 36
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,620	11	747	+ 873
Kidney Disease	7	1,149	8	1,040	+ 109
Hypertension	8	909	15	648	+ 261
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	880	3	1,899	- 1,018
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	843	6	1,370	- 527
Breast Cancer	11	841	9	848	- 7
Falls	12	804	47	55	+ 749
Liver Disease	13	763	27	206	+ 557
Prostate Cancer	14	703	13	707	- 4
Stomach Cancer	15	649	18	480	+ 169
Pancreas Cancer	16	623	14	656	- 33
Suicide	17	558	12	735	- 177
Lymphomas	18	459	20	457	+ 2
Liver Cancer	19	414	34	147	+ 266
Bladder Cancer	20	412	26	276	+ 136
Inflammatory/Heart	21	377	22	314	+ 63
Leukemia	22	359	25	280	+ 79
Other Injuries	23	353	10	774	- 421
Parkinson's Disease	24	349	21	320	+ 29
Oral Cancer	25	279	31	167	+ 112
Skin Cancers	26	274	33	149	+ 125
Road Traffic Accidents	27	271	16	512	- 241
Ovary Cancer	28	255	32	160	+ 94
Other Neoplasms	29	234	19	464	- 230
Alcohol	30	181	39	104	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	171	46	57	+ 114
Uterin Cancer	32	165	38	115	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	33	156	24	286	- 130
Cervical Cancer	34	128	29	172	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	113	50	39	+ 74
Epilepsy	36	78	40	86	- 8
Congenital Anomalies	37	78	30	170	- 92
Drownings	38	71	45	65	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	68	35	134	- 67
Schizophrenia	40	65	54	18	+ 47
Asthma	41	61	37	127	- 66
Endocrine Disorders	42	60	17	487	- 427
Drug Use	43	58	49	41	+ 18
Tuberculosis	44	51	41	81	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	45	45	56	13	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	39	51	35	+ 4
Hepatitis C	47	37	65	3	+ 33
Violence	48	37	23	295	- 258
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	35	57	12	+ 23
Fires	50	28	48	54	- 26
Hepatitis B	51	14	63	4	+ 10
Meningitis	52	13	58	10	+ 3
Anemia	53	13	44	71	- 58
Poisonings	54	13	55	17	- 4
Birth Trauma	55	9	53	22	- 13
Low Birth Weight	56	8	42	73	- 65
Appendicitis	57	7	59	9	- 2
Skin Disease	58	6	36	130	- 124
HIV/AIDS	59	6	28	195	- 189
Otitis Media	60	3	67	2	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	2	60	9	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	62	2	84	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	5	- 4
Oral conditions	64	1	68	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	65	1	64	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
War	67	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Malnutrition	70	0	43	73	- 73
Syphilis	71	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Croatia

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.