URUGUAY VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,165	1	4,265	- 1,099
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,663	3	1,899	+ 764
Stroke	3	1,821	2	2,850	- 1,029
Lung Cancers	4	1,786	5	1,463	+ 324
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,095	7	1,245	- 150
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	990	6	1,370	- 380
Lung Disease	7	913	4	1,706	- 793
Breast Cancer	8	778	9	848	- 70
Other Injuries	9	757	10	774	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	10	619	14	656	- 36
Kidney Disease	11	575	8	1,040	- 465
Diabetes Mellitus	12	547	11	747	- 201
Prostate Cancer	13	545	13	707	- 162
Lymphomas	14	504	20	457	+ 47
Liver Cancer	15	480	34	147	+ 332
Suicide	16	449	12	735	- 286
Other Neoplasms	17	439	19	464	- 24
Falls	18	415	47	55	+ 360
Endocrine Disorders	19	405	17	487	- 82
Parkinson's Disease	20	379	21	320	+ 59
Leukemia	21	374	25	280	+ 93
Liver Disease	22	370	27	206	+ 164
Hypertension	23	356	15	648	- 292
Bladder Cancer	24	329	26	276	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	25	304	22	314	- 10
Stomach Cancer	26	277	18	480	- 203
Oral Cancer	27	234	31	167	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	28	234	24	286	- 52
Malnutrition	29	211	43	73	+ 138
Ovary Cancer	30	199	32	160	+ 38
Road Traffic Accidents	31	167	16	512	- 344
Skin Cancers	32	163	33	149	+ 14
Alcohol	33	160	39	104	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	34	136	38	115	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	35	101	30	170	- 69
Drug Use	36	94	49	41	+ 54
Epilepsy	37	93	40	86	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	91	35	134	- 44
Skin Disease	39	80	36	130	- 50
Cervical Cancer	40	79	29	172	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	69	50	39	+ 30
Asthma	42	52	37	127	- 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	49	46	57	- 7
Anemia	44	49	44	71	- 22
Drownings	45	43	45	65	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	46	38	56	13	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	47	33	42	73	- 41
Schizophrenia	48	32	54	18	+ 15
Violence	49	27	23	295	- 268
Tuberculosis	50	22	41	81	- 59
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	21	51	35	- 13
Hepatitis C	52	21	65	3	+ 17
Fires	53	20	48	54	- 34
HIV/AIDS	54	18	28	195	- 177
Birth Trauma	55	15	53	22	- 7
Osteoarthritis	56	12	52	32	- 20
Poisonings	57	11	55	17	- 5
Meningitis	58	8	58	10	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	7	63	4	+ 3
Oral conditions	60	6	68	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	4	59	9	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	4	57	12	- 9
Upper Respiratory	63	3	62	5	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	3	60	9	- 6
Otitis Media	65	1	67	2	- 1
Encephalitis	66	0	64	4	- 3
War	67	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	66	3	- 3
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	61	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.