URUGUAY VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,988	1	4,265	+ 1,724
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,084	3	1,899	+ 185
Stroke	3	2,028	2	2,850	- 822
Lung Cancers	4	1,896	5	1,463	+ 433
Lung Disease	5	1,743	4	1,706	+ 37
Hypertension	6	1,091	15	648	+ 443
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,060	7	1,245	- 185
Kidney Disease	8	927	8	1,040	- 113
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	843	6	1,370	- 527
Breast Cancer	10	767	9	848	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	11	732	14	656	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	12	671	13	707	- 36
Diabetes Mellitus	13	634	11	747	- 114
Falls	14	624	47	55	+ 569
Liver Disease	15	619	27	206	+ 413
Parkinson's Disease	16	513	21	320	+ 192
Lymphomas	17	499	20	457	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	18	435	17	487	- 52
Suicide	19	419	12	735	- 317
Stomach Cancer	20	393	18	480	- 87
Inflammatory/Heart	21	362	22	314	+ 48
Leukemia	22	356	25	280	+ 75
Other Injuries	23	336	10	774	- 438
Other Neoplasms	24	332	19	464	- 131
Liver Cancer	25	328	34	147	+ 181
Alcohol	26	255	39	104	+ 150
Oesophagus Cancer	27	253	24	286	- 33
Bladder Cancer	28	252	26	276	- 24
Oral Cancer	29	245	31	167	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	30	211	32	160	+ 51
Skin Cancers	31	165	33	149	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	156	35	134	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	147	50	39	+ 108
Road Traffic Accidents	34	129	16	512	- 383
Epilepsy	35	126	40	86	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	36	93	30	170	- 77
Uterin Cancer	37	91	38	115	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	88	46	57	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	39	87	29	172	- 85
Drug Use	40	79	49	41	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	41	64	56	13	+ 51
Skin Disease	42	63	36	130	- 67
Anemia	43	40	44	71	- 30
Asthma	44	38	37	127	- 89
Low Birth Weight	45	31	42	73	- 42
Violence	46	31	23	295	- 264
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	22	51	35	- 12
Hepatitis C	48	21	65	3	+ 17
Drownings	49	19	45	65	- 46
Malnutrition	50	18	43	73	- 55
Schizophrenia	51	16	54	18	- 2
Osteoarthritis	52	15	52	32	- 18
Fires	53	15	48	54	- 40
HIV/AIDS	54	14	28	195	- 181
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	12	57	12	- 1
Tuberculosis	56	11	41	81	- 69
Birth Trauma	57	10	53	22	- 12
Poisonings	58	9	55	17	- 8
Hepatitis B	59	7	63	4	+ 3
Meningitis	60	7	58	10	- 3
Upper Respiratory	61	6	62	5	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	5	59	9	- 4
Oral conditions	63	3	68	1	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	2	60	9	- 7
Otitis Media	65	1	67	2	- 1
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	64	4	- 4
Syphilis	68	0	66	3	- 3
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	61	5	- 5
Tetanus	75	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	75	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.