URUGUAY VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,657	1	4,265	+ 392
Stroke	2	3,120	2	2,850	+ 270
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,682	11	747	+ 1,935
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,617	6	1,370	+ 247
Prostate Cancer	5	1,450	13	707	+ 743
Kidney Disease	6	1,200	8	1,040	+ 160
Endocrine Disorders	7	837	17	487	+ 349
Hypertension	8	806	15	648	+ 158
Breast Cancer	9	745	9	848	- 103
Other Injuries	10	641	10	774	- 133
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	595	7	1,245	- 649
Skin Disease	12	540	36	130	+ 410
Lung Disease	13	468	4	1,706	- 1,238
Lung Cancers	14	449	5	1,463	- 1,014
Uterin Cancer	15	361	38	115	+ 246
Pancreas Cancer	16	334	14	656	- 321
Birth Trauma	17	322	53	22	+ 299
Liver Disease	18	318	27	206	+ 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	310	3	1,899	- 1,589
Cervical Cancer	20	305	29	172	+ 133
Lymphomas	21	298	20	457	- 159
Road Traffic Accidents	22	267	16	512	- 245
Stomach Cancer	23	243	18	480	- 237
Violence	24	221	23	295	- 74
Liver Cancer	25	209	34	147	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	26	202	30	170	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	27	202	42	73	+ 128
Oral Cancer	28	198	31	167	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	29	194	19	464	- 269
Oesophagus Cancer	30	178	24	286	- 108
Alcohol	31	175	39	104	+ 70
Anemia	32	165	44	71	+ 95
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	140	46	57	+ 83
Falls	34	137	47	55	+ 82
Ovary Cancer	35	131	32	160	- 29
Inflammatory/Heart	36	129	22	314	- 185
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	127	57	12	+ 115
Leukemia	38	122	25	280	- 158
Drownings	39	121	45	65	+ 57
Malnutrition	40	107	43	73	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	41	107	26	276	- 169
HIV/AIDS	42	100	28	195	- 95
Asthma	43	88	37	127	- 39
Parkinson's Disease	44	82	21	320	- 239
Epilepsy	45	63	40	86	- 23
Fires	46	55	48	54	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	52	50	39	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	48	35	134	- 87
Drug Use	49	37	49	41	- 3
Osteoarthritis	50	31	52	32	- 1
Tuberculosis	51	29	41	81	- 52
Suicide	52	22	12	735	- 713
Appendicitis	53	18	59	9	+ 9
Skin Cancers	54	18	33	149	- 131
Maternal Conditions	55	16	60	9	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	13	51	35	- 21
Upper Respiratory	57	12	62	5	+ 7
Hepatitis B	58	9	63	4	+ 5
Syphilis	59	9	66	3	+ 6
Poisonings	60	3	55	17	- 14
War	61	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	62	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	63	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	58	10	- 10
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	3	- 3
Encephalitis	70	0	64	4	- 4
Malaria	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	61	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	67	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	56	13	- 13
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Grenada

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.