URUGUAY VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,456	1	4,265	+ 1,192
Stroke	2	3,519	2	2,850	+ 669
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,329	3	1,899	+ 430
Lung Cancers	4	1,919	5	1,463	+ 456
Lung Disease	5	1,819	4	1,706	+ 113
Hypertension	6	1,682	15	648	+ 1,033
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,194	7	1,245	- 51
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,114	11	747	+ 367
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	918	6	1,370	- 452
Breast Cancer	10	779	9	848	- 69
Kidney Disease	11	715	8	1,040	- 325
Other Injuries	12	681	10	774	- 93
Pancreas Cancer	13	680	14	656	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	14	576	18	480	+ 96
Other Neoplasms	15	561	19	464	+ 97
Lymphomas	16	543	20	457	+ 86
Liver Cancer	17	541	34	147	+ 393
Endocrine Disorders	18	474	17	487	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	19	474	21	320	+ 153
Prostate Cancer	20	472	13	707	- 235
Leukemia	21	378	25	280	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	22	377	26	276	+ 101
Liver Disease	23	312	27	206	+ 107
Inflammatory/Heart	24	311	22	314	- 3
Falls	25	237	47	55	+ 182
Suicide	26	227	12	735	- 508
Oral Cancer	27	188	31	167	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	28	184	32	160	+ 24
Skin Cancers	29	182	33	149	+ 33
Road Traffic Accidents	30	181	16	512	- 331
Hepatitis C	31	138	65	3	+ 134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	124	50	39	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	33	123	38	115	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	34	115	24	286	- 171
Anemia	35	94	44	71	+ 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	91	35	134	- 43
Congenital Anomalies	37	81	30	170	- 89
Skin Disease	38	81	36	130	- 49
Epilepsy	39	75	40	86	- 11
Cervical Cancer	40	65	29	172	- 107
Malnutrition	41	44	43	73	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	39	51	35	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	39	46	57	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	44	38	56	13	+ 25
Drug Use	45	37	49	41	- 4
HIV/AIDS	46	29	28	195	- 166
Asthma	47	28	37	127	- 99
Osteoarthritis	48	27	52	32	- 5
Schizophrenia	49	24	54	18	+ 6
Violence	50	23	23	295	- 272
Low Birth Weight	51	20	42	73	- 53
Drownings	52	19	45	65	- 45
Tuberculosis	53	19	41	81	- 62
Hepatitis B	54	19	63	4	+ 15
Alcohol	55	16	39	104	- 89
Fires	56	15	48	54	- 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	14	57	12	+ 1
Poisonings	58	9	55	17	- 8
Birth Trauma	59	8	53	22	- 14
Meningitis	60	7	58	10	- 3
Appendicitis	61	3	59	9	- 6
Oral conditions	62	3	68	1	+ 1
Tetanus	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	5	- 4
Otitis Media	65	1	67	2	- 1
War	66	0	70	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	60	9	- 9
Encephalitis	68	0	64	4	- 4
Syphilis	69	0	66	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	61	5	- 5
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Italy

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.