URUGUAY VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,929	2	2,850	+ 79
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,520	11	747	+ 1,772
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,094	1	4,265	- 2,171
Violence	4	1,801	23	295	+ 1,505
Prostate Cancer	5	1,072	13	707	+ 365
Kidney Disease	6	962	8	1,040	- 78
HIV/AIDS	7	919	28	195	+ 723
Hypertension	8	789	15	648	+ 141
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	712	3	1,899	- 1,186
Lung Cancers	10	573	5	1,463	- 890
Lung Disease	11	548	4	1,706	- 1,158
Road Traffic Accidents	12	539	16	512	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	529	7	1,245	- 715
Breast Cancer	14	501	9	848	- 347
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	477	6	1,370	- 894
Cervical Cancer	16	434	29	172	+ 262
Lymphomas	17	304	20	457	- 153
Low Birth Weight	18	292	42	73	+ 218
Stomach Cancer	19	280	18	480	- 201
Endocrine Disorders	20	214	17	487	- 273
Liver Disease	21	188	27	206	- 18
Skin Disease	22	176	36	130	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	23	168	30	170	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	24	162	22	314	- 152
Parkinson's Disease	25	161	21	320	- 160
Leukemia	26	156	25	280	- 124
Pancreas Cancer	27	144	14	656	- 512
Uterin Cancer	28	129	38	115	+ 13
Liver Cancer	29	123	34	147	- 25
Ovary Cancer	30	118	32	160	- 43
Other Injuries	31	110	10	774	- 664
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	100	46	57	+ 43
Falls	33	99	47	55	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	34	89	24	286	- 197
Suicide	35	85	12	735	- 650
Asthma	36	79	37	127	- 48
Birth Trauma	37	79	53	22	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	38	72	26	276	- 204
Oral Cancer	39	71	31	167	- 96
Malnutrition	40	58	43	73	- 15
Epilepsy	41	56	40	86	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	42	35	134	- 92
Maternal Conditions	43	42	60	9	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	32	50	39	- 7
Other Neoplasms	45	23	19	464	- 441
Fires	46	19	48	54	- 36
Meningitis	47	19	58	10	+ 9
Drug Use	48	16	49	41	- 25
Encephalitis	49	16	64	4	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	14	51	35	- 21
Drownings	51	12	45	65	- 52
Skin Cancers	52	12	33	149	- 137
Appendicitis	53	11	59	9	+ 2
Tuberculosis	54	9	41	81	- 71
Alcohol	55	9	39	104	- 95
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	56	13	- 9
Poisonings	57	3	55	17	- 14
Dengue	58	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	63	4	- 3
Syphilis	60	1	66	3	- 2
War	61	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	5	- 5
Ascariasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	61	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	82	0	52	32	- 32
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Jamaica

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.