URUGUAY VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,557	1	4,265	+ 292
Stroke	2	3,387	2	2,850	+ 537
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,000	6	1,370	+ 1,629
Lung Cancers	4	2,216	5	1,463	+ 753
Lung Disease	5	2,173	4	1,706	+ 467
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,594	7	1,245	+ 349
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,583	3	1,899	- 316
Stomach Cancer	8	1,402	18	480	+ 922
Kidney Disease	9	1,245	8	1,040	+ 205
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,029	14	656	+ 374
Liver Cancer	11	817	34	147	+ 670
Other Injuries	12	614	10	774	- 160
Suicide	13	541	12	735	- 194
Lymphomas	14	536	20	457	+ 79
Breast Cancer	15	439	9	848	- 409
Other Neoplasms	16	420	19	464	- 43
Liver Disease	17	395	27	206	+ 189
Parkinson's Disease	18	389	21	320	+ 69
Prostate Cancer	19	376	13	707	- 331
Oesophagus Cancer	20	342	24	286	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	21	319	17	487	- 168
Bladder Cancer	22	276	26	276	+ 0
Falls	23	271	47	55	+ 216
Leukemia	24	267	25	280	- 13
Drownings	25	234	45	65	+ 169
Oral Cancer	26	232	31	167	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	27	229	22	314	- 85
Hypertension	28	186	15	648	- 463
Diabetes Mellitus	29	151	11	747	- 596
Ovary Cancer	30	141	32	160	- 20
Road Traffic Accidents	31	127	16	512	- 385
Cervical Cancer	32	106	29	172	- 66
Uterin Cancer	33	96	38	115	- 19
Tuberculosis	34	96	41	81	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	81	46	57	+ 24
Skin Disease	36	78	36	130	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	76	35	134	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	73	51	35	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	71	50	39	+ 32
Congenital Anomalies	40	69	30	170	- 101
Hepatitis C	41	62	65	3	+ 58
Asthma	42	53	37	127	- 74
Malnutrition	43	53	43	73	- 20
Skin Cancers	44	51	33	149	- 98
Epilepsy	45	43	40	86	- 42
Hepatitis B	46	40	63	4	+ 35
Schizophrenia	47	29	54	18	+ 11
Fires	48	28	48	54	- 26
Anemia	49	24	44	71	- 46
Drug Use	50	20	49	41	- 20
Alcohol	51	16	39	104	- 88
Meningitis	52	9	58	10	- 2
Violence	53	7	23	295	- 288
Poisonings	54	7	55	17	- 9
Low Birth Weight	55	6	42	73	- 68
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	57	12	- 8
Upper Respiratory	57	4	62	5	- 0
Appendicitis	58	3	59	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	56	13	- 10
Oral conditions	60	3	68	1	+ 2
Birth Trauma	61	3	53	22	- 19
Osteoarthritis	62	2	52	32	- 30
HIV/AIDS	63	1	28	195	- 194
Maternal Conditions	64	1	60	9	- 8
Syphilis	65	0	66	3	- 2
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	2	- 1
Encephalitis	69	0	64	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Japan

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.