URUGUAY VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,489	1	4,265	- 2,776
Stroke	2	892	2	2,850	- 1,958
Road Traffic Accidents	3	526	16	512	+ 15
Diabetes Mellitus	4	516	11	747	- 231
Hypertension	5	470	15	648	- 179
Kidney Disease	6	458	8	1,040	- 582
Lung Cancers	7	325	5	1,463	- 1,138
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	287	6	1,370	- 1,083
Congenital Anomalies	9	286	30	170	+ 116
Low Birth Weight	10	263	42	73	+ 189
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	217	3	1,899	- 1,682
Breast Cancer	12	210	9	848	- 638
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	189	7	1,245	- 1,056
Liver Disease	14	151	27	206	- 55
Lung Disease	15	136	4	1,706	- 1,570
Leukemia	16	113	25	280	- 167
Stomach Cancer	17	112	18	480	- 368
Lymphomas	18	99	20	457	- 358
Other Injuries	19	90	10	774	- 684
Birth Trauma	20	83	53	22	+ 61
Violence	21	82	23	295	- 213
Pancreas Cancer	22	75	14	656	- 580
Bladder Cancer	23	65	26	276	- 211
Falls	24	58	47	55	+ 3
Liver Cancer	25	57	34	147	- 90
Endocrine Disorders	26	55	17	487	- 432
Parkinson's Disease	27	52	21	320	- 268
Suicide	28	51	12	735	- 685
Fires	29	47	48	54	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	47	35	134	- 88
Oral Cancer	31	44	31	167	- 123
Ovary Cancer	32	43	32	160	- 118
Prostate Cancer	33	40	13	707	- 667
Drug Use	34	35	49	41	- 5
Asthma	35	35	37	127	- 92
Drownings	36	33	45	65	- 32
Meningitis	37	24	58	10	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	38	23	22	314	- 291
Uterin Cancer	39	23	38	115	- 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	20	46	57	- 36
Cervical Cancer	41	20	29	172	- 152
Oesophagus Cancer	42	19	24	286	- 267
Pertussis	43	17	72	0	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	44	16	60	9	+ 7
Syphilis	45	16	66	3	+ 13
Epilepsy	46	15	40	86	- 71
Poisonings	47	14	55	17	- 2
Skin Disease	48	13	36	130	- 117
Skin Cancers	49	12	33	149	- 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	7	50	39	- 32
Malnutrition	51	5	43	73	- 68
Encephalitis	52	4	64	4	+ 0
Tuberculosis	53	4	41	81	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	56	13	- 9
Alcohol	55	3	39	104	- 101
Tetanus	56	3	71	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	57	3	19	464	- 461
Appendicitis	58	2	59	9	- 7
War	59	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	51	35	- 33
Schistosomiasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	28	195	- 195
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	5	- 5
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
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.