URUGUAY VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,743	41	81	+ 1,662
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,696	6	1,370	+ 326
Measles	3	1,609	74	0	+ 1,609
Malaria	4	1,529	79	0	+ 1,529
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,210	16	512	+ 698
HIV/AIDS	6	1,209	28	195	+ 1,014
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,187	1	4,265	- 3,077
Low Birth Weight	8	1,041	42	73	+ 967
Birth Trauma	9	1,009	53	22	+ 987
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,003	35	134	+ 868
Stroke	11	994	2	2,850	- 1,856
Maternal Conditions	12	548	60	9	+ 539
Liver Disease	13	541	27	206	+ 335
Congenital Anomalies	14	525	30	170	+ 355
Diabetes Mellitus	15	410	11	747	- 338
Kidney Disease	16	383	8	1,040	- 656
Meningitis	17	348	58	10	+ 338
Violence	18	300	23	295	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	19	298	29	172	+ 126
Liver Cancer	20	277	34	147	+ 129
Syphilis	21	248	66	3	+ 246
Other Injuries	22	240	10	774	- 534
Hypertension	23	233	15	648	- 415
Malnutrition	24	223	43	73	+ 150
Prostate Cancer	25	187	13	707	- 520
Lung Disease	26	185	4	1,706	- 1,521
Breast Cancer	27	155	9	848	- 693
Endocrine Disorders	28	155	17	487	- 333
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	148	3	1,899	- 1,751
Suicide	30	138	12	735	- 597
Asthma	31	126	37	127	- 1
Pertussis	32	124	72	0	+ 124
Falls	33	98	47	55	+ 43
Fires	34	97	48	54	+ 42
Drownings	35	80	45	65	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	79	46	57	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	37	77	18	480	- 404
Inflammatory/Heart	38	73	22	314	- 242
Lymphomas	39	59	20	457	- 398
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	56	7	1,245	- 1,188
Poisonings	41	52	55	17	+ 35
Epilepsy	42	51	40	86	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	43	46	21	320	- 275
Lung Cancers	44	42	5	1,463	- 1,421
Schistosomiasis	45	32	77	0	+ 32
Skin Cancers	46	32	33	149	- 117
Ovary Cancer	47	32	32	160	- 129
Oral Cancer	48	32	31	167	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	32	50	39	- 8
Drug Use	50	27	49	41	- 14
Skin Disease	51	26	36	130	- 104
Hepatitis B	52	25	63	4	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	53	24	14	656	- 632
Tetanus	54	20	71	0	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	55	18	38	115	- 97
Encephalitis	56	17	64	4	+ 13
Alcohol	57	16	39	104	- 88
Leukemia	58	15	25	280	- 266
Bladder Cancer	59	12	26	276	- 264
Oesophagus Cancer	60	10	24	286	- 276
Appendicitis	61	8	59	9	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	4	19	464	- 460
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	56	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	51	35	- 32
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	2	62	5	- 3
Diphtheria	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
War	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Liberia

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.