URUGUAY VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,640	1	4,265	- 625
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,327	6	1,370	+ 956
Stroke	3	2,140	2	2,850	- 710
Road Traffic Accidents	4	712	16	512	+ 200
Lung Disease	5	657	4	1,706	- 1,049
Kidney Disease	6	657	8	1,040	- 383
Liver Disease	7	508	27	206	+ 302
Lung Cancers	8	428	5	1,463	- 1,035
Diabetes Mellitus	9	407	11	747	- 340
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	396	3	1,899	- 1,503
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	380	7	1,245	- 865
Breast Cancer	12	304	9	848	- 544
HIV/AIDS	13	265	28	195	+ 70
Other Injuries	14	220	10	774	- 554
Skin Disease	15	205	36	130	+ 75
Liver Cancer	16	197	34	147	+ 49
Oral Cancer	17	185	31	167	+ 18
Falls	18	184	47	55	+ 129
Suicide	19	181	12	735	- 555
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	176	35	134	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	21	143	18	480	- 337
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	141	46	57	+ 84
Leukemia	23	140	25	280	- 140
Congenital Anomalies	24	139	30	170	- 31
Lymphomas	25	131	20	457	- 326
Tuberculosis	26	122	41	81	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	27	120	22	314	- 194
Parkinson's Disease	28	110	21	320	- 211
Low Birth Weight	29	101	42	73	+ 28
Asthma	30	100	37	127	- 27
Cervical Cancer	31	100	29	172	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	32	99	14	656	- 557
Prostate Cancer	33	90	13	707	- 618
Violence	34	86	23	295	- 209
Ovary Cancer	35	82	32	160	- 78
Drownings	36	81	45	65	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	37	80	17	487	- 407
Hypertension	38	64	15	648	- 584
Bladder Cancer	39	46	26	276	- 230
Encephalitis	40	45	64	4	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	41	43	24	286	- 243
Birth Trauma	42	36	53	22	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	43	35	38	115	- 80
Fires	44	33	48	54	- 21
Drug Use	45	32	49	41	- 9
Meningitis	46	30	58	10	+ 20
Dengue	47	28	83	0	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	48	26	19	464	- 437
Malnutrition	49	25	43	73	- 48
Skin Cancers	50	25	33	149	- 125
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	24	50	39	- 15
Epilepsy	52	22	40	86	- 63
Poisonings	53	21	55	17	+ 4
Hepatitis B	54	20	63	4	+ 16
Alcohol	55	18	39	104	- 87
Maternal Conditions	56	17	60	9	+ 8
Pertussis	57	8	72	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	58	7	59	9	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	56	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	51	35	- 32
Tetanus	61	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	66	3	- 1
War	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	5	- 4
Otitis Media	66	0	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	71	- 71
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Malaysia

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.