URUGUAY VS MALTA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALTA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,387	1	4,265	+ 2,122
Stroke	2	2,125	2	2,850	- 724
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,551	6	1,370	+ 180
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,511	3	1,899	- 388
Lung Cancers	5	1,436	5	1,463	- 27
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,186	11	747	+ 438
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,073	7	1,245	- 172
Lung Disease	8	923	4	1,706	- 783
Pancreas Cancer	9	659	14	656	+ 4
Breast Cancer	10	618	9	848	- 230
Kidney Disease	11	577	8	1,040	- 463
Lymphomas	12	386	20	457	- 71
Prostate Cancer	13	386	13	707	- 321
Falls	14	377	47	55	+ 322
Stomach Cancer	15	363	18	480	- 117
Parkinson's Disease	16	362	21	320	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	17	248	32	160	+ 88
Liver Cancer	18	246	34	147	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	19	242	26	276	- 34
Hypertension	20	242	15	648	- 407
Leukemia	21	202	25	280	- 79
Suicide	22	194	12	735	- 541
Oral Cancer	23	182	31	167	+ 15
Liver Disease	24	168	27	206	- 38
Skin Disease	25	167	36	130	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	26	161	19	464	- 303
Inflammatory/Heart	27	160	22	314	- 154
Uterin Cancer	28	151	38	115	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	29	148	24	286	- 139
Endocrine Disorders	30	139	17	487	- 348
Road Traffic Accidents	31	132	16	512	- 380
Congenital Anomalies	32	126	30	170	- 44
Other Injuries	33	119	10	774	- 655
Skin Cancers	34	102	33	149	- 47
Low Birth Weight	35	82	42	73	+ 9
Asthma	36	61	37	127	- 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	53	46	57	- 4
Drug Use	38	50	49	41	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	39	32	29	172	- 140
Violence	40	32	23	295	- 263
HIV/AIDS	41	27	28	195	- 168
Prostatic Hypertrophy	42	25	57	12	+ 12
Epilepsy	43	25	40	86	- 61
Birth Trauma	44	21	53	22	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	45	21	56	13	+ 8
Anemia	46	21	44	71	- 50
Alcohol	47	20	39	104	- 85
Drownings	48	16	45	65	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	16	50	39	- 23
Osteoarthritis	50	16	52	32	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	14	51	35	- 21
Tuberculosis	52	11	41	81	- 69
Hepatitis C	53	9	65	3	+ 6
War	54	8	70	0	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	8	35	134	- 127
Meningitis	56	6	58	10	- 4
Schizophrenia	57	5	54	18	- 13
Poisonings	58	4	55	17	- 13
Upper Respiratory	59	3	62	5	- 2
Malnutrition	60	3	43	73	- 70
Hepatitis B	61	3	63	4	- 2
Fires	62	2	48	54	- 52
Appendicitis	63	2	59	9	- 7
Maternal Conditions	64	2	60	9	- 7
Encephalitis	65	1	64	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	67	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	68	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	69	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	78	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Syphilis	81	0	66	3	- 3
Otitis Media	82	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	83	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Malta

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.