URUGUAY VS MAURITIUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	MAURITIUS		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	4,896	11	747	+ 4,149
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,717	1	4,265	+ 453
Stroke	3	2,574	2	2,850	- 275
Kidney Disease	4	1,893	8	1,040	+ 853
Lung Disease	5	1,690	4	1,706	- 17
Hypertension	6	1,546	15	648	+ 898
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	905	6	1,370	- 466
Breast Cancer	8	607	9	848	- 241
Lung Cancers	9	477	5	1,463	- 986
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	476	7	1,245	- 769
Road Traffic Accidents	11	406	16	512	- 106
Liver Disease	12	380	27	206	+ 174
HIV/AIDS	13	368	28	195	+ 173
Suicide	14	314	12	735	- 421
Prostate Cancer	15	301	13	707	- 406
Inflammatory/Heart	16	283	22	314	- 32
Asthma	17	280	37	127	+ 153
Stomach Cancer	18	273	18	480	- 207
Endocrine Disorders	19	263	17	487	- 224
Other Neoplasms	20	201	19	464	- 263
Other Injuries	21	172	10	774	- 602
Skin Disease	22	169	36	130	+ 39
Oral Cancer	23	166	31	167	- 2
Lymphomas	24	148	20	457	- 309
Congenital Anomalies	25	148	30	170	- 22
Falls	26	148	47	55	+ 93
Liver Cancer	27	147	34	147	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	28	143	14	656	- 513
Alcohol	29	139	39	104	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	30	128	29	172	- 44
Leukemia	31	126	25	280	- 154
Ovary Cancer	32	119	32	160	- 41
Drownings	33	113	45	65	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	109	3	1,899	- 1,789
Low Birth Weight	35	96	42	73	+ 23
Birth Trauma	36	95	53	22	+ 73
Oesophagus Cancer	37	93	24	286	- 194
Epilepsy	38	91	40	86	+ 5
Anemia	39	87	44	71	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	40	83	38	115	- 32
Violence	41	78	23	295	- 217
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	59	35	134	- 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	58	46	57	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	44	54	26	276	- 222
Tuberculosis	45	45	41	81	- 35
Drug Use	46	42	49	41	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	47	31	21	320	- 290
Maternal Conditions	48	28	60	9	+ 19
Poisonings	49	27	55	17	+ 11
Fires	50	27	48	54	- 27
Hepatitis C	51	23	65	3	+ 20
Schizophrenia	52	13	54	18	- 5
Skin Cancers	53	12	33	149	- 137
Malnutrition	54	10	43	73	- 63
Oral conditions	55	9	68	1	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	8	50	39	- 31
Meningitis	57	6	58	10	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	6	57	12	- 7
Appendicitis	59	3	59	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	51	35	- 32
Encephalitis	61	2	64	4	- 2
War	62	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	5	- 5
Ascariasis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	63	4	- 4
Pertussis	66	0	72	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	61	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Otitis Media	80	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	83	0	52	32	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	84	0	56	13	- 13
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Mauritius

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.