URUGUAY VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,045	1	4,265	- 1,219
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,256	11	747	+ 1,509
Kidney Disease	3	1,169	8	1,040	+ 129
Stroke	4	1,042	2	2,850	- 1,807
Violence	5	850	23	295	+ 555
Liver Disease	6	782	27	206	+ 576
Lung Disease	7	763	4	1,706	- 943
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	650	6	1,370	- 720
Hypertension	9	467	15	648	- 182
Road Traffic Accidents	10	427	16	512	- 84
Other Injuries	11	319	10	774	- 455
Endocrine Disorders	12	296	17	487	- 191
Congenital Anomalies	13	274	30	170	+ 104
Malnutrition	14	198	43	73	+ 125
Prostate Cancer	15	196	13	707	- 511
Breast Cancer	16	193	9	848	- 655
Lung Cancers	17	193	5	1,463	- 1,270
Low Birth Weight	18	188	42	73	+ 114
Stomach Cancer	19	182	18	480	- 298
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	180	7	1,245	- 1,065
Liver Cancer	21	179	34	147	+ 31
Suicide	22	177	12	735	- 558
Other Neoplasms	23	163	19	464	- 301
Lymphomas	24	130	20	457	- 327
Leukemia	25	127	25	280	- 154
Cervical Cancer	26	125	29	172	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	27	118	14	656	- 537
HIV/AIDS	28	108	28	195	- 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	91	35	134	- 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	90	3	1,899	- 1,808
Skin Disease	31	79	36	130	- 51
Alcohol	32	77	39	104	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	72	46	57	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	34	69	32	160	- 91
Falls	35	69	47	55	+ 14
Birth Trauma	36	67	53	22	+ 45
Anemia	37	57	44	71	- 13
Tuberculosis	38	51	41	81	- 30
Epilepsy	39	50	40	86	- 36
Skin Cancers	40	50	33	149	- 99
Inflammatory/Heart	41	49	22	314	- 265
Drownings	42	47	45	65	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	43	41	21	320	- 279
Drug Use	44	39	49	41	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	37	51	35	+ 3
Oral Cancer	46	35	31	167	- 132
Asthma	47	35	37	127	- 92
Bladder Cancer	48	33	26	276	- 243
Oesophagus Cancer	49	33	24	286	- 253
Uterin Cancer	50	24	38	115	- 92
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	23	57	12	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	23	50	39	- 17
Appendicitis	53	20	59	9	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	54	20	60	9	+ 11
Hepatitis C	55	16	65	3	+ 13
Fires	56	16	48	54	- 39
Poisonings	57	14	55	17	- 3
Meningitis	58	9	58	10	- 1
Osteoarthritis	59	8	52	32	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	56	13	- 5
Hepatitis B	61	5	63	4	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	4	64	4	- 0
Schizophrenia	63	3	54	18	- 15
Upper Respiratory	64	3	62	5	- 2
Oral conditions	65	3	68	1	+ 2
War	66	3	70	0	+ 3
Dengue	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	67	2	- 1
Chagas disease	69	1	61	5	- 4
Pertussis	70	1	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Syphilis	73	0	66	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Mexico

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.