URUGUAY VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,645	1	4,265	+ 2,381
Diabetes Mellitus	2	4,221	11	747	+ 3,473
Stroke	3	4,096	2	2,850	+ 1,246
Kidney Disease	4	1,934	8	1,040	+ 894
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,781	6	1,370	+ 410
Lung Disease	6	1,418	4	1,706	- 288
Suicide	7	1,104	12	735	+ 369
Hypertension	8	933	15	648	+ 284
Liver Disease	9	815	27	206	+ 610
Lung Cancers	10	789	5	1,463	- 674
Drownings	11	592	45	65	+ 528
Breast Cancer	12	584	9	848	- 264
Asthma	13	547	37	127	+ 420
Low Birth Weight	14	515	42	73	+ 441
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	472	50	39	+ 433
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	462	35	134	+ 327
Other Injuries	17	458	10	774	- 316
Congenital Anomalies	18	457	30	170	+ 287
Tuberculosis	19	430	41	81	+ 350
Stomach Cancer	20	404	18	480	- 76
Birth Trauma	21	372	53	22	+ 350
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	290	7	1,245	- 955
Cervical Cancer	23	286	29	172	+ 114
Liver Cancer	24	281	34	147	+ 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	228	46	57	+ 171
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	224	3	1,899	- 1,674
Falls	27	212	47	55	+ 157
Inflammatory/Heart	28	207	22	314	- 107
Prostate Cancer	29	189	13	707	- 518
Endocrine Disorders	30	182	17	487	- 305
Violence	31	181	23	295	- 114
Leukemia	32	173	25	280	- 108
Parkinson's Disease	33	161	21	320	- 160
Maternal Conditions	34	126	60	9	+ 117
Pancreas Cancer	35	125	14	656	- 531
Lymphomas	36	124	20	457	- 334
Pertussis	37	121	72	0	+ 121
Oral Cancer	38	116	31	167	- 51
Meningitis	39	110	58	10	+ 100
Syphilis	40	104	66	3	+ 101
Uterin Cancer	41	98	38	115	- 17
Skin Disease	42	94	36	130	- 36
Epilepsy	43	94	40	86	+ 8
Malnutrition	44	91	43	73	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	45	79	32	160	- 81
Alcohol	46	78	39	104	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	47	75	24	286	- 211
Fires	48	69	48	54	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	49	54	26	276	- 222
Poisonings	50	35	55	17	+ 18
Skin Cancers	51	31	33	149	- 118
Drug Use	52	21	49	41	- 19
Encephalitis	53	20	64	4	+ 17
Appendicitis	54	15	59	9	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	55	13	19	464	- 451
Measles	56	12	74	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	57	10	63	4	+ 6
Road Traffic Accidents	58	6	16	512	- 505
Tetanus	59	6	71	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	51	35	- 29
Dengue	61	5	83	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	56	13	- 8
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	3	- 2
Diphtheria	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	80	0	+ 1
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	5	- 5
Otitis Media	69	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	28	195	- 195
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Micronesia

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.