URUGUAY VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	2,975	4	1,706	+ 1,268
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,166	1	4,265	- 2,099
Tuberculosis	3	1,820	41	81	+ 1,739
Stroke	4	1,421	2	2,850	- 1,429
Liver Disease	5	703	27	206	+ 497
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	686	6	1,370	- 684
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	668	35	134	+ 534
Asthma	8	653	37	127	+ 526
Road Traffic Accidents	9	512	16	512	+ 1
Kidney Disease	10	472	8	1,040	- 568
Low Birth Weight	11	421	42	73	+ 347
Lung Cancers	12	395	5	1,463	- 1,068
Falls	13	366	47	55	+ 311
Diabetes Mellitus	14	322	11	747	- 425
Birth Trauma	15	294	53	22	+ 272
Suicide	16	283	12	735	- 452
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	255	50	39	+ 216
Hypertension	18	230	15	648	- 418
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	223	3	1,899	- 1,676
Cervical Cancer	20	217	29	172	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	21	214	30	170	+ 44
Other Injuries	22	182	10	774	- 592
Drownings	23	166	45	65	+ 101
Oral Cancer	24	153	31	167	- 14
Stomach Cancer	25	152	18	480	- 328
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	128	7	1,245	- 1,116
Breast Cancer	27	114	9	848	- 734
Maternal Conditions	28	108	60	9	+ 99
Encephalitis	29	97	64	4	+ 93
Epilepsy	30	96	40	86	+ 10
Malnutrition	31	93	43	73	+ 20
Lymphomas	32	84	20	457	- 373
Parkinson's Disease	33	84	21	320	- 237
HIV/AIDS	34	81	28	195	- 114
Violence	35	77	23	295	- 218
Leukemia	36	73	25	280	- 207
Ovary Cancer	37	64	32	160	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	38	54	24	286	- 232
Poisonings	39	52	55	17	+ 36
Pertussis	40	50	72	0	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	41	49	14	656	- 607
Skin Cancers	42	44	33	149	- 105
Meningitis	43	42	58	10	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	44	36	26	276	- 240
Endocrine Disorders	45	28	17	487	- 459
Liver Cancer	46	28	34	147	- 119
Appendicitis	47	24	59	9	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	48	24	22	314	- 290
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	21	46	57	- 36
Fires	50	20	48	54	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	19	51	35	- 15
Alcohol	52	18	39	104	- 86
Tetanus	53	15	71	0	+ 14
Syphilis	54	15	66	3	+ 12
Dengue	55	13	83	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	56	13	63	4	+ 9
Drug Use	57	10	49	41	- 30
Prostate Cancer	58	9	13	707	- 698
Measles	59	7	74	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	60	6	38	115	- 109
Other Neoplasms	61	5	19	464	- 458
Leishmaniasis	62	4	78	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	56	13	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	3	65	3	- 0
War	65	3	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	5	- 2
Skin Disease	67	2	36	130	- 128
Chlamydia	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	71	- 71
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Nepal

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.