URUGUAY VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,331	1	4,265	- 1,934
Stroke	2	1,737	2	2,850	- 1,113
Lung Disease	3	1,547	4	1,706	- 159
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,546	11	747	+ 798
Tuberculosis	5	1,353	41	81	+ 1,273
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	885	6	1,370	- 486
Malaria	7	834	79	0	+ 834
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	782	35	134	+ 648
Asthma	9	628	37	127	+ 501
Low Birth Weight	10	566	42	73	+ 493
Birth Trauma	11	513	53	22	+ 490
Road Traffic Accidents	12	377	16	512	- 135
Hypertension	13	374	15	648	- 275
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	365	50	39	+ 326
Violence	15	330	23	295	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	16	324	30	170	+ 154
Breast Cancer	17	260	9	848	- 588
Kidney Disease	18	234	8	1,040	- 806
Cervical Cancer	19	227	29	172	+ 55
Other Injuries	20	220	10	774	- 553
Liver Cancer	21	220	34	147	+ 72
Liver Disease	22	213	27	206	+ 7
Lung Cancers	23	212	5	1,463	- 1,251
HIV/AIDS	24	208	28	195	+ 13
Oral Cancer	25	198	31	167	+ 31
Falls	26	171	47	55	+ 116
Fires	27	166	48	54	+ 112
Stomach Cancer	28	152	18	480	- 328
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	152	7	1,245	- 1,093
Maternal Conditions	30	143	60	9	+ 134
Skin Cancers	31	142	33	149	- 7
Lymphomas	32	120	20	457	- 337
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	117	3	1,899	- 1,782
Meningitis	34	110	58	10	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	103	46	57	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	36	97	13	707	- 610
Suicide	37	88	12	735	- 647
Leukemia	38	86	25	280	- 194
Pertussis	39	84	72	0	+ 84
Drownings	40	82	45	65	+ 17
Measles	41	81	74	0	+ 81
Syphilis	42	80	66	3	+ 77
Inflammatory/Heart	43	78	22	314	- 236
Oesophagus Cancer	44	68	24	286	- 218
Parkinson's Disease	45	63	21	320	- 257
Ovary Cancer	46	61	32	160	- 99
Endocrine Disorders	47	52	17	487	- 435
Malnutrition	48	46	43	73	- 27
Skin Disease	49	43	36	130	- 87
Poisonings	50	41	55	17	+ 25
Epilepsy	51	38	40	86	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	52	36	14	656	- 619
Alcohol	53	32	39	104	- 73
Bladder Cancer	54	28	26	276	- 248
Uterin Cancer	55	28	38	115	- 88
Tetanus	56	16	71	0	+ 16
Encephalitis	57	10	64	4	+ 7
Hepatitis B	58	9	63	4	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	7	59	9	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	5	19	464	- 458
Drug Use	61	4	49	41	- 36
Hepatitis C	62	3	65	3	- 1
Ascariasis	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	83	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	51	35	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	56	13	- 11
Diphtheria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	5	- 4
War	69	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

New Guinea

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.