URUGUAY VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,998	1	4,265	- 1,267
Kidney Disease	2	1,812	8	1,040	+ 773
Stroke	3	1,141	2	2,850	- 1,709
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,061	11	747	+ 313
Lung Disease	5	805	4	1,706	- 901
Liver Disease	6	617	27	206	+ 411
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	591	6	1,370	- 780
Road Traffic Accidents	8	569	16	512	+ 57
Hypertension	9	566	15	648	- 82
Violence	10	317	23	295	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	11	293	30	170	+ 123
Liver Cancer	12	261	34	147	+ 114
Low Birth Weight	13	251	42	73	+ 178
Stomach Cancer	14	245	18	480	- 235
Prostate Cancer	15	198	13	707	- 509
Cervical Cancer	16	192	29	172	+ 20
Other Injuries	17	183	10	774	- 591
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	162	7	1,245	- 1,083
Suicide	19	146	12	735	- 589
Breast Cancer	20	145	9	848	- 703
Alcohol	21	143	39	104	+ 38
Falls	22	142	47	55	+ 87
Lung Cancers	23	140	5	1,463	- 1,322
Leukemia	24	116	25	280	- 164
Birth Trauma	25	102	53	22	+ 79
Other Neoplasms	26	99	19	464	- 365
Pancreas Cancer	27	91	14	656	- 564
Endocrine Disorders	28	84	17	487	- 403
Lymphomas	29	84	20	457	- 373
Malnutrition	30	84	43	73	+ 11
Skin Disease	31	83	36	130	- 47
Drownings	32	80	45	65	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	76	3	1,899	- 1,822
Inflammatory/Heart	34	72	22	314	- 243
HIV/AIDS	35	71	28	195	- 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	63	35	134	- 72
Tuberculosis	37	59	41	81	- 22
Asthma	38	54	37	127	- 73
Maternal Conditions	39	45	60	9	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	44	46	57	- 13
Epilepsy	41	38	40	86	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	42	34	21	320	- 286
Oral Cancer	43	33	31	167	- 134
Ovary Cancer	44	31	32	160	- 129
Skin Cancers	45	30	33	149	- 119
Drug Use	46	26	49	41	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	47	21	24	286	- 265
Uterin Cancer	48	20	38	115	- 95
Appendicitis	49	16	59	9	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	16	51	35	- 19
Meningitis	51	15	58	10	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	52	14	26	276	- 262
Anemia	53	14	44	71	- 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	10	50	39	- 29
Poisonings	55	9	55	17	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	9	57	12	- 4
Fires	57	8	48	54	- 46
Encephalitis	58	5	64	4	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	59	5	52	32	- 27
Syphilis	60	5	66	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	56	13	- 10
Hepatitis B	62	3	63	4	- 2
Oral conditions	63	2	68	1	+ 1
Dengue	64	2	83	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	2	61	5	- 3
Schizophrenia	66	2	54	18	- 16
Pertussis	67	2	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	3	- 3
Ascariasis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
War	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	62	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	67	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Nicaragua

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.