URUGUAY VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,743	6	1,370	+ 1,372
Malaria	2	2,213	79	0	+ 2,213
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,084	35	134	+ 1,950
Low Birth Weight	4	1,243	42	73	+ 1,170
Stroke	5	1,133	2	2,850	- 1,716
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,070	1	4,265	- 3,195
Birth Trauma	7	1,044	53	22	+ 1,022
Road Traffic Accidents	8	773	16	512	+ 262
Meningitis	9	681	58	10	+ 671
Congenital Anomalies	10	565	30	170	+ 395
Liver Disease	11	535	27	206	+ 329
Other Injuries	12	497	10	774	- 277
Tuberculosis	13	481	41	81	+ 401
Maternal Conditions	14	431	60	9	+ 422
Pertussis	15	372	72	0	+ 371
Kidney Disease	16	355	8	1,040	- 685
Diabetes Mellitus	17	342	11	747	- 405
Measles	18	314	74	0	+ 314
Violence	19	292	23	295	- 3
Lung Disease	20	282	4	1,706	- 1,424
Malnutrition	21	282	43	73	+ 209
Asthma	22	247	37	127	+ 120
Endocrine Disorders	23	235	17	487	- 252
Drownings	24	206	45	65	+ 141
Hypertension	25	176	15	648	- 472
Falls	26	169	47	55	+ 114
Suicide	27	160	12	735	- 576
Fires	28	146	48	54	+ 91
Breast Cancer	29	140	9	848	- 708
HIV/AIDS	30	136	28	195	- 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	136	46	57	+ 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	112	3	1,899	- 1,787
Poisonings	33	100	55	17	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	34	100	22	314	- 214
Liver Cancer	35	97	34	147	- 50
Epilepsy	36	88	40	86	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	68	7	1,245	- 1,177
Cervical Cancer	38	63	29	172	- 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	61	50	39	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	40	55	32	160	- 105
War	41	53	70	0	+ 53
Tetanus	42	48	71	0	+ 48
Lymphomas	43	46	20	457	- 412
Stomach Cancer	44	39	18	480	- 441
Skin Cancers	45	37	33	149	- 112
Hepatitis B	46	36	63	4	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	47	36	21	320	- 285
Leukemia	48	33	25	280	- 247
Oral Cancer	49	31	31	167	- 136
Schistosomiasis	50	31	77	0	+ 31
Leishmaniasis	51	31	78	0	+ 31
Skin Disease	52	28	36	130	- 102
Bladder Cancer	53	21	26	276	- 255
Pancreas Cancer	54	18	14	656	- 638
Oesophagus Cancer	55	17	24	286	- 269
Appendicitis	56	17	59	9	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	57	17	13	707	- 690
Drug Use	58	16	49	41	- 24
Ascariasis	59	16	80	0	+ 16
Alcohol	60	16	39	104	- 89
Encephalitis	61	15	64	4	+ 11
Syphilis	62	14	66	3	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	63	12	62	5	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	64	11	38	115	- 104
Diphtheria	65	8	73	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	66	6	65	3	+ 2
Lung Cancers	67	5	5	1,463	- 1,457
Other Neoplasms	68	3	19	464	- 461
Multiple Sclerosis	69	3	56	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	2	51	35	- 32
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Niger

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.