URUGUAY VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,999	6	1,370	+ 1,629
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,094	35	134	+ 1,960
Tuberculosis	3	1,842	41	81	+ 1,762
Malaria	4	1,461	79	0	+ 1,461
Birth Trauma	5	1,450	53	22	+ 1,427
Low Birth Weight	6	1,388	42	73	+ 1,315
Coronary Heart Disease	7	888	1	4,265	- 3,377
Stroke	8	835	2	2,850	- 2,014
Congenital Anomalies	9	719	30	170	+ 549
HIV/AIDS	10	638	28	195	+ 443
Meningitis	11	632	58	10	+ 621
Road Traffic Accidents	12	603	16	512	+ 92
Liver Disease	13	555	27	206	+ 349
Measles	14	426	74	0	+ 426
Maternal Conditions	15	341	60	9	+ 332
Pertussis	16	337	72	0	+ 337
Other Injuries	17	328	10	774	- 446
Diabetes Mellitus	18	325	11	747	- 422
Violence	19	266	23	295	- 29
Kidney Disease	20	263	8	1,040	- 777
Endocrine Disorders	21	229	17	487	- 259
Lung Disease	22	182	4	1,706	- 1,524
Breast Cancer	23	172	9	848	- 676
Hypertension	24	155	15	648	- 494
Cervical Cancer	25	153	29	172	- 19
Tetanus	26	121	71	0	+ 121
Asthma	27	119	37	127	- 8
Falls	28	109	47	55	+ 54
Fires	29	103	48	54	+ 49
Suicide	30	102	12	735	- 634
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	98	3	1,899	- 1,800
Drownings	32	95	45	65	+ 31
Poisonings	33	95	55	17	+ 79
Drug Use	34	91	49	41	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	35	86	13	707	- 622
Malnutrition	36	85	43	73	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	85	46	57	+ 28
Syphilis	38	79	66	3	+ 76
Liver Cancer	39	77	34	147	- 71
Lymphomas	40	75	20	457	- 382
Epilepsy	41	72	40	86	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	42	70	22	314	- 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	60	7	1,245	- 1,185
Diphtheria	44	55	73	0	+ 55
War	45	47	70	0	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	46	36	21	320	- 285
Leukemia	47	33	25	280	- 248
Oral Cancer	48	32	31	167	- 135
Ovary Cancer	49	31	32	160	- 129
Stomach Cancer	50	31	18	480	- 449
Pancreas Cancer	51	29	14	656	- 627
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	28	50	39	- 11
Skin Cancers	53	28	33	149	- 121
Schistosomiasis	54	22	77	0	+ 22
Hepatitis B	55	22	63	4	+ 17
Skin Disease	56	21	36	130	- 109
Lung Cancers	57	19	5	1,463	- 1,444
Alcohol	58	15	39	104	- 90
Encephalitis	59	14	64	4	+ 10
Appendicitis	60	11	59	9	+ 2
Ascariasis	61	10	80	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	62	10	38	115	- 105
Bladder Cancer	63	10	26	276	- 266
Oesophagus Cancer	64	8	24	286	- 278
Hepatitis C	65	4	65	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	4	19	464	- 459
Upper Respiratory	67	4	62	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	56	13	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	2	51	35	- 32
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 2
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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	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

Nigeria

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.