URUGUAY VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,610	6	1,370	+ 240
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,447	1	4,265	- 2,818
Stroke	3	811	2	2,850	- 2,039
Kidney Disease	4	760	8	1,040	- 280
Liver Disease	5	670	27	206	+ 464
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	611	3	1,899	- 1,288
Stomach Cancer	7	533	18	480	+ 53
Diabetes Mellitus	8	466	11	747	- 281
Road Traffic Accidents	9	464	16	512	- 48
Lung Cancers	10	333	5	1,463	- 1,130
Prostate Cancer	11	333	13	707	- 374
Violence	12	317	23	295	+ 22
Other Injuries	13	302	10	774	- 472
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	278	7	1,245	- 967
Lung Disease	15	265	4	1,706	- 1,441
Liver Cancer	16	260	34	147	+ 113
Tuberculosis	17	250	41	81	+ 169
Lymphomas	18	237	20	457	- 220
Congenital Anomalies	19	210	30	170	+ 40
Breast Cancer	20	207	9	848	- 641
Cervical Cancer	21	202	29	172	+ 30
Leukemia	22	194	25	280	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	23	169	14	656	- 487
Low Birth Weight	24	155	42	73	+ 82
Falls	25	135	47	55	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	26	133	21	320	- 187
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	116	35	134	- 18
Hypertension	28	111	15	648	- 537
Malnutrition	29	106	43	73	+ 33
Suicide	30	95	12	735	- 641
HIV/AIDS	31	89	28	195	- 106
Skin Cancers	32	83	33	149	- 67
Ovary Cancer	33	75	32	160	- 85
Drug Use	34	67	49	41	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	64	46	57	+ 7
Drownings	36	61	45	65	- 3
Birth Trauma	37	56	53	22	+ 34
Oral Cancer	38	55	31	167	- 113
Inflammatory/Heart	39	52	22	314	- 262
Endocrine Disorders	40	50	17	487	- 437
Bladder Cancer	41	49	26	276	- 227
Oesophagus Cancer	42	41	24	286	- 245
Maternal Conditions	43	36	60	9	+ 27
Alcohol	44	34	39	104	- 71
Uterin Cancer	45	32	38	115	- 83
Encephalitis	46	29	64	4	+ 26
Epilepsy	47	28	40	86	- 58
Pertussis	48	27	72	0	+ 27
Fires	49	25	48	54	- 29
Asthma	50	22	37	127	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	21	50	39	- 18
Syphilis	52	19	66	3	+ 16
Appendicitis	53	18	59	9	+ 9
Skin Disease	54	16	36	130	- 114
Poisonings	55	13	55	17	- 3
Meningitis	56	12	58	10	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	11	51	35	- 23
Other Neoplasms	58	6	19	464	- 458
Chagas disease	59	5	61	5	+ 0
Tetanus	60	5	71	0	+ 5
Malaria	61	4	79	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	56	13	- 9
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	5	- 4
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	3	- 3
Dengue	66	0	83	0	+ 0
War	67	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
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

Peru

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.