URUGUAY VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,405	1	4,265	+ 6,141
Stroke	2	2,890	2	2,850	+ 40
Lung Cancers	3	2,279	5	1,463	+ 816
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,768	6	1,370	+ 398
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,292	7	1,245	+ 47
Lung Disease	6	1,209	4	1,706	- 497
Other Neoplasms	7	818	19	464	+ 355
Diabetes Mellitus	8	791	11	747	+ 44
Breast Cancer	9	704	9	848	- 144
Liver Disease	10	699	27	206	+ 494
Prostate Cancer	11	574	13	707	- 133
Stomach Cancer	12	523	18	480	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	13	480	14	656	- 176
Alcohol	14	463	39	104	+ 359
Hypertension	15	436	15	648	- 212
Falls	16	417	47	55	+ 362
Bladder Cancer	17	416	26	276	+ 139
Suicide	18	379	12	735	- 357
Lymphomas	19	366	20	457	- 91
Kidney Disease	20	359	8	1,040	- 681
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	327	3	1,899	- 1,571
Road Traffic Accidents	22	314	16	512	- 197
Inflammatory/Heart	23	309	22	314	- 5
Leukemia	24	305	25	280	+ 25
Oral Cancer	25	299	31	167	+ 131
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	273	46	57	+ 216
Ovary Cancer	27	259	32	160	+ 99
Other Injuries	28	223	10	774	- 551
Liver Cancer	29	202	34	147	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	30	191	38	115	+ 76
Skin Cancers	31	190	33	149	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	32	169	29	172	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	33	159	24	286	- 127
Parkinson's Disease	34	133	21	320	- 188
Epilepsy	35	101	40	86	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	36	81	30	170	- 89
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	74	35	134	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	38	73	17	487	- 414
Drownings	39	56	45	65	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	54	50	39	+ 15
Tuberculosis	41	53	41	81	- 28
Low Birth Weight	42	51	42	73	- 22
Asthma	43	48	37	127	- 79
Multiple Sclerosis	44	44	56	13	+ 31
Fires	45	42	48	54	- 13
Skin Disease	46	41	36	130	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	33	51	35	- 2
Drug Use	48	28	49	41	- 12
Violence	49	26	23	295	- 269
Malnutrition	50	26	43	73	- 47
Poisonings	51	18	55	17	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	17	65	3	+ 13
Meningitis	53	15	58	10	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	54	10	28	195	- 185
Appendicitis	55	6	59	9	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	5	63	4	+ 0
Birth Trauma	57	5	53	22	- 18
Schizophrenia	58	3	54	18	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	3	57	12	- 10
Upper Respiratory	60	2	62	5	- 3
Osteoarthritis	61	2	52	32	- 31
Anemia	62	1	44	71	- 69
Maternal Conditions	63	1	60	9	- 8
Encephalitis	64	1	64	4	- 3
Oral conditions	65	0	68	1	- 1
War	66	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	2	- 1
Syphilis	69	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Poland

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.