URUGUAY VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,327	6	1,370	- 43
Stroke	2	1,272	2	2,850	- 1,578
Road Traffic Accidents	3	935	16	512	+ 423
Coronary Heart Disease	4	907	1	4,265	- 3,358
Malaria	5	829	79	0	+ 829
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	785	35	134	+ 650
HIV/AIDS	7	710	28	195	+ 515
Liver Disease	8	641	27	206	+ 435
Low Birth Weight	9	551	42	73	+ 478
Birth Trauma	10	475	53	22	+ 453
Diabetes Mellitus	11	467	11	747	- 280
Congenital Anomalies	12	447	30	170	+ 277
Lung Disease	13	391	4	1,706	- 1,315
Hypertension	14	341	15	648	- 307
Kidney Disease	15	303	8	1,040	- 737
Malnutrition	16	294	43	73	+ 221
Other Injuries	17	237	10	774	- 537
Cervical Cancer	18	236	29	172	+ 65
Meningitis	19	213	58	10	+ 203
Stomach Cancer	20	196	18	480	- 284
Maternal Conditions	21	182	60	9	+ 173
Asthma	22	180	37	127	+ 53
Liver Cancer	23	178	34	147	+ 30
Suicide	24	177	12	735	- 558
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	165	3	1,899	- 1,733
Tuberculosis	26	157	41	81	+ 77
Breast Cancer	27	151	9	848	- 697
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	149	7	1,245	- 1,096
Violence	29	138	23	295	- 157
Lymphomas	30	113	20	457	- 344
Falls	31	104	47	55	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	32	100	13	707	- 608
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	91	46	57	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	34	87	22	314	- 227
Leukemia	35	80	25	280	- 201
Drownings	36	72	45	65	+ 7
Oral Cancer	37	68	31	167	- 99
Fires	38	68	48	54	+ 13
Lung Cancers	39	59	5	1,463	- 1,404
Poisonings	40	55	55	17	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	41	55	17	487	- 432
Pertussis	42	55	72	0	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	43	54	14	656	- 602
Oesophagus Cancer	44	54	24	286	- 233
Epilepsy	45	48	40	86	- 38
Syphilis	46	43	66	3	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	47	37	21	320	- 284
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	34	50	39	- 5
Alcohol	49	32	39	104	- 73
Skin Cancers	50	28	33	149	- 121
Schistosomiasis	51	28	77	0	+ 28
Skin Disease	52	26	36	130	- 104
Ovary Cancer	53	23	32	160	- 137
Appendicitis	54	18	59	9	+ 9
Hepatitis B	55	17	63	4	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	56	15	38	115	- 101
Upper Respiratory	57	15	62	5	+ 10
Tetanus	58	13	71	0	+ 13
Measles	59	13	74	0	+ 13
Drug Use	60	11	49	41	- 29
Encephalitis	61	10	64	4	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	62	9	26	276	- 267
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	51	35	- 29
Other Neoplasms	64	4	19	464	- 460
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	56	13	- 11
Ascariasis	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	67	2	- 1
War	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	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
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	71	- 71
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Rwanda

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.