URUGUAY VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,839	2	2,850	+ 989
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,032	1	4,265	- 1,233
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,847	11	747	+ 2,099
Kidney Disease	4	1,625	8	1,040	+ 585
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,339	6	1,370	- 32
Prostate Cancer	6	1,147	13	707	+ 440
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,112	16	512	+ 600
Lung Disease	8	1,077	4	1,706	- 629
Hypertension	9	1,069	15	648	+ 421
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	970	3	1,899	- 929
Violence	11	754	23	295	+ 459
Liver Disease	12	710	27	206	+ 504
Inflammatory/Heart	13	642	22	314	+ 328
Breast Cancer	14	519	9	848	- 329
Stomach Cancer	15	447	18	480	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	430	7	1,245	- 815
Endocrine Disorders	17	411	17	487	- 76
Lung Cancers	18	381	5	1,463	- 1,082
Low Birth Weight	19	350	42	73	+ 277
Skin Disease	20	329	36	130	+ 199
Other Injuries	21	301	10	774	- 473
Suicide	22	293	12	735	- 442
Parkinson's Disease	23	283	21	320	- 38
Lymphomas	24	267	20	457	- 191
Cervical Cancer	25	242	29	172	+ 70
Falls	26	215	47	55	+ 160
Asthma	27	195	37	127	+ 68
Drownings	28	190	45	65	+ 125
Alcohol	29	188	39	104	+ 84
Congenital Anomalies	30	165	30	170	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	31	164	14	656	- 491
Epilepsy	32	145	40	86	+ 59
Malnutrition	33	134	43	73	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	109	46	57	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	93	35	134	- 41
Leukemia	36	90	25	280	- 190
Liver Cancer	37	82	34	147	- 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	80	50	39	+ 41
Fires	39	68	48	54	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	40	64	24	286	- 222
Ovary Cancer	41	64	32	160	- 97
Birth Trauma	42	63	53	22	+ 41
Oral Cancer	43	63	31	167	- 105
Tuberculosis	44	59	41	81	- 21
Uterin Cancer	45	41	38	115	- 74
Drug Use	46	39	49	41	- 2
Maternal Conditions	47	38	60	9	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	48	37	19	464	- 427
Meningitis	49	30	58	10	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	27	51	35	- 8
Appendicitis	51	23	59	9	+ 14
Encephalitis	52	22	64	4	+ 19
Dengue	53	12	83	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	54	9	56	13	- 4
Poisonings	55	5	55	17	- 11
Tetanus	56	4	71	0	+ 4
Syphilis	57	4	66	3	+ 1
War	58	3	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	59	3	62	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	4	- 3
Schistosomiasis	61	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	62	1	75	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	33	149	- 149
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	44	71	- 71
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	26	276	- 276
Schizophrenia	73	0	54	18	- 18
Oral conditions	74	0	68	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	75	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	57	12	- 12
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	28	195	- 195
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Saint Lucia

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.