URUGUAY VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,596	1	4,265	+ 331
Stroke	2	3,158	2	2,850	+ 308
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,747	6	1,370	+ 377
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,518	11	747	+ 771
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,029	35	134	+ 894
Lung Disease	6	983	4	1,706	- 723
Malaria	7	686	79	0	+ 686
Road Traffic Accidents	8	522	16	512	+ 10
Suicide	9	463	12	735	- 272
Liver Disease	10	419	27	206	+ 213
Drownings	11	379	45	65	+ 314
Asthma	12	370	37	127	+ 243
Hypertension	13	358	15	648	- 290
Low Birth Weight	14	304	42	73	+ 231
Kidney Disease	15	300	8	1,040	- 740
Congenital Anomalies	16	297	30	170	+ 127
Other Injuries	17	282	10	774	- 492
Liver Cancer	18	282	34	147	+ 135
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	277	50	39	+ 238
Falls	20	258	47	55	+ 203
Birth Trauma	21	242	53	22	+ 220
Maternal Conditions	22	216	60	9	+ 207
Tuberculosis	23	211	41	81	+ 130
Dengue	24	195	83	0	+ 195
Cervical Cancer	25	195	29	172	+ 23
Breast Cancer	26	159	9	848	- 689
Lung Cancers	27	158	5	1,463	- 1,305
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	150	3	1,899	- 1,749
Syphilis	29	131	66	3	+ 129
Violence	30	123	23	295	- 172
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	109	7	1,245	- 1,136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	105	46	57	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	33	101	32	160	- 60
Parkinson's Disease	34	98	21	320	- 222
Leukemia	35	96	25	280	- 184
Malnutrition	36	90	43	73	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	37	82	22	314	- 232
Poisonings	38	72	55	17	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	39	70	17	487	- 417
Fires	40	67	48	54	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	41	61	13	707	- 646
Lymphomas	42	60	20	457	- 397
Meningitis	43	59	58	10	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	44	55	18	480	- 425
Epilepsy	45	50	40	86	- 36
Skin Disease	46	48	36	130	- 82
Uterin Cancer	47	41	38	115	- 75
Alcohol	48	41	39	104	- 64
Oral Cancer	49	36	31	167	- 132
Pertussis	50	35	72	0	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	51	20	14	656	- 635
Bladder Cancer	52	20	26	276	- 256
Hepatitis B	53	15	63	4	+ 11
Encephalitis	54	8	64	4	+ 4
Appendicitis	55	7	59	9	- 2
Other Neoplasms	56	5	19	464	- 458
Oesophagus Cancer	57	5	24	286	- 281
Drug Use	58	4	49	41	- 37
Tetanus	59	3	71	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	51	35	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	56	13	- 11
Hepatitis C	62	2	65	3	- 2
Ascariasis	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	62	5	- 4
War	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	2	- 2
Skin Cancers	69	0	33	149	- 149
Schizophrenia	70	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	44	71	- 71
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	28	195	- 195
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Solomon Isl.

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.