URUGUAY VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,713	6	1,370	+ 4,343
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	4,042	35	134	+ 3,908
Measles	3	3,046	74	0	+ 3,046
Tuberculosis	4	2,700	41	81	+ 2,620
Birth Trauma	5	2,519	53	22	+ 2,497
Stroke	6	2,262	2	2,850	- 588
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,903	1	4,265	- 2,361
Low Birth Weight	8	1,645	42	73	+ 1,571
Meningitis	9	1,416	58	10	+ 1,406
Malnutrition	10	1,270	43	73	+ 1,197
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,113	16	512	+ 602
Maternal Conditions	12	1,086	60	9	+ 1,077
Liver Disease	13	1,031	27	206	+ 825
Other Injuries	14	948	10	774	+ 174
Congenital Anomalies	15	897	30	170	+ 727
Diabetes Mellitus	16	760	11	747	+ 13
Tetanus	17	697	71	0	+ 696
Hypertension	18	696	15	648	+ 47
Lung Disease	19	643	4	1,706	- 1,063
Pertussis	20	540	72	0	+ 540
Kidney Disease	21	540	8	1,040	- 500
Malaria	22	511	79	0	+ 511
Asthma	23	494	37	127	+ 367
War	24	347	70	0	+ 347
Drownings	25	335	45	65	+ 270
Breast Cancer	26	324	9	848	- 524
Suicide	27	321	12	735	- 415
Cervical Cancer	28	232	29	172	+ 60
Violence	29	218	23	295	- 77
Fires	30	213	48	54	+ 159
Poisonings	31	199	55	17	+ 183
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	170	3	1,899	- 1,728
HIV/AIDS	33	160	28	195	- 35
Lymphomas	34	159	20	457	- 298
Leukemia	35	148	25	280	- 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	147	46	57	+ 90
Falls	37	144	47	55	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	144	7	1,245	- 1,101
Inflammatory/Heart	39	137	22	314	- 177
Oesophagus Cancer	40	136	24	286	- 150
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	117	50	39	+ 78
Schistosomiasis	42	115	77	0	+ 115
Epilepsy	43	110	40	86	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	44	107	17	487	- 380
Syphilis	45	99	66	3	+ 97
Oral Cancer	46	86	31	167	- 81
Upper Respiratory	47	86	62	5	+ 81
Hepatitis B	48	83	63	4	+ 79
Stomach Cancer	49	82	18	480	- 399
Ovary Cancer	50	78	32	160	- 83
Leishmaniasis	51	76	78	0	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	52	75	13	707	- 632
Liver Cancer	53	67	34	147	- 80
Lung Cancers	54	61	5	1,463	- 1,401
Appendicitis	55	49	59	9	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	56	48	21	320	- 272
Skin Cancers	57	43	33	149	- 106
Skin Disease	58	40	36	130	- 90
Alcohol	59	40	39	104	- 65
Diphtheria	60	39	73	0	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	61	39	26	276	- 237
Pancreas Cancer	62	28	14	656	- 627
Encephalitis	63	24	64	4	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	64	20	38	115	- 95
Drug Use	65	14	49	41	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	9	51	35	- 25
Hepatitis C	67	9	65	3	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	8	67	2	+ 7
Ascariasis	69	8	80	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	70	3	19	464	- 460
Multiple Sclerosis	71	2	56	13	- 11
Chlamydia	72	1	75	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
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

Somalia

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.