URUGUAY VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,744	1	4,265	- 520
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,067	3	1,899	+ 1,169
Stroke	3	2,101	2	2,850	- 749
Lung Cancers	4	1,603	5	1,463	+ 141
Lung Disease	5	1,371	4	1,706	- 335
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,229	7	1,245	- 16
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	994	6	1,370	- 377
Kidney Disease	8	705	8	1,040	- 335
Hypertension	9	660	15	648	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	10	563	11	747	- 184
Breast Cancer	11	512	9	848	- 336
Pancreas Cancer	12	489	14	656	- 166
Prostate Cancer	13	465	13	707	- 242
Stomach Cancer	14	420	18	480	- 60
Other Injuries	15	401	10	774	- 373
Lymphomas	16	386	20	457	- 71
Bladder Cancer	17	378	26	276	+ 102
Liver Cancer	18	369	34	147	+ 222
Inflammatory/Heart	19	361	22	314	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	20	358	21	320	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	21	352	17	487	- 135
Other Neoplasms	22	344	19	464	- 120
Liver Disease	23	307	27	206	+ 101
Leukemia	24	273	25	280	- 7
Suicide	25	261	12	735	- 474
Falls	26	235	47	55	+ 180
Oral Cancer	27	187	31	167	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	28	147	32	160	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	29	146	24	286	- 141
Skin Disease	30	133	36	130	+ 3
Road Traffic Accidents	31	133	16	512	- 379
Skin Cancers	32	131	33	149	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	117	50	39	+ 78
Uterin Cancer	34	117	38	115	+ 2
Asthma	35	82	37	127	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	77	35	134	- 57
Anemia	37	66	44	71	- 4
Congenital Anomalies	38	63	30	170	- 108
Cervical Cancer	39	62	29	172	- 110
Epilepsy	40	60	40	86	- 26
Drug Use	41	56	49	41	+ 16
Hepatitis C	42	47	65	3	+ 44
HIV/AIDS	43	39	28	195	- 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	34	46	57	- 22
Drownings	45	32	45	65	- 32
Alcohol	46	24	39	104	- 80
Malnutrition	47	22	43	73	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	21	51	35	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	49	21	56	13	+ 8
Tuberculosis	50	20	41	81	- 61
Violence	51	19	23	295	- 276
Low Birth Weight	52	18	42	73	- 55
Osteoarthritis	53	15	52	32	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	15	57	12	+ 2
Fires	55	13	48	54	- 41
Schizophrenia	56	13	54	18	- 5
Poisonings	57	12	55	17	- 4
Hepatitis B	58	12	63	4	+ 8
Meningitis	59	9	58	10	- 1
Birth Trauma	60	8	53	22	- 14
Appendicitis	61	6	59	9	- 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	62	5	- 2
Oral conditions	63	3	68	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	60	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	67	2	- 1
Syphilis	67	1	66	3	- 2
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	64	4	- 4
Chagas disease	71	0	61	5	- 5
Tetanus	72	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Spain

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.