URUGUAY VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,099	1	4,265	- 166
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,942	11	747	+ 1,194
Lung Disease	3	1,473	4	1,706	- 233
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,081	3	1,899	- 817
Kidney Disease	5	1,069	8	1,040	+ 29
Stroke	6	1,060	2	2,850	- 1,789
Asthma	7	1,008	37	127	+ 881
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	797	6	1,370	- 573
Road Traffic Accidents	9	654	16	512	+ 143
Suicide	10	464	12	735	- 271
Oral Cancer	11	451	31	167	+ 284
Lung Cancers	12	277	5	1,463	- 1,186
Oesophagus Cancer	13	241	24	286	- 46
Other Injuries	14	238	10	774	- 536
Breast Cancer	15	215	9	848	- 632
Stomach Cancer	16	206	18	480	- 274
Liver Disease	17	203	27	206	- 3
Leukemia	18	180	25	280	- 100
Liver Cancer	19	170	34	147	+ 23
Hypertension	20	164	15	648	- 484
Lymphomas	21	160	20	457	- 297
Congenital Anomalies	22	154	30	170	- 16
Falls	23	150	47	55	+ 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	142	7	1,245	- 1,103
Tuberculosis	25	120	41	81	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	26	119	29	172	- 53
Drownings	27	114	45	65	+ 49
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	94	35	134	- 40
Low Birth Weight	29	84	42	73	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	30	79	13	707	- 628
Violence	31	78	23	295	- 217
Endocrine Disorders	32	72	17	487	- 415
Anemia	33	69	44	71	- 1
Bladder Cancer	34	67	26	276	- 209
Inflammatory/Heart	35	66	22	314	- 248
Skin Disease	36	46	36	130	- 84
Ovary Cancer	37	44	32	160	- 117
War	38	44	70	0	+ 43
Epilepsy	39	42	40	86	- 44
Drug Use	40	40	49	41	- 1
Fires	41	37	48	54	- 17
Uterin Cancer	42	34	38	115	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	43	33	14	656	- 622
Birth Trauma	44	30	53	22	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	45	26	21	320	- 294
Meningitis	46	23	58	10	+ 13
Dengue	47	20	83	0	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	48	15	60	9	+ 6
Poisonings	49	15	55	17	- 2
Other Neoplasms	50	13	19	464	- 450
Alcohol	51	13	39	104	- 92
Skin Cancers	52	9	33	149	- 140
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	8	50	39	- 31
Malnutrition	54	7	43	73	- 66
HIV/AIDS	55	6	28	195	- 189
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	6	46	57	- 51
Tetanus	57	4	71	0	+ 4
Syphilis	58	2	66	3	- 1
Pertussis	59	2	72	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	51	35	- 33
Encephalitis	61	2	64	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	1	63	4	- 3
Leprosy	63	1	69	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	64	1	59	9	- 8
Schizophrenia	65	1	54	18	- 17
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	5	- 4
Osteoarthritis	67	1	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	68	0	68	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	56	13	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	57	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	76	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	61	5	- 5
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Sri Lanka

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.