URUGUAY VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,391	28	195	+ 1,196
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,322	6	1,370	- 49
Malaria	3	1,105	79	0	+ 1,105
Tuberculosis	4	1,029	41	81	+ 949
Road Traffic Accidents	5	917	16	512	+ 405
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	893	35	134	+ 759
Stroke	7	858	2	2,850	- 1,992
Birth Trauma	8	766	53	22	+ 744
Coronary Heart Disease	9	671	1	4,265	- 3,594
Low Birth Weight	10	618	42	73	+ 545
Congenital Anomalies	11	497	30	170	+ 327
Maternal Conditions	12	347	60	9	+ 338
Liver Disease	13	334	27	206	+ 129
Cervical Cancer	14	326	29	172	+ 154
Diabetes Mellitus	15	317	11	747	- 430
Malnutrition	16	283	43	73	+ 210
Hypertension	17	264	15	648	- 384
Violence	18	239	23	295	- 56
Kidney Disease	19	231	8	1,040	- 809
Other Injuries	20	217	10	774	- 557
Meningitis	21	162	58	10	+ 152
Lung Disease	22	155	4	1,706	- 1,551
Pertussis	23	141	72	0	+ 141
Suicide	24	126	12	735	- 610
Oesophagus Cancer	25	114	24	286	- 172
Syphilis	26	107	66	3	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	104	3	1,899	- 1,795
Prostate Cancer	28	92	13	707	- 615
Endocrine Disorders	29	90	17	487	- 397
Asthma	30	86	37	127	- 41
Oral Cancer	31	84	31	167	- 84
Drownings	32	83	45	65	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	80	7	1,245	- 1,165
Falls	34	78	47	55	+ 23
Fires	35	72	48	54	+ 18
Liver Cancer	36	72	34	147	- 76
Breast Cancer	37	65	9	848	- 783
Inflammatory/Heart	38	62	22	314	- 252
Stomach Cancer	39	60	18	480	- 420
Poisonings	40	59	55	17	+ 43
Lymphomas	41	41	20	457	- 416
Skin Cancers	42	38	33	149	- 111
Epilepsy	43	36	40	86	- 50
Bladder Cancer	44	34	26	276	- 242
Parkinson's Disease	45	26	21	320	- 294
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	23	46	57	- 33
Leukemia	47	21	25	280	- 259
Drug Use	48	21	49	41	- 20
Tetanus	49	20	71	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	20	50	39	- 19
Schistosomiasis	51	19	77	0	+ 19
Skin Disease	52	18	36	130	- 112
Ovary Cancer	53	17	32	160	- 143
Upper Respiratory	54	15	62	5	+ 10
Measles	55	15	74	0	+ 15
Alcohol	56	14	39	104	- 91
Uterin Cancer	57	11	38	115	- 104
Appendicitis	58	11	59	9	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	10	64	4	+ 6
Hepatitis B	60	9	63	4	+ 4
Lung Cancers	61	8	5	1,463	- 1,455
Pancreas Cancer	62	8	14	656	- 648
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	51	35	- 30
Other Neoplasms	64	3	19	464	- 461
Ascariasis	65	3	80	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	3	- 1
War	67	2	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	56	13	- 12
Otitis Media	69	1	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	68	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	57	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Tanzania

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.