URUGUAY VS THAILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	THAILAND		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,513	1	4,265	- 1,751
Stroke	2	2,463	2	2,850	- 387
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,533	6	1,370	+ 162
Kidney Disease	4	1,314	8	1,040	+ 274
Liver Cancer	5	1,170	34	147	+ 1,023
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,119	3	1,899	- 779
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,099	16	512	+ 587
Lung Cancers	8	1,092	5	1,463	- 370
Lung Disease	9	954	4	1,706	- 752
Diabetes Mellitus	10	920	11	747	+ 172
Liver Disease	11	862	27	206	+ 656
HIV/AIDS	12	682	28	195	+ 487
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	485	7	1,245	- 759
Tuberculosis	14	468	41	81	+ 387
Diarrhoeal diseases	15	336	35	134	+ 202
Suicide	16	301	12	735	- 434
Breast Cancer	17	297	9	848	- 551
Falls	18	265	47	55	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	19	250	29	172	+ 78
Oral Cancer	20	243	31	167	+ 76
Other Injuries	21	239	10	774	- 535
Lymphomas	22	222	20	457	- 235
Parkinson's Disease	23	210	21	320	- 110
Asthma	24	205	37	127	+ 78
Drownings	25	194	45	65	+ 129
Leukemia	26	191	25	280	- 89
Stomach Cancer	27	169	18	480	- 311
Skin Disease	28	165	36	130	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	29	155	24	286	- 132
Prostate Cancer	30	148	13	707	- 559
Violence	31	145	23	295	- 150
Inflammatory/Heart	32	141	22	314	- 173
Pancreas Cancer	33	117	14	656	- 539
Hypertension	34	107	15	648	- 542
Congenital Anomalies	35	103	30	170	- 67
Ovary Cancer	36	98	32	160	- 62
Endocrine Disorders	37	92	17	487	- 395
Bladder Cancer	38	88	26	276	- 188
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	82	46	57	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	40	76	42	73	+ 2
Skin Cancers	41	55	33	149	- 94
Malnutrition	42	47	43	73	- 26
Meningitis	43	46	58	10	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	44	42	38	115	- 73
Drug Use	45	39	49	41	- 2
Encephalitis	46	35	64	4	+ 31
Epilepsy	47	34	40	86	- 52
Fires	48	30	48	54	- 24
Alcohol	49	27	39	104	- 78
Birth Trauma	50	26	53	22	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	21	50	39	- 18
Maternal Conditions	52	11	60	9	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	10	51	35	- 25
Other Neoplasms	54	9	19	464	- 454
Dengue	55	8	83	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	63	4	+ 3
Poisonings	57	6	55	17	- 10
Tetanus	58	6	71	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	6	59	9	- 3
War	60	4	70	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	56	13	- 9
Pertussis	62	4	72	0	+ 4
Measles	63	3	74	0	+ 3
Syphilis	64	2	66	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	5	- 4
Malaria	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	68	0	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	69	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	82	0	52	32	- 32
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Thailand

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.