URUGUAY VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,057	1	4,265	+ 793
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,877	3	1,899	+ 978
Lung Disease	3	1,957	4	1,706	+ 251
Stroke	4	1,588	2	2,850	- 1,262
Lung Cancers	5	1,558	5	1,463	+ 95
Kidney Disease	6	860	8	1,040	- 180
Drug Use	7	746	49	41	+ 705
Hypertension	8	661	15	648	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	619	7	1,245	- 626
Diabetes Mellitus	10	615	11	747	- 132
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	604	6	1,370	- 766
Suicide	12	532	12	735	- 204
Breast Cancer	13	488	9	848	- 360
Endocrine Disorders	14	471	17	487	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	15	444	14	656	- 212
Liver Disease	16	435	27	206	+ 229
Road Traffic Accidents	17	418	16	512	- 94
Falls	18	405	47	55	+ 350
Lymphomas	19	403	20	457	- 54
Prostate Cancer	20	357	13	707	- 350
Parkinson's Disease	21	345	21	320	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	22	326	22	314	+ 12
Liver Cancer	23	271	34	147	+ 124
Leukemia	24	270	25	280	- 10
Other Injuries	25	260	10	774	- 514
Bladder Cancer	26	197	26	276	- 80
Violence	27	190	23	295	- 105
Oesophagus Cancer	28	179	24	286	- 108
Other Neoplasms	29	178	19	464	- 286
Alcohol	30	147	39	104	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	31	146	32	160	- 14
Skin Cancers	32	143	33	149	- 6
Stomach Cancer	33	131	18	480	- 349
Congenital Anomalies	34	118	30	170	- 52
Oral Cancer	35	116	31	167	- 51
Uterin Cancer	36	101	38	115	- 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	100	35	134	- 35
Cervical Cancer	38	70	29	172	- 102
Low Birth Weight	39	69	42	73	- 4
Malnutrition	40	68	43	73	- 5
Hepatitis C	41	57	65	3	+ 53
HIV/AIDS	42	57	28	195	- 139
Skin Disease	43	54	36	130	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	44	51	56	13	+ 38
Drownings	45	41	45	65	- 24
Asthma	46	38	37	127	- 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	37	50	39	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	35	46	57	- 22
Fires	49	32	48	54	- 23
Epilepsy	50	32	40	86	- 54
Anemia	51	31	44	71	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	25	51	35	- 10
Poisonings	53	17	55	17	+ 0
Birth Trauma	54	12	53	22	- 10
War	55	12	70	0	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	56	8	60	9	- 1
Schizophrenia	57	7	54	18	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	7	57	12	- 6
Hepatitis B	59	6	63	4	+ 2
Meningitis	60	6	58	10	- 4
Osteoarthritis	61	6	52	32	- 27
Tuberculosis	62	5	41	81	- 75
Appendicitis	63	4	59	9	- 5
Oral conditions	64	3	68	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	62	5	- 3
Syphilis	66	0	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	67	2	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	64	4	- 4
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	70	0	61	5	- 5
Tetanus	71	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
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

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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.