BAHAMAS VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		BAHAMAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	512	1	334	+ 177
Stroke	2	342	2	224	+ 118
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	228	14	53	+ 174
Lung Disease	4	205	17	33	+ 171
Lung Cancers	5	175	19	29	+ 146
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	164	8	98	+ 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	149	16	42	+ 107
Kidney Disease	8	125	7	120	+ 5
Breast Cancer	9	102	9	69	+ 33
Other Injuries	10	93	10	67	+ 26
Diabetes Mellitus	11	90	4	154	- 64
Suicide	12	88	31	14	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	13	85	12	65	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	14	79	37	10	+ 69
Hypertension	15	78	3	198	- 120
Road Traffic Accidents	16	61	18	30	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	17	58	13	62	- 3
Stomach Cancer	18	58	25	18	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	19	56	47	3	+ 52
Lymphomas	20	55	22	25	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	21	38	27	17	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	22	38	15	47	- 9
Violence	23	35	5	148	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	24	34	38	9	+ 26
Leukemia	25	34	35	10	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	26	33	50	2	+ 31
Liver Disease	27	25	11	67	- 42
HIV/AIDS	28	23	6	134	- 111
Cervical Cancer	29	21	23	21	+ 0
Congenital Anomalies	30	20	29	16	+ 5
Oral Cancer	31	20	46	3	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	32	19	36	10	+ 9
Skin Cancers	33	18	55	1	+ 17
Liver Cancer	34	18	32	12	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	16	43	5	+ 11
Skin Disease	36	16	20	27	- 11
Asthma	37	15	39	9	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	38	14	30	14	- 0
Alcohol	39	13	24	20	- 8
Epilepsy	40	10	40	8	+ 2
Tuberculosis	41	10	58	0	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	42	9	28	16	- 8
Malnutrition	43	9	45	4	+ 5
Anemia	44	8	81	0	+ 8
Drownings	45	8	21	26	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	7	34	10	- 4
Falls	47	7	26	18	- 11
Fires	48	7	33	10	- 4
Drug Use	49	5	48	2	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	5	44	4	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	53	2	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	52	4	86	0	+ 4
Birth Trauma	53	3	42	6	- 4
Schizophrenia	54	2	83	0	+ 2
Poisonings	55	2	56	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	54	2	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	1	85	0	+ 1
Meningitis	58	1	49	2	- 1
Appendicitis	59	1	52	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	1	41	6	- 5
Chagas disease	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	60	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	64	0	51	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	73	0	+ 0
War	70	0	57	1	- 1
Tetanus	71	0	62	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	59	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BAHAMAS

Uruguay

Bahamas

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.