BOTSWANA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,051	3	1,632	+ 1,419
Stroke	2	2,039	4	1,588	+ 451
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,358	23	164	+ 1,195
Lung Disease	4	1,221	10	482	+ 739
Lung Cancers	5	1,046	39	45	+ 1,001
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	980	2	1,674	- 693
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	891	47	28	+ 863
Kidney Disease	8	744	9	506	+ 238
Breast Cancer	9	607	33	68	+ 538
Other Injuries	10	554	19	216	+ 337
Diabetes Mellitus	11	535	5	1,273	- 738
Suicide	12	526	15	370	+ 156
Prostate Cancer	13	506	41	45	+ 461
Pancreas Cancer	14	469	50	16	+ 453
Hypertension	15	464	11	471	- 7
Road Traffic Accidents	16	366	7	608	- 242
Endocrine Disorders	17	349	27	103	+ 246
Stomach Cancer	18	344	53	10	+ 333
Other Neoplasms	19	332	55	9	+ 322
Lymphomas	20	327	31	77	+ 250
Parkinson's Disease	21	229	38	47	+ 182
Inflammatory/Heart	22	225	20	177	+ 48
Violence	23	211	14	389	- 178
Oesophagus Cancer	24	205	28	103	+ 102
Leukemia	25	201	51	13	+ 188
Bladder Cancer	26	198	60	6	+ 191
Liver Disease	27	147	12	459	- 311
HIV/AIDS	28	140	1	4,950	- 4,810
Cervical Cancer	29	123	22	164	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	30	122	16	287	- 166
Oral Cancer	31	120	32	70	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	32	115	49	19	+ 95
Skin Cancers	33	107	37	52	+ 55
Liver Cancer	34	105	35	57	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	96	8	527	- 431
Skin Disease	36	93	46	30	+ 63
Asthma	37	91	18	232	- 141
Uterin Cancer	38	82	56	9	+ 73
Alcohol	39	75	45	31	+ 44
Epilepsy	40	61	36	56	+ 5
Tuberculosis	41	58	6	649	- 591
Low Birth Weight	42	53	13	447	- 394
Malnutrition	43	52	21	171	- 119
Anemia	44	50	84	0	+ 50
Drownings	45	46	30	83	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	41	29	90	- 49
Falls	47	39	34	62	- 22
Fires	48	39	26	108	- 69
Drug Use	49	29	48	26	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	28	43	37	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	25	52	11	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	52	23	81	0	+ 23
Birth Trauma	53	16	17	261	- 246
Schizophrenia	54	13	86	0	+ 13
Poisonings	55	12	42	42	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	56	9	63	3	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	9	80	0	+ 9
Meningitis	58	7	25	108	- 101
Appendicitis	59	6	57	8	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	6	24	118	- 111
Chagas disease	61	4	77	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	58	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	3	62	6	- 3
Encephalitis	64	3	59	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	44	36	- 34
Otitis Media	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	72	0	+ 0
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	61	6	- 6
Pertussis	72	0	40	45	- 44
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	80	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Uruguay

Botswana

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.