CANADA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	48,300	1	40,063	+ 8,237
Stroke	2	32,277	5	14,159	+ 18,118
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	21,503	2	30,970	- 9,467
Lung Disease	4	19,323	4	14,212	+ 5,111
Lung Cancers	5	16,566	3	20,937	- 4,370
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	15,521	7	7,431	+ 8,089
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	14,099	6	9,651	+ 4,448
Kidney Disease	8	11,777	14	4,578	+ 7,200
Breast Cancer	9	9,604	8	5,910	+ 3,694
Other Injuries	10	8,766	24	2,392	+ 6,373
Diabetes Mellitus	11	8,464	9	5,718	+ 2,746
Suicide	12	8,329	15	4,417	+ 3,912
Prostate Cancer	13	8,008	13	4,711	+ 3,298
Pancreas Cancer	14	7,424	11	5,057	+ 2,367
Hypertension	15	7,342	22	2,563	+ 4,780
Road Traffic Accidents	16	5,794	28	1,998	+ 3,796
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,517	19	3,233	+ 2,285
Stomach Cancer	18	5,439	26	2,177	+ 3,261
Other Neoplasms	19	5,251	31	1,679	+ 3,573
Lymphomas	20	5,179	10	5,146	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,628	18	3,359	+ 269
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,559	27	2,060	+ 1,499
Violence	23	3,342	40	605	+ 2,737
Oesophagus Cancer	24	3,242	25	2,230	+ 1,012
Leukemia	25	3,175	21	3,098	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	26	3,127	23	2,521	+ 607
Liver Disease	27	2,331	17	3,624	- 1,292
HIV/AIDS	28	2,211	53	163	+ 2,048
Cervical Cancer	29	1,947	41	578	+ 1,369
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,927	35	1,081	+ 845
Oral Cancer	31	1,894	32	1,592	+ 302
Ovary Cancer	32	1,816	29	1,902	- 86
Skin Cancers	33	1,688	30	1,756	- 68
Liver Cancer	34	1,669	20	3,113	- 1,444
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,521	36	840	+ 681
Skin Disease	36	1,471	38	679	+ 792
Asthma	37	1,438	49	262	+ 1,176
Uterin Cancer	38	1,305	34	1,183	+ 122
Alcohol	39	1,184	33	1,491	- 307
Epilepsy	40	972	44	384	+ 588
Tuberculosis	41	912	58	97	+ 815
Low Birth Weight	42	832	42	553	+ 279
Malnutrition	43	826	51	192	+ 634
Anemia	44	799	46	343	+ 456
Drownings	45	733	48	283	+ 450
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	643	43	442	+ 201
Falls	47	623	12	4,829	- 4,206
Fires	48	617	52	192	+ 425
Drug Use	49	460	16	3,686	- 3,226
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	443	39	636	- 193
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	391	47	322	+ 68
Osteoarthritis	52	368	55	139	+ 229
Birth Trauma	53	251	50	193	+ 58
Schizophrenia	54	203	57	118	+ 84
Poisonings	55	187	56	121	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	56	148	37	692	- 544
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	141	54	143	- 2
Meningitis	58	116	59	68	+ 48
Appendicitis	59	102	62	49	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	60	101	64	45	+ 56
Chagas disease	61	56	70	1	+ 55
Upper Respiratory	62	56	63	47	+ 9
Hepatitis B	63	47	60	66	- 19
Encephalitis	64	44	68	3	+ 41
Hepatitis C	65	39	45	363	- 324
Syphilis	66	32	67	5	+ 27
Otitis Media	67	18	66	8	+ 10
Oral conditions	68	13	61	51	- 38
Leprosy	69	4	79	0	+ 4
War	70	4	65	21	- 17
Tetanus	71	4	71	0	+ 4
Pertussis	72	3	69	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Uruguay

Canada

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.