CENTRAL AFRICA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,036	7	2,900	+ 4,136
Stroke	2	4,702	5	3,284	+ 1,418
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,132	33	204	+ 2,928
Lung Disease	4	2,815	18	956	+ 1,859
Lung Cancers	5	2,413	55	47	+ 2,366
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,261	1	5,231	- 2,971
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,054	45	116	+ 1,937
Kidney Disease	8	1,716	21	710	+ 1,005
Breast Cancer	9	1,399	26	344	+ 1,055
Other Injuries	10	1,277	23	621	+ 656
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,233	15	1,141	+ 92
Suicide	12	1,213	24	585	+ 628
Prostate Cancer	13	1,167	38	156	+ 1,010
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,081	60	37	+ 1,045
Hypertension	15	1,070	12	1,252	- 183
Road Traffic Accidents	16	844	10	1,790	- 946
Endocrine Disorders	17	804	25	423	+ 381
Stomach Cancer	18	792	49	65	+ 727
Other Neoplasms	19	765	70	5	+ 760
Lymphomas	20	754	42	119	+ 635
Parkinson's Disease	21	528	48	67	+ 461
Inflammatory/Heart	22	518	30	270	+ 248
Violence	23	487	17	1,009	- 522
Oesophagus Cancer	24	472	53	48	+ 424
Leukemia	25	462	47	88	+ 374
Bladder Cancer	26	456	64	23	+ 432
Liver Disease	27	340	14	1,153	- 814
HIV/AIDS	28	322	4	3,753	- 3,431
Cervical Cancer	29	284	32	230	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	30	281	19	776	- 495
Oral Cancer	31	276	46	91	+ 185
Ovary Cancer	32	265	50	64	+ 201
Skin Cancers	33	246	58	43	+ 203
Liver Cancer	34	243	44	117	+ 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	222	3	4,684	- 4,462
Skin Disease	36	214	54	48	+ 166
Asthma	37	209	20	761	- 551
Uterin Cancer	38	190	65	20	+ 171
Alcohol	39	172	52	62	+ 111
Epilepsy	40	142	43	119	+ 23
Tuberculosis	41	133	2	4,704	- 4,571
Low Birth Weight	42	121	8	2,228	- 2,107
Malnutrition	43	120	22	691	- 570
Anemia	44	116	84	0	+ 116
Drownings	45	107	34	202	- 95
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	94	27	317	- 223
Falls	47	91	36	181	- 91
Fires	48	90	39	142	- 52
Drug Use	49	67	57	44	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	64	35	194	- 129
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	57	66	15	+ 42
Osteoarthritis	52	54	81	0	+ 54
Birth Trauma	53	37	9	2,192	- 2,155
Schizophrenia	54	30	86	0	+ 30
Poisonings	55	27	40	134	- 107
Multiple Sclerosis	56	22	72	4	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	20	80	0	+ 20
Meningitis	58	17	16	1,015	- 998
Appendicitis	59	15	51	62	- 47
Maternal Conditions	60	15	13	1,174	- 1,160
Chagas disease	61	8	79	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	8	63	24	- 16
Hepatitis B	63	7	61	33	- 26
Encephalitis	64	6	62	28	- 22
Hepatitis C	65	6	69	6	+ 0
Syphilis	66	5	41	120	- 115
Otitis Media	67	3	68	6	- 4
Oral conditions	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	78	0	+ 1
War	70	1	28	314	- 313
Tetanus	71	1	29	280	- 280
Pertussis	72	0	31	265	- 265
Diphtheria	73	0	67	11	- 11
Measles	74	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Chlamydia	75	0	73	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	59	40	- 40
Schistosomiasis	77	0	37	169	- 169
Leishmaniasis	78	0	56	46	- 46
Malaria	79	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Ascariasis	80	0	71	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Uruguay

Central Africa

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.