CHILE VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	URUGUAY		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,238	1	10,685	+ 12,553
Stroke	2	15,529	2	9,731	+ 5,797
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	10,345	5	4,000	+ 6,345
Lung Disease	4	9,296	4	4,062	+ 5,234
Lung Cancers	5	7,970	9	3,452	+ 4,518
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,467	6	3,920	+ 3,547
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	6,783	11	3,022	+ 3,761
Kidney Disease	8	5,666	3	4,065	+ 1,601
Breast Cancer	9	4,621	16	1,689	+ 2,932
Other Injuries	10	4,217	21	1,310	+ 2,907
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,072	10	3,177	+ 896
Suicide	12	4,007	15	1,700	+ 2,307
Prostate Cancer	13	3,853	14	2,435	+ 1,418
Pancreas Cancer	14	3,572	17	1,567	+ 2,005
Hypertension	15	3,533	7	3,817	- 284
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,788	12	2,826	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,655	22	1,286	+ 1,368
Stomach Cancer	18	2,617	8	3,631	- 1,014
Other Neoplasms	19	2,526	20	1,358	+ 1,169
Lymphomas	20	2,492	18	1,394	+ 1,098
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,745	26	790	+ 955
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,712	31	709	+ 1,003
Violence	23	1,608	29	744	+ 864
Oesophagus Cancer	24	1,560	30	722	+ 838
Leukemia	25	1,528	24	879	+ 648
Bladder Cancer	26	1,505	32	641	+ 863
Liver Disease	27	1,122	13	2,647	- 1,526
HIV/AIDS	28	1,064	33	539	+ 524
Cervical Cancer	29	937	27	780	+ 157
Congenital Anomalies	30	927	25	858	+ 69
Oral Cancer	31	911	40	307	+ 604
Ovary Cancer	32	874	35	514	+ 359
Skin Cancers	33	812	34	526	+ 287
Liver Cancer	34	803	19	1,369	- 566
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	732	39	334	+ 398
Skin Disease	36	708	28	763	- 55
Asthma	37	692	42	295	+ 397
Uterin Cancer	38	628	45	275	+ 353
Alcohol	39	569	47	207	+ 362
Epilepsy	40	468	43	294	+ 173
Tuberculosis	41	439	38	410	+ 29
Low Birth Weight	42	400	36	437	- 37
Malnutrition	43	398	37	420	- 23
Anemia	44	385	49	180	+ 205
Drownings	45	353	44	283	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	309	46	223	+ 86
Falls	47	300	23	904	- 605
Fires	48	297	41	295	+ 1
Drug Use	49	221	50	149	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	213	52	104	+ 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	188	48	187	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	52	177	51	131	+ 46
Birth Trauma	53	121	54	87	+ 34
Schizophrenia	54	98	58	38	+ 60
Poisonings	55	90	57	68	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	56	71	62	27	+ 45
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	68	56	73	- 6
Meningitis	58	56	53	95	- 39
Appendicitis	59	49	59	37	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	60	49	63	24	+ 25
Chagas disease	61	27	55	79	- 52
Upper Respiratory	62	27	67	4	+ 22
Hepatitis B	63	23	60	30	- 7
Encephalitis	64	21	70	2	+ 19
Hepatitis C	65	19	61	27	- 8
Syphilis	66	16	66	5	+ 11
Otitis Media	67	9	71	2	+ 7
Oral conditions	68	6	65	5	+ 1
Leprosy	69	2	76	0	+ 2
War	70	2	64	14	- 12
Tetanus	71	2	69	2	+ 0
Pertussis	72	1	68	3	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Uruguay

Chile

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.