COMOROS VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,121	4	349	+ 772
Stroke	2	749	3	356	+ 393
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	499	23	46	+ 452
Lung Disease	4	448	17	83	+ 365
Lung Cancers	5	384	60	1	+ 383
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	360	1	594	- 234
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	327	39	19	+ 308
Kidney Disease	8	273	14	101	+ 172
Breast Cancer	9	223	33	23	+ 200
Other Injuries	10	203	16	90	+ 113
Diabetes Mellitus	11	196	9	136	+ 60
Suicide	12	193	24	46	+ 147
Prostate Cancer	13	186	27	33	+ 153
Pancreas Cancer	14	172	82	0	+ 172
Hypertension	15	170	12	115	+ 55
Road Traffic Accidents	16	134	6	226	- 92
Endocrine Disorders	17	128	36	19	+ 109
Stomach Cancer	18	126	45	11	+ 115
Other Neoplasms	19	122	59	1	+ 121
Lymphomas	20	120	37	19	+ 101
Parkinson's Disease	21	84	44	11	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	22	83	31	26	+ 56
Violence	23	78	20	63	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	24	75	26	34	+ 42
Leukemia	25	74	57	3	+ 71
Bladder Cancer	26	73	46	10	+ 62
Liver Disease	27	54	8	160	- 106
HIV/AIDS	28	51	76	0	+ 51
Cervical Cancer	29	45	13	104	- 59
Congenital Anomalies	30	45	10	131	- 86
Oral Cancer	31	44	41	15	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	32	42	56	3	+ 39
Skin Cancers	33	39	42	12	+ 27
Liver Cancer	34	39	28	29	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	35	2	363	- 328
Skin Disease	36	34	48	9	+ 25
Asthma	37	33	21	49	- 16
Uterin Cancer	38	30	55	3	+ 27
Alcohol	39	27	51	6	+ 22
Epilepsy	40	23	40	17	+ 5
Tuberculosis	41	21	19	79	- 58
Low Birth Weight	42	19	5	328	- 309
Malnutrition	43	19	15	96	- 77
Anemia	44	19	81	0	+ 19
Drownings	45	17	25	35	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	15	34	21	- 6
Falls	47	14	32	26	- 12
Fires	48	14	30	27	- 13
Drug Use	49	11	49	7	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	10	47	10	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	58	2	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	52	9	84	0	+ 9
Birth Trauma	53	6	7	211	- 205
Schizophrenia	54	5	83	0	+ 5
Poisonings	55	4	35	20	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	62	1	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	85	0	+ 3
Meningitis	58	3	11	115	- 113
Appendicitis	59	2	50	6	- 3
Maternal Conditions	60	2	22	47	- 45
Chagas disease	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	53	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	5	- 4
Encephalitis	64	1	54	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	61	1	- 0
Syphilis	66	1	38	19	- 18
Otitis Media	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	71	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	43	12	- 12
Pertussis	72	0	18	80	- 80
Diphtheria	73	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	29	29	- 29
Ascariasis	80	0	63	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.