CONGO VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,592	4	2,494	+ 5,097
Stroke	2	5,073	5	2,267	+ 2,807
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,380	25	230	+ 3,150
Lung Disease	4	3,037	17	541	+ 2,496
Lung Cancers	5	2,604	47	54	+ 2,550
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,439	3	2,576	- 137
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,216	38	89	+ 2,127
Kidney Disease	8	1,851	15	613	+ 1,238
Breast Cancer	9	1,510	32	159	+ 1,351
Other Injuries	10	1,378	20	333	+ 1,045
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,330	10	1,050	+ 281
Suicide	12	1,309	19	349	+ 960
Prostate Cancer	13	1,259	28	198	+ 1,061
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,167	52	42	+ 1,125
Hypertension	15	1,154	12	933	+ 222
Road Traffic Accidents	16	911	7	1,598	- 688
Endocrine Disorders	17	867	27	208	+ 659
Stomach Cancer	18	855	39	88	+ 767
Other Neoplasms	19	825	63	8	+ 818
Lymphomas	20	814	45	61	+ 753
Parkinson's Disease	21	570	42	69	+ 501
Inflammatory/Heart	22	559	26	220	+ 340
Violence	23	525	18	539	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	24	510	57	19	+ 490
Leukemia	25	499	46	57	+ 442
Bladder Cancer	26	492	61	15	+ 477
Liver Disease	27	366	13	931	- 564
HIV/AIDS	28	347	1	4,509	- 4,162
Cervical Cancer	29	306	29	196	+ 110
Congenital Anomalies	30	303	14	729	- 426
Oral Cancer	31	298	54	33	+ 265
Ovary Cancer	32	285	48	49	+ 236
Skin Cancers	33	265	53	36	+ 229
Liver Cancer	34	262	30	169	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	239	8	1,304	- 1,065
Skin Disease	36	231	50	46	+ 186
Asthma	37	226	23	291	- 65
Uterin Cancer	38	205	60	15	+ 191
Alcohol	39	186	49	46	+ 140
Epilepsy	40	153	40	76	+ 77
Tuberculosis	41	143	2	2,781	- 2,638
Low Birth Weight	42	131	9	1,283	- 1,152
Malnutrition	43	130	24	272	- 142
Anemia	44	126	82	0	+ 126
Drownings	45	115	36	104	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	101	35	105	- 4
Falls	47	98	33	149	- 51
Fires	48	97	37	90	+ 7
Drug Use	49	72	44	65	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	70	43	67	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	61	59	15	+ 47
Osteoarthritis	52	58	85	0	+ 58
Birth Trauma	53	39	11	997	- 958
Schizophrenia	54	32	81	0	+ 32
Poisonings	55	29	41	71	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	56	23	66	4	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	22	84	0	+ 22
Meningitis	58	18	22	299	- 281
Appendicitis	59	16	58	18	- 2
Maternal Conditions	60	16	16	578	- 562
Chagas disease	61	9	79	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	9	64	7	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	7	62	14	- 7
Encephalitis	64	7	56	20	- 13
Hepatitis C	65	6	67	2	+ 4
Syphilis	66	5	34	107	- 102
Otitis Media	67	3	71	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	86	0	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	1	72	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	55	23	- 22
Pertussis	72	0	21	329	- 329
Diphtheria	73	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	74	0	31	159	- 159
Chlamydia	75	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	65	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	45	- 45
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Ascariasis	80	0	69	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.