EQU. GUINEA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,236	7	419	+ 1,817
Stroke	2	1,494	6	437	+ 1,057
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	995	29	55	+ 940
Lung Disease	4	894	20	120	+ 774
Lung Cancers	5	767	41	27	+ 740
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	718	2	913	- 194
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	653	40	29	+ 624
Kidney Disease	8	545	14	198	+ 347
Breast Cancer	9	445	24	84	+ 360
Other Injuries	10	406	23	105	+ 301
Diabetes Mellitus	11	392	11	299	+ 93
Suicide	12	386	22	107	+ 278
Prostate Cancer	13	371	35	43	+ 328
Pancreas Cancer	14	344	55	11	+ 332
Hypertension	15	340	16	165	+ 175
Road Traffic Accidents	16	268	8	368	- 100
Endocrine Disorders	17	255	25	73	+ 182
Stomach Cancer	18	252	49	16	+ 236
Other Neoplasms	19	243	63	3	+ 240
Lymphomas	20	240	45	19	+ 220
Parkinson's Disease	21	168	46	18	+ 150
Inflammatory/Heart	22	165	27	63	+ 102
Violence	23	155	33	45	+ 110
Oesophagus Cancer	24	150	54	12	+ 138
Leukemia	25	147	61	4	+ 143
Bladder Cancer	26	145	56	9	+ 136
Liver Disease	27	108	13	199	- 91
HIV/AIDS	28	102	1	1,838	- 1,736
Cervical Cancer	29	90	28	56	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	30	89	12	249	- 160
Oral Cancer	31	88	37	35	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	32	84	52	13	+ 71
Skin Cancers	33	78	48	16	+ 62
Liver Cancer	34	77	34	43	+ 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	70	9	349	- 278
Skin Disease	36	68	51	13	+ 55
Asthma	37	67	26	65	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	38	60	58	8	+ 53
Alcohol	39	55	53	12	+ 43
Epilepsy	40	45	38	32	+ 13
Tuberculosis	41	42	10	321	- 279
Low Birth Weight	42	39	4	457	- 418
Malnutrition	43	38	31	48	- 10
Anemia	44	37	85	0	+ 37
Drownings	45	34	36	39	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	30	43	22	+ 8
Falls	47	29	32	46	- 17
Fires	48	29	39	30	- 2
Drug Use	49	21	30	50	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	20	50	14	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	18	62	4	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	52	17	81	0	+ 17
Birth Trauma	53	12	5	441	- 429
Schizophrenia	54	9	86	0	+ 9
Poisonings	55	9	44	21	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	67	1	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	7	82	0	+ 7
Meningitis	58	5	19	127	- 122
Appendicitis	59	5	59	6	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	5	17	139	- 134
Chagas disease	61	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	66	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	3	- 1
Encephalitis	64	2	57	8	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	2	69	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	1	18	134	- 132
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	76	0	+ 0
War	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	42	23	- 23
Pertussis	72	0	21	109	- 109
Diphtheria	73	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	74	0	15	181	- 181
Chlamydia	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	47	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	668	- 668
Ascariasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Uruguay

Equ. Guinea

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.