ERITREA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,898	4	2,154	+ 5,745
Stroke	2	5,278	2	2,564	+ 2,714
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,516	24	310	+ 3,207
Lung Disease	4	3,160	9	662	+ 2,498
Lung Cancers	5	2,709	46	62	+ 2,647
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,538	1	3,277	- 739
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,306	35	113	+ 2,192
Kidney Disease	8	1,926	12	578	+ 1,348
Breast Cancer	9	1,570	23	311	+ 1,259
Other Injuries	10	1,433	15	540	+ 893
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,384	7	944	+ 440
Suicide	12	1,362	21	382	+ 980
Prostate Cancer	13	1,310	47	54	+ 1,255
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,214	58	20	+ 1,195
Hypertension	15	1,201	8	926	+ 275
Road Traffic Accidents	16	947	5	1,326	- 379
Endocrine Disorders	17	902	43	71	+ 831
Stomach Cancer	18	889	48	48	+ 841
Other Neoplasms	19	859	66	6	+ 853
Lymphomas	20	847	28	147	+ 700
Parkinson's Disease	21	593	37	85	+ 508
Inflammatory/Heart	22	582	32	123	+ 459
Violence	23	546	20	384	+ 162
Oesophagus Cancer	24	530	39	81	+ 449
Leukemia	25	519	29	144	+ 375
Bladder Cancer	26	511	51	42	+ 469
Liver Disease	27	381	6	1,215	- 834
HIV/AIDS	28	362	25	308	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	29	318	30	132	+ 186
Congenital Anomalies	30	315	18	432	- 117
Oral Cancer	31	310	44	71	+ 239
Ovary Cancer	32	297	40	79	+ 217
Skin Cancers	33	276	56	30	+ 246
Liver Cancer	34	273	45	69	+ 204
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	249	3	2,292	- 2,043
Skin Disease	36	241	50	45	+ 196
Asthma	37	235	22	326	- 91
Uterin Cancer	38	213	61	18	+ 196
Alcohol	39	194	49	45	+ 148
Epilepsy	40	159	38	81	+ 77
Tuberculosis	41	149	14	543	- 394
Low Birth Weight	42	136	16	531	- 395
Malnutrition	43	135	10	660	- 525
Anemia	44	131	81	0	+ 131
Drownings	45	120	33	118	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	105	27	147	- 42
Falls	47	102	26	168	- 66
Fires	48	101	31	132	- 31
Drug Use	49	75	53	36	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	72	41	77	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	64	64	12	+ 52
Osteoarthritis	52	60	85	0	+ 60
Birth Trauma	53	41	11	616	- 575
Schizophrenia	54	33	83	0	+ 33
Poisonings	55	31	34	114	- 84
Multiple Sclerosis	56	24	67	4	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	23	84	0	+ 23
Meningitis	58	19	19	404	- 385
Appendicitis	59	17	55	31	- 15
Maternal Conditions	60	16	13	544	- 527
Chagas disease	61	9	77	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	9	60	18	- 9
Hepatitis B	63	8	57	28	- 20
Encephalitis	64	7	62	16	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	6	65	6	- 0
Syphilis	66	5	54	35	- 30
Otitis Media	67	3	69	2	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	2	86	0	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	78	0	+ 1
War	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	52	37	- 37
Pertussis	72	0	36	90	- 89
Diphtheria	73	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	63	13	- 13
Chlamydia	75	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Leishmaniasis	78	0	59	19	- 19
Malaria	79	0	17	437	- 437
Ascariasis	80	0	68	2	- 2
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	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Uruguay

Eritrea

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.