ESTONIA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,486	1	3,009	- 1,523
Stroke	2	993	3	1,116	- 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	662	12	229	+ 432
Lung Disease	4	595	13	229	+ 366
Lung Cancers	5	510	4	657	- 147
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	478	6	349	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	434	5	527	- 93
Kidney Disease	8	362	17	176	+ 186
Breast Cancer	9	296	11	260	+ 36
Other Injuries	10	270	20	141	+ 129
Diabetes Mellitus	11	260	19	146	+ 114
Suicide	12	256	16	197	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	13	246	8	298	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	14	228	10	268	- 40
Hypertension	15	226	2	2,700	- 2,474
Road Traffic Accidents	16	178	35	59	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	17	170	33	66	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	18	167	9	290	- 122
Other Neoplasms	19	162	23	123	+ 38
Lymphomas	20	159	15	213	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	21	112	29	82	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	22	110	14	217	- 107
Violence	23	103	42	28	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	24	100	27	99	+ 1
Leukemia	25	98	22	126	- 28
Bladder Cancer	26	96	21	126	- 30
Liver Disease	27	72	7	328	- 257
HIV/AIDS	28	68	39	40	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	29	60	32	68	- 8
Congenital Anomalies	30	59	43	25	+ 34
Oral Cancer	31	58	25	110	- 52
Ovary Cancer	32	56	28	87	- 31
Skin Cancers	33	52	30	79	- 27
Liver Cancer	34	51	26	107	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	47	53	8	+ 39
Skin Disease	36	45	41	29	+ 17
Asthma	37	44	44	24	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	38	40	34	60	- 20
Alcohol	39	36	18	148	- 112
Epilepsy	40	30	37	45	- 15
Tuberculosis	41	28	47	16	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	42	26	55	7	+ 19
Malnutrition	43	25	79	0	+ 25
Anemia	44	25	51	9	+ 15
Drownings	45	23	40	30	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	20	36	55	- 35
Falls	47	19	24	119	- 99
Fires	48	19	38	41	- 22
Drug Use	49	14	31	75	- 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	14	45	22	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	46	17	- 5
Osteoarthritis	52	11	50	10	+ 1
Birth Trauma	53	8	57	5	+ 3
Schizophrenia	54	6	56	6	+ 0
Poisonings	55	6	52	8	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	48	16	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	4	49	12	- 8
Meningitis	58	4	54	7	- 4
Appendicitis	59	3	59	2	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	3	61	1	+ 2
Chagas disease	61	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	66	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	58	4	- 3
Syphilis	66	1	62	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	1	67	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	0	60	2	- 2
Leprosy	69	0	68	0	+ 0
War	70	0	64	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.