FIJI VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,185	2	1,481	- 296
Stroke	2	792	3	583	+ 209
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	527	19	63	+ 465
Lung Disease	4	474	9	141	+ 333
Lung Cancers	5	406	22	48	+ 359
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	381	5	228	+ 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	346	24	45	+ 301
Kidney Disease	8	289	4	277	+ 12
Breast Cancer	9	236	8	162	+ 73
Other Injuries	10	215	17	77	+ 138
Diabetes Mellitus	11	208	1	1,628	- 1,420
Suicide	12	204	16	80	+ 125
Prostate Cancer	13	196	25	41	+ 156
Pancreas Cancer	14	182	38	21	+ 161
Hypertension	15	180	7	170	+ 10
Road Traffic Accidents	16	142	11	120	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	17	135	34	28	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	18	133	37	23	+ 110
Other Neoplasms	19	129	53	3	+ 126
Lymphomas	20	127	35	27	+ 100
Parkinson's Disease	21	89	26	40	+ 49
Inflammatory/Heart	22	87	23	45	+ 42
Violence	23	82	40	19	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	24	80	42	18	+ 62
Leukemia	25	78	30	31	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	26	77	50	8	+ 69
Liver Disease	27	57	15	82	- 25
HIV/AIDS	28	54	31	30	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	29	48	13	86	- 39
Congenital Anomalies	30	47	10	129	- 82
Oral Cancer	31	46	46	13	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	32	45	32	29	+ 15
Skin Cancers	33	41	61	1	+ 41
Liver Cancer	34	41	18	68	- 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	37	12	96	- 59
Skin Disease	36	36	41	19	+ 17
Asthma	37	35	6	226	- 191
Uterin Cancer	38	32	39	20	+ 12
Alcohol	39	29	57	2	+ 27
Epilepsy	40	24	44	16	+ 8
Tuberculosis	41	22	27	39	- 17
Low Birth Weight	42	20	14	86	- 66
Malnutrition	43	20	45	14	+ 6
Anemia	44	20	82	0	+ 20
Drownings	45	18	21	60	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	16	29	34	- 18
Falls	47	15	36	27	- 11
Fires	48	15	33	28	- 13
Drug Use	49	11	52	4	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	11	20	62	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	10	62	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	52	9	85	0	+ 9
Birth Trauma	53	6	28	36	- 30
Schizophrenia	54	5	81	0	+ 5
Poisonings	55	5	56	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	60	1	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	84	0	+ 3
Meningitis	58	3	43	17	- 14
Appendicitis	59	3	54	3	- 0
Maternal Conditions	60	2	49	9	- 6
Chagas disease	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	64	1	51	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	47	11	- 10
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	71	0	+ 0
War	70	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	58	1	- 1
Pertussis	72	0	48	10	- 10
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Uruguay

Fiji

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.