FINLAND VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,005	2	9,831	- 2,826
Stroke	2	4,681	3	4,115	+ 566
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,119	1	11,120	- 8,002
Lung Disease	4	2,802	8	1,289	+ 1,513
Lung Cancers	5	2,403	4	2,312	+ 91
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,251	21	436	+ 1,815
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,045	6	1,433	+ 612
Kidney Disease	8	1,708	26	342	+ 1,366
Breast Cancer	9	1,393	12	948	+ 445
Other Injuries	10	1,271	20	437	+ 835
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,228	22	418	+ 810
Suicide	12	1,208	15	846	+ 362
Prostate Cancer	13	1,161	11	970	+ 191
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,077	9	1,247	- 170
Hypertension	15	1,065	5	2,030	- 965
Road Traffic Accidents	16	840	33	215	+ 625
Endocrine Disorders	17	800	31	257	+ 544
Stomach Cancer	18	789	19	447	+ 342
Other Neoplasms	19	762	23	377	+ 385
Lymphomas	20	751	14	851	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	21	526	13	853	- 327
Inflammatory/Heart	22	516	17	518	- 2
Violence	23	485	43	64	+ 420
Oesophagus Cancer	24	470	27	320	+ 150
Leukemia	25	460	24	371	+ 89
Bladder Cancer	26	454	28	308	+ 145
Liver Disease	27	338	10	1,068	- 730
HIV/AIDS	28	321	59	6	+ 315
Cervical Cancer	29	282	44	62	+ 220
Congenital Anomalies	30	279	35	192	+ 87
Oral Cancer	31	275	34	207	+ 68
Ovary Cancer	32	263	25	344	- 81
Skin Cancers	33	245	29	297	- 52
Liver Cancer	34	242	16	545	- 303
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	221	52	15	+ 205
Skin Disease	36	213	47	27	+ 186
Asthma	37	209	40	85	+ 124
Uterin Cancer	38	189	32	225	- 36
Alcohol	39	172	18	464	- 293
Epilepsy	40	141	38	104	+ 37
Tuberculosis	41	132	46	32	+ 100
Low Birth Weight	42	121	48	26	+ 95
Malnutrition	43	120	57	7	+ 113
Anemia	44	116	58	6	+ 110
Drownings	45	106	37	106	+ 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	93	36	151	- 58
Falls	47	90	7	1,325	- 1,235
Fires	48	90	45	62	+ 28
Drug Use	49	67	30	269	- 203
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	64	50	19	+ 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	57	41	83	- 26
Osteoarthritis	52	53	51	17	+ 37
Birth Trauma	53	36	56	8	+ 29
Schizophrenia	54	29	39	93	- 64
Poisonings	55	27	49	25	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	22	42	80	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	20	53	11	+ 10
Meningitis	58	17	55	9	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	15	54	10	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	60	15	64	2	+ 13
Chagas disease	61	8	76	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	8	62	2	+ 6
Hepatitis B	63	7	63	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	64	6	66	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	65	6	60	5	+ 1
Syphilis	66	5	67	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	3	68	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	61	4	- 2
Leprosy	69	1	83	0	+ 1
War	70	1	65	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Uruguay

Finland

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.