GERMANY VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		GERMANY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	104,729	1	147,055	- 42,326
Stroke	2	69,986	3	49,794	+ 20,192
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	46,625	2	51,168	- 4,543
Lung Disease	4	41,898	5	42,797	- 899
Lung Cancers	5	35,921	4	46,560	- 10,639
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	33,653	9	20,712	+ 12,941
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	30,571	7	26,026	+ 4,545
Kidney Disease	8	25,537	8	22,770	+ 2,766
Breast Cancer	9	20,824	10	18,842	+ 1,982
Other Injuries	10	19,006	23	8,248	+ 10,758
Diabetes Mellitus	11	18,353	13	15,560	+ 2,793
Suicide	12	18,059	19	10,284	+ 7,775
Prostate Cancer	13	17,365	12	16,487	+ 877
Pancreas Cancer	14	16,098	11	17,971	- 1,873
Hypertension	15	15,921	6	26,796	- 10,875
Road Traffic Accidents	16	12,563	34	3,160	+ 9,404
Endocrine Disorders	17	11,964	18	10,677	+ 1,286
Stomach Cancer	18	11,793	20	9,658	+ 2,135
Other Neoplasms	19	11,386	24	8,161	+ 3,226
Lymphomas	20	11,230	17	12,249	- 1,019
Parkinson's Disease	21	7,867	16	12,594	- 4,727
Inflammatory/Heart	22	7,716	21	8,891	- 1,175
Violence	23	7,246	46	769	+ 6,477
Oesophagus Cancer	24	7,030	27	6,212	+ 817
Leukemia	25	6,884	22	8,737	- 1,853
Bladder Cancer	26	6,781	28	6,193	+ 588
Liver Disease	27	5,055	15	15,194	- 10,139
HIV/AIDS	28	4,794	54	345	+ 4,448
Cervical Cancer	29	4,223	39	2,131	+ 2,091
Congenital Anomalies	30	4,177	36	2,291	+ 1,886
Oral Cancer	31	4,106	29	6,023	- 1,917
Ovary Cancer	32	3,938	30	5,192	- 1,255
Skin Cancers	33	3,661	31	4,055	- 394
Liver Cancer	34	3,618	25	8,057	- 4,439
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	3,298	32	3,830	- 532
Skin Disease	36	3,191	42	1,543	+ 1,648
Asthma	37	3,118	44	924	+ 2,194
Uterin Cancer	38	2,830	37	2,231	+ 599
Alcohol	39	2,566	26	6,257	- 3,691
Epilepsy	40	2,107	35	3,091	- 984
Tuberculosis	41	1,977	56	281	+ 1,697
Low Birth Weight	42	1,804	45	770	+ 1,034
Malnutrition	43	1,792	50	450	+ 1,342
Anemia	44	1,733	43	994	+ 740
Drownings	45	1,590	49	459	+ 1,131
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	1,395	38	2,166	- 771
Falls	47	1,351	14	15,325	- 13,974
Fires	48	1,338	53	359	+ 980
Drug Use	49	997	40	1,930	- 934
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	960	33	3,615	- 2,656
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	847	47	543	+ 305
Osteoarthritis	52	797	52	364	+ 433
Birth Trauma	53	545	57	239	+ 306
Schizophrenia	54	440	51	391	+ 49
Poisonings	55	406	58	216	+ 190
Multiple Sclerosis	56	322	41	1,571	- 1,249
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	305	55	292	+ 13
Meningitis	58	252	60	168	+ 84
Appendicitis	59	222	62	129	+ 93
Maternal Conditions	60	219	64	38	+ 181
Chagas disease	61	121	74	1	+ 121
Upper Respiratory	62	121	61	138	- 18
Hepatitis B	63	103	59	182	- 79
Encephalitis	64	95	67	8	+ 88
Hepatitis C	65	85	48	507	- 422
Syphilis	66	70	68	6	+ 64
Otitis Media	67	38	65	16	+ 22
Oral conditions	68	29	63	62	- 33
Leprosy	69	10	84	0	+ 10
War	70	9	66	10	- 1
Tetanus	71	9	75	1	+ 8
Pertussis	72	6	69	2	+ 3
Diphtheria	73	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	70	2	- 2
Chlamydia	75	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GERMANY

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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.