GREECE VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,024	1	21,124	- 8,100
Stroke	2	8,703	2	14,077	- 5,374
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	5,798	7	3,940	+ 1,859
Lung Disease	4	5,210	5	5,526	- 316
Lung Cancers	5	4,467	4	7,355	- 2,888
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,185	3	8,282	- 4,097
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,802	8	3,264	+ 538
Kidney Disease	8	3,176	6	4,759	- 1,583
Breast Cancer	9	2,590	11	2,520	+ 69
Other Injuries	10	2,364	17	1,453	+ 910
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,282	20	1,266	+ 1,017
Suicide	12	2,246	28	533	+ 1,713
Prostate Cancer	13	2,159	12	2,023	+ 136
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,002	13	1,904	+ 98
Hypertension	15	1,980	9	2,922	- 942
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,562	22	870	+ 692
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,488	29	526	+ 962
Stomach Cancer	18	1,467	16	1,535	- 69
Other Neoplasms	19	1,416	25	679	+ 738
Lymphomas	20	1,397	19	1,268	+ 128
Parkinson's Disease	21	978	10	2,646	- 1,668
Inflammatory/Heart	22	960	24	725	+ 235
Violence	23	901	42	104	+ 797
Oesophagus Cancer	24	874	35	246	+ 629
Leukemia	25	856	18	1,354	- 498
Bladder Cancer	26	843	15	1,551	- 707
Liver Disease	27	629	23	809	- 181
HIV/AIDS	28	596	50	47	+ 549
Cervical Cancer	29	525	36	243	+ 282
Congenital Anomalies	30	519	38	174	+ 345
Oral Cancer	31	511	30	440	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	32	490	27	557	- 68
Skin Cancers	33	455	31	438	+ 17
Liver Cancer	34	450	14	1,566	- 1,116
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	410	44	95	+ 315
Skin Disease	36	397	47	56	+ 341
Asthma	37	388	55	27	+ 360
Uterin Cancer	38	352	33	373	- 21
Alcohol	39	319	49	50	+ 269
Epilepsy	40	262	34	249	+ 13
Tuberculosis	41	246	46	66	+ 179
Low Birth Weight	42	224	41	127	+ 97
Malnutrition	43	223	66	1	+ 222
Anemia	44	216	51	47	+ 169
Drownings	45	198	32	435	- 238
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	173	26	611	- 437
Falls	47	168	21	1,245	- 1,077
Fires	48	166	39	146	+ 20
Drug Use	49	124	37	193	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	119	43	100	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	105	45	67	+ 39
Osteoarthritis	52	99	85	0	+ 99
Birth Trauma	53	68	57	17	+ 51
Schizophrenia	54	55	54	27	+ 27
Poisonings	55	51	56	19	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	56	40	40	135	- 95
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	38	86	0	+ 38
Meningitis	58	31	53	33	- 2
Appendicitis	59	28	58	9	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	60	27	61	2	+ 25
Chagas disease	61	15	77	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	62	15	59	8	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	13	48	56	- 43
Encephalitis	64	12	67	1	+ 11
Hepatitis C	65	11	52	38	- 28
Syphilis	66	9	65	1	+ 8
Otitis Media	67	5	82	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	68	4	63	2	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	1	64	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	62	2	- 1
Pertussis	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Uruguay

Greece

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.