GUYANA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	989	1	1,335	- 346
Stroke	2	661	2	1,022	- 362
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	440	38	23	+ 417
Lung Disease	4	396	13	174	+ 222
Lung Cancers	5	339	29	38	+ 301
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	318	6	302	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	289	25	59	+ 230
Kidney Disease	8	241	8	233	+ 8
Breast Cancer	9	197	19	96	+ 101
Other Injuries	10	179	14	167	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	11	173	3	579	- 405
Suicide	12	170	5	315	- 145
Prostate Cancer	13	164	17	123	+ 41
Pancreas Cancer	14	152	42	19	+ 133
Hypertension	15	150	4	320	- 170
Road Traffic Accidents	16	119	11	175	- 56
Endocrine Disorders	17	113	12	174	- 61
Stomach Cancer	18	111	31	34	+ 77
Other Neoplasms	19	107	28	40	+ 67
Lymphomas	20	106	32	32	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	21	74	49	9	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	22	73	20	92	- 19
Violence	23	68	10	194	- 125
Oesophagus Cancer	24	66	51	8	+ 59
Leukemia	25	65	39	21	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	26	64	50	8	+ 56
Liver Disease	27	48	9	197	- 149
HIV/AIDS	28	45	7	256	- 211
Cervical Cancer	29	40	21	91	- 52
Congenital Anomalies	30	39	23	69	- 29
Oral Cancer	31	39	40	20	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	32	37	43	18	+ 19
Skin Cancers	33	35	55	5	+ 30
Liver Cancer	34	34	34	29	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	31	27	48	- 16
Skin Disease	36	30	56	3	+ 27
Asthma	37	29	36	25	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	38	27	46	13	+ 14
Alcohol	39	24	57	3	+ 21
Epilepsy	40	20	37	24	- 4
Tuberculosis	41	19	16	137	- 118
Low Birth Weight	42	17	22	89	- 72
Malnutrition	43	17	30	37	- 20
Anemia	44	16	18	99	- 83
Drownings	45	15	15	145	- 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	13	26	54	- 41
Falls	47	13	48	11	+ 2
Fires	48	13	41	19	- 7
Drug Use	49	9	45	16	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	9	47	13	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	8	63	1	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	52	8	58	3	+ 5
Birth Trauma	53	5	24	64	- 59
Schizophrenia	54	4	62	1	+ 3
Poisonings	55	4	65	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	61	1	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	52	8	- 5
Meningitis	58	2	44	17	- 15
Appendicitis	59	2	54	6	- 4
Maternal Conditions	60	2	35	28	- 26
Chagas disease	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	2	- 1
Encephalitis	64	1	53	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	68	0	- 0
War	70	0	64	1	- 1
Tetanus	71	0	72	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	33	30	- 30
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	60	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Uruguay

Guyana

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.