ICELAND VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	453	1	403	+ 50
Stroke	2	303	3	141	+ 162
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	202	2	295	- 94
Lung Disease	4	181	5	129	+ 53
Lung Cancers	5	155	4	134	+ 21
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	146	6	82	+ 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	132	7	73	+ 59
Kidney Disease	8	111	15	33	+ 77
Breast Cancer	9	90	9	53	+ 37
Other Injuries	10	82	11	50	+ 32
Diabetes Mellitus	11	79	16	30	+ 50
Suicide	12	78	13	40	+ 38
Prostate Cancer	13	75	8	61	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	14	70	12	43	+ 26
Hypertension	15	69	17	24	+ 45
Road Traffic Accidents	16	54	35	7	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	17	52	27	16	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	18	51	23	18	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	19	49	30	10	+ 40
Lymphomas	20	49	14	37	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	21	34	10	53	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	22	33	26	16	+ 18
Violence	23	31	39	4	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	24	30	19	23	+ 8
Leukemia	25	30	22	19	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	26	29	21	20	+ 9
Liver Disease	27	22	31	9	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	28	21	59	0	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	29	18	32	9	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	30	18	34	7	+ 11
Oral Cancer	31	18	33	9	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	32	17	25	16	+ 1
Skin Cancers	33	16	29	13	+ 3
Liver Cancer	34	16	20	22	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	14	55	1	+ 13
Skin Disease	36	14	45	3	+ 11
Asthma	37	13	48	2	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	38	12	36	7	+ 5
Alcohol	39	11	28	14	- 3
Epilepsy	40	9	37	5	+ 4
Tuberculosis	41	9	82	0	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	42	8	43	3	+ 5
Malnutrition	43	8	57	1	+ 7
Anemia	44	8	40	4	+ 4
Drownings	45	7	56	1	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	6	41	3	+ 3
Falls	47	6	18	24	- 18
Fires	48	6	58	1	+ 5
Drug Use	49	4	24	17	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	4	54	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	38	4	- 1
Osteoarthritis	52	3	47	2	+ 1
Birth Trauma	53	2	46	2	- 0
Schizophrenia	54	2	49	1	+ 0
Poisonings	55	2	42	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	44	3	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	1	53	1	+ 0
Meningitis	58	1	50	1	- 0
Appendicitis	59	1	86	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	1	60	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	51	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	63	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	1	- 1
Syphilis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	85	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	65	0	+ 0
War	70	0	61	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

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Iceland

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.