IRELAND VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,516	1	4,762	+ 1,754
Stroke	2	4,354	5	1,770	+ 2,584
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,901	2	3,209	- 308
Lung Disease	4	2,607	4	1,915	+ 691
Lung Cancers	5	2,235	3	1,916	+ 319
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,094	6	1,298	+ 795
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,902	7	1,095	+ 807
Kidney Disease	8	1,589	10	566	+ 1,022
Breast Cancer	9	1,296	8	760	+ 536
Other Injuries	10	1,182	30	171	+ 1,012
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,142	16	414	+ 728
Suicide	12	1,124	14	470	+ 654
Prostate Cancer	13	1,080	9	585	+ 495
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,002	11	530	+ 471
Hypertension	15	990	29	175	+ 816
Road Traffic Accidents	16	782	33	153	+ 629
Endocrine Disorders	17	744	24	249	+ 495
Stomach Cancer	18	734	17	357	+ 377
Other Neoplasms	19	708	27	218	+ 491
Lymphomas	20	699	13	513	+ 186
Parkinson's Disease	21	489	12	530	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	22	480	26	240	+ 240
Violence	23	451	47	38	+ 413
Oesophagus Cancer	24	437	15	419	+ 19
Leukemia	25	428	20	274	+ 155
Bladder Cancer	26	422	22	256	+ 166
Liver Disease	27	314	19	279	+ 35
HIV/AIDS	28	298	57	9	+ 290
Cervical Cancer	29	263	35	103	+ 160
Congenital Anomalies	30	260	32	153	+ 107
Oral Cancer	31	255	28	183	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	32	245	21	273	- 28
Skin Cancers	33	228	23	252	- 24
Liver Cancer	34	225	18	318	- 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	205	45	53	+ 153
Skin Disease	36	199	42	58	+ 141
Asthma	37	194	41	58	+ 136
Uterin Cancer	38	176	34	126	+ 50
Alcohol	39	160	39	64	+ 95
Epilepsy	40	131	36	85	+ 46
Tuberculosis	41	123	50	23	+ 100
Low Birth Weight	42	112	44	56	+ 56
Malnutrition	43	111	63	2	+ 110
Anemia	44	108	49	29	+ 79
Drownings	45	99	43	57	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	87	38	67	+ 20
Falls	47	84	25	247	- 163
Fires	48	83	48	30	+ 53
Drug Use	49	62	31	167	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	60	46	50	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	53	40	59	- 6
Osteoarthritis	52	50	51	20	+ 30
Birth Trauma	53	34	56	10	+ 24
Schizophrenia	54	27	55	12	+ 16
Poisonings	55	25	53	14	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	56	20	37	83	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	19	54	14	+ 5
Meningitis	58	16	58	7	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	14	60	3	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	60	14	61	3	+ 11
Chagas disease	61	8	73	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	8	64	1	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	6	59	6	+ 1
Encephalitis	64	6	66	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	65	5	52	19	- 14
Syphilis	66	4	68	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	62	2	- 0
Leprosy	69	1	70	0	+ 1
War	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	81	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Uruguay

Ireland

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.