ITALY VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	75,902	1	97,116	- 21,214
Stroke	2	50,722	2	62,633	- 11,912
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	33,791	3	41,445	- 7,653
Lung Disease	4	30,365	5	32,382	- 2,017
Lung Cancers	5	26,034	4	34,152	- 8,119
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	24,390	9	16,339	+ 8,052
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	22,156	7	21,254	+ 903
Kidney Disease	8	18,508	11	12,726	+ 5,782
Breast Cancer	9	15,092	10	13,868	+ 1,224
Other Injuries	10	13,775	12	12,112	+ 1,663
Diabetes Mellitus	11	13,301	8	19,836	- 6,535
Suicide	12	13,088	26	4,042	+ 9,047
Prostate Cancer	13	12,585	20	8,409	+ 4,176
Pancreas Cancer	14	11,667	13	12,095	- 427
Hypertension	15	11,538	6	29,931	- 18,393
Road Traffic Accidents	16	9,105	30	3,221	+ 5,885
Endocrine Disorders	17	8,671	18	8,431	+ 240
Stomach Cancer	18	8,547	14	10,252	- 1,706
Other Neoplasms	19	8,252	15	9,984	- 1,732
Lymphomas	20	8,139	16	9,670	- 1,531
Parkinson's Disease	21	5,701	19	8,428	- 2,726
Inflammatory/Heart	22	5,592	24	5,531	+ 61
Violence	23	5,252	50	409	+ 4,843
Oesophagus Cancer	24	5,095	34	2,045	+ 3,050
Leukemia	25	4,989	21	6,728	- 1,739
Bladder Cancer	26	4,914	22	6,711	- 1,796
Liver Disease	27	3,663	23	5,559	- 1,896
HIV/AIDS	28	3,474	46	520	+ 2,954
Cervical Cancer	29	3,060	40	1,154	+ 1,907
Congenital Anomalies	30	3,027	37	1,443	+ 1,584
Oral Cancer	31	2,976	27	3,343	- 367
Ovary Cancer	32	2,854	28	3,282	- 428
Skin Cancers	33	2,653	29	3,239	- 586
Liver Cancer	34	2,622	17	9,620	- 6,998
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	2,391	36	1,622	+ 769
Skin Disease	36	2,312	38	1,440	+ 873
Asthma	37	2,260	47	494	+ 1,766
Uterin Cancer	38	2,051	33	2,198	- 147
Alcohol	39	1,860	55	277	+ 1,583
Epilepsy	40	1,527	39	1,337	+ 191
Tuberculosis	41	1,433	53	336	+ 1,097
Low Birth Weight	42	1,308	51	357	+ 950
Malnutrition	43	1,299	41	775	+ 523
Anemia	44	1,256	35	1,672	- 416
Drownings	45	1,152	52	344	+ 808
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	1,011	43	690	+ 321
Falls	47	979	25	4,222	- 3,244
Fires	48	970	56	271	+ 699
Drug Use	49	722	45	654	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	696	32	2,216	- 1,520
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	614	42	701	- 87
Osteoarthritis	52	578	48	481	+ 96
Birth Trauma	53	395	59	140	+ 255
Schizophrenia	54	319	49	424	- 105
Poisonings	55	295	58	154	+ 141
Multiple Sclerosis	56	233	44	677	- 443
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	221	57	241	- 20
Meningitis	58	182	60	128	+ 55
Appendicitis	59	161	61	49	+ 113
Maternal Conditions	60	159	67	6	+ 153
Chagas disease	61	88	72	1	+ 87
Upper Respiratory	62	87	64	20	+ 67
Hepatitis B	63	74	54	334	- 260
Encephalitis	64	69	68	5	+ 64
Hepatitis C	65	61	31	2,451	- 2,389
Syphilis	66	51	69	4	+ 46
Otitis Media	67	28	65	16	+ 12
Oral conditions	68	21	62	47	- 27
Leprosy	69	7	74	0	+ 7
War	70	6	66	6	+ 0
Tetanus	71	6	63	22	- 15
Pertussis	72	4	73	1	+ 4
Diphtheria	73	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	71	1	- 1
Chlamydia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Uruguay

Italy

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.