LATVIA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,243	1	8,099	- 5,857
Stroke	2	1,499	2	5,893	- 4,394
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	998	7	664	+ 335
Lung Disease	4	897	18	346	+ 551
Lung Cancers	5	769	4	956	- 187
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	721	9	501	+ 219
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	655	6	722	- 67
Kidney Disease	8	547	17	356	+ 190
Breast Cancer	9	446	10	472	- 27
Other Injuries	10	407	16	362	+ 45
Diabetes Mellitus	11	393	8	529	- 136
Suicide	12	387	14	384	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	13	372	12	464	- 92
Pancreas Cancer	14	345	13	436	- 91
Hypertension	15	341	3	1,194	- 853
Road Traffic Accidents	16	269	27	154	+ 115
Endocrine Disorders	17	256	41	59	+ 197
Stomach Cancer	18	253	11	470	- 217
Other Neoplasms	19	244	28	153	+ 91
Lymphomas	20	240	19	245	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	21	168	35	125	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	22	165	5	921	- 756
Violence	23	155	37	94	+ 61
Oesophagus Cancer	24	151	32	131	+ 19
Leukemia	25	147	25	186	- 39
Bladder Cancer	26	145	20	228	- 83
Liver Disease	27	108	15	365	- 257
HIV/AIDS	28	103	39	74	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	29	90	33	128	- 37
Congenital Anomalies	30	89	43	46	+ 43
Oral Cancer	31	88	22	214	- 126
Ovary Cancer	32	84	24	196	- 112
Skin Cancers	33	78	30	144	- 66
Liver Cancer	34	77	26	157	- 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	71	54	14	+ 57
Skin Disease	36	68	38	76	- 8
Asthma	37	67	46	42	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	38	61	29	148	- 87
Alcohol	39	55	21	227	- 172
Epilepsy	40	45	45	44	+ 1
Tuberculosis	41	42	40	71	- 29
Low Birth Weight	42	39	56	11	+ 27
Malnutrition	43	38	64	2	+ 36
Anemia	44	37	53	14	+ 23
Drownings	45	34	34	127	- 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	30	31	142	- 112
Falls	47	29	23	201	- 172
Fires	48	29	36	103	- 75
Drug Use	49	21	48	41	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	21	47	41	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	18	51	20	- 2
Osteoarthritis	52	17	58	7	+ 10
Birth Trauma	53	12	55	12	+ 0
Schizophrenia	54	9	57	7	+ 2
Poisonings	55	9	49	23	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	50	20	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	7	44	45	- 39
Meningitis	58	5	52	15	- 9
Appendicitis	59	5	59	5	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	5	60	5	+ 0
Chagas disease	61	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	62	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	63	3	- 1
Encephalitis	64	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	42	53	- 51
Syphilis	66	1	65	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	1	66	1	- 0
Oral conditions	68	1	61	4	- 3
Leprosy	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Uruguay

Latvia

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.