LIBERIA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,769	7	1,885	+ 4,885
Stroke	2	4,524	11	1,578	+ 2,946
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,014	29	235	+ 2,779
Lung Disease	4	2,708	26	294	+ 2,415
Lung Cancers	5	2,322	44	66	+ 2,256
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,175	2	2,693	- 518
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,976	40	90	+ 1,886
Kidney Disease	8	1,651	16	609	+ 1,042
Breast Cancer	9	1,346	27	246	+ 1,101
Other Injuries	10	1,229	22	380	+ 848
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,186	15	650	+ 536
Suicide	12	1,167	30	220	+ 948
Prostate Cancer	13	1,122	25	297	+ 825
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,041	53	38	+ 1,003
Hypertension	15	1,029	23	371	+ 658
Road Traffic Accidents	16	812	5	1,920	- 1,108
Endocrine Disorders	17	773	28	245	+ 528
Stomach Cancer	18	762	37	122	+ 641
Other Neoplasms	19	736	62	6	+ 730
Lymphomas	20	726	39	93	+ 632
Parkinson's Disease	21	508	43	72	+ 436
Inflammatory/Heart	22	499	38	115	+ 383
Violence	23	468	18	477	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	24	454	60	16	+ 439
Leukemia	25	445	58	23	+ 422
Bladder Cancer	26	438	59	19	+ 419
Liver Disease	27	327	13	858	- 532
HIV/AIDS	28	310	6	1,919	- 1,609
Cervical Cancer	29	273	19	474	- 201
Congenital Anomalies	30	270	14	833	- 563
Oral Cancer	31	265	48	50	+ 215
Ovary Cancer	32	255	47	50	+ 204
Skin Cancers	33	237	46	51	+ 186
Liver Cancer	34	234	20	439	- 205
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	213	10	1,592	- 1,379
Skin Disease	36	206	51	41	+ 165
Asthma	37	202	31	200	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	38	183	55	28	+ 154
Alcohol	39	166	57	25	+ 140
Epilepsy	40	136	42	81	+ 55
Tuberculosis	41	128	1	2,766	- 2,638
Low Birth Weight	42	117	8	1,652	- 1,535
Malnutrition	43	116	24	353	- 238
Anemia	44	112	83	0	+ 112
Drownings	45	103	35	127	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	90	36	126	- 36
Falls	47	87	33	155	- 68
Fires	48	86	34	153	- 67
Drug Use	49	64	50	42	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	62	49	50	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	55	64	4	+ 51
Osteoarthritis	52	52	85	0	+ 52
Birth Trauma	53	35	9	1,601	- 1,566
Schizophrenia	54	28	80	0	+ 28
Poisonings	55	26	41	82	- 56
Multiple Sclerosis	56	21	63	4	+ 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	20	84	0	+ 20
Meningitis	58	16	17	552	- 536
Appendicitis	59	14	61	12	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	14	12	870	- 855
Chagas disease	61	8	78	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	8	67	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	7	52	39	- 32
Encephalitis	64	6	56	27	- 21
Hepatitis C	65	5	65	4	+ 2
Syphilis	66	5	21	394	- 390
Otitis Media	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	86	0	+ 2
Leprosy	69	1	75	0	+ 1
War	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	54	31	- 31
Pertussis	72	0	32	197	- 197
Diphtheria	73	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	74	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Chlamydia	75	0	69	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	51	- 51
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Ascariasis	80	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Uruguay

Liberia

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.