MALTA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	585	1	876	- 291
Stroke	2	391	2	291	+ 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	260	4	207	+ 53
Lung Disease	4	234	8	127	+ 107
Lung Cancers	5	201	5	197	+ 4
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	188	3	213	- 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	171	7	147	+ 24
Kidney Disease	8	143	11	79	+ 64
Breast Cancer	9	116	10	85	+ 32
Other Injuries	10	106	33	16	+ 90
Diabetes Mellitus	11	102	6	163	- 60
Suicide	12	101	22	27	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	13	97	13	53	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	14	90	9	90	- 1
Hypertension	15	89	20	33	+ 56
Road Traffic Accidents	16	70	31	18	+ 52
Endocrine Disorders	17	67	30	19	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	18	66	15	50	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	19	64	26	22	+ 42
Lymphomas	20	63	12	53	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	21	44	16	50	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	22	43	27	22	+ 21
Violence	23	40	40	4	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	24	39	29	20	+ 19
Leukemia	25	38	21	28	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	26	38	19	33	+ 5
Liver Disease	27	28	24	23	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	28	27	41	4	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	29	24	39	4	+ 19
Congenital Anomalies	30	23	32	17	+ 6
Oral Cancer	31	23	23	25	- 2
Ovary Cancer	32	22	17	34	- 12
Skin Cancers	33	20	34	14	+ 6
Liver Cancer	34	20	18	34	- 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	18	55	1	+ 17
Skin Disease	36	18	25	23	- 5
Asthma	37	17	36	8	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	38	16	28	21	- 5
Alcohol	39	14	47	3	+ 12
Epilepsy	40	12	43	3	+ 8
Tuberculosis	41	11	52	2	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	42	10	35	11	- 1
Malnutrition	43	10	60	0	+ 10
Anemia	44	10	46	3	+ 7
Drownings	45	9	48	2	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	8	37	7	+ 1
Falls	47	8	14	52	- 44
Fires	48	7	62	0	+ 7
Drug Use	49	6	38	7	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	5	49	2	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	5	51	2	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	52	4	50	2	+ 2
Birth Trauma	53	3	44	3	+ 0
Schizophrenia	54	2	57	1	+ 2
Poisonings	55	2	58	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	45	3	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	2	42	3	- 2
Meningitis	58	1	56	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	63	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	1	64	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	59	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	61	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	64	1	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	53	1	- 1
Syphilis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	83	0	+ 0
War	70	0	54	1	- 1
Tetanus	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.