MAURITIUS VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,632	2	1,805	- 173
Stroke	2	1,090	3	985	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	726	34	42	+ 685
Lung Disease	4	653	5	646	+ 6
Lung Cancers	5	560	9	182	+ 377
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	524	7	346	+ 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	476	10	182	+ 294
Kidney Disease	8	398	4	724	- 326
Breast Cancer	9	324	8	232	+ 92
Other Injuries	10	296	21	66	+ 230
Diabetes Mellitus	11	286	1	1,873	- 1,587
Suicide	12	281	14	120	+ 161
Prostate Cancer	13	271	15	115	+ 155
Pancreas Cancer	14	251	28	55	+ 196
Hypertension	15	248	6	592	- 344
Road Traffic Accidents	16	196	11	155	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	17	186	19	101	+ 86
Stomach Cancer	18	184	18	104	+ 79
Other Neoplasms	19	177	20	77	+ 101
Lymphomas	20	175	24	57	+ 118
Parkinson's Disease	21	123	47	12	+ 111
Inflammatory/Heart	22	120	16	108	+ 12
Violence	23	113	41	30	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	24	110	37	35	+ 74
Leukemia	25	107	31	48	+ 59
Bladder Cancer	26	106	44	21	+ 85
Liver Disease	27	79	12	145	- 67
HIV/AIDS	28	75	13	141	- 66
Cervical Cancer	29	66	30	49	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	30	65	25	57	+ 8
Oral Cancer	31	64	23	63	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	32	61	32	46	+ 16
Skin Cancers	33	57	53	5	+ 53
Liver Cancer	34	56	27	56	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	51	42	23	+ 29
Skin Disease	36	50	22	64	- 15
Asthma	37	49	17	107	- 58
Uterin Cancer	38	44	40	32	+ 12
Alcohol	39	40	29	53	- 13
Epilepsy	40	33	38	35	- 2
Tuberculosis	41	31	45	17	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	42	28	35	37	- 9
Malnutrition	43	28	54	4	+ 24
Anemia	44	27	39	33	- 6
Drownings	45	25	33	43	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	22	43	22	- 1
Falls	47	21	26	57	- 36
Fires	48	21	50	10	+ 10
Drug Use	49	16	46	16	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	15	56	3	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	13	60	1	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	52	12	83	0	+ 12
Birth Trauma	53	8	36	37	- 28
Schizophrenia	54	7	52	5	+ 2
Poisonings	55	6	49	11	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	84	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	5	58	2	+ 3
Meningitis	58	4	57	2	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	3	59	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	3	48	11	- 7
Chagas disease	61	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	63	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	64	1	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	51	9	- 8
Syphilis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	0	55	3	- 3
Leprosy	69	0	81	0	+ 0
War	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	64	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.