NAMIBIA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,491	5	1,221	+ 2,270
Stroke	2	2,333	4	1,333	+ 1,000
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,554	21	176	+ 1,378
Lung Disease	4	1,396	10	461	+ 935
Lung Cancers	5	1,197	35	59	+ 1,138
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,122	2	1,464	- 343
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,019	36	54	+ 965
Kidney Disease	8	851	15	322	+ 530
Breast Cancer	9	694	24	121	+ 573
Other Injuries	10	633	19	207	+ 427
Diabetes Mellitus	11	612	7	724	- 113
Suicide	12	602	17	243	+ 359
Prostate Cancer	13	579	31	94	+ 484
Pancreas Cancer	14	537	53	18	+ 519
Hypertension	15	531	12	428	+ 103
Road Traffic Accidents	16	419	6	868	- 450
Endocrine Disorders	17	399	33	73	+ 326
Stomach Cancer	18	393	45	33	+ 361
Other Neoplasms	19	380	60	8	+ 372
Lymphomas	20	374	40	46	+ 328
Parkinson's Disease	21	262	42	43	+ 219
Inflammatory/Heart	22	257	22	162	+ 95
Violence	23	242	11	450	- 208
Oesophagus Cancer	24	234	52	21	+ 213
Leukemia	25	229	49	24	+ 206
Bladder Cancer	26	226	54	16	+ 210
Liver Disease	27	168	14	336	- 167
HIV/AIDS	28	160	1	2,928	- 2,769
Cervical Cancer	29	141	23	133	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	30	139	16	283	- 144
Oral Cancer	31	137	30	100	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	32	131	50	23	+ 108
Skin Cancers	33	122	29	108	+ 14
Liver Cancer	34	121	41	45	+ 76
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	110	8	645	- 535
Skin Disease	36	106	47	31	+ 75
Asthma	37	104	20	200	- 97
Uterin Cancer	38	94	56	11	+ 83
Alcohol	39	86	48	28	+ 57
Epilepsy	40	70	38	49	+ 21
Tuberculosis	41	66	3	1,416	- 1,350
Low Birth Weight	42	60	9	516	- 456
Malnutrition	43	60	18	224	- 164
Anemia	44	58	83	0	+ 58
Drownings	45	53	26	110	- 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	46	32	76	- 29
Falls	47	45	34	62	- 17
Fires	48	45	28	109	- 64
Drug Use	49	33	46	32	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	32	44	33	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	28	57	9	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	52	27	81	0	+ 27
Birth Trauma	53	18	13	345	- 326
Schizophrenia	54	15	86	0	+ 15
Poisonings	55	14	39	46	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	64	2	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	10	82	0	+ 10
Meningitis	58	8	27	109	- 100
Appendicitis	59	7	58	9	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	7	25	110	- 103
Chagas disease	61	4	78	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	61	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	4	- 1
Encephalitis	64	3	59	8	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	43	35	- 32
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	72	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	6	- 6
Pertussis	72	0	37	54	- 54
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	65	2	- 2
Chlamydia	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	51	22	- 22
Ascariasis	80	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.