NEPAL VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,748	2	19,677	+ 19,071
Stroke	2	25,893	4	12,909	+ 12,985
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	17,250	19	2,022	+ 15,228
Lung Disease	4	15,501	1	27,027	- 11,525
Lung Cancers	5	13,290	12	3,586	+ 9,704
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	12,451	6	6,237	+ 6,214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	11,311	26	1,167	+ 10,143
Kidney Disease	8	9,448	10	4,284	+ 5,164
Breast Cancer	9	7,705	27	1,038	+ 6,666
Other Injuries	10	7,032	22	1,655	+ 5,377
Diabetes Mellitus	11	6,790	14	2,929	+ 3,861
Suicide	12	6,682	16	2,571	+ 4,110
Prostate Cancer	13	6,425	58	85	+ 6,339
Pancreas Cancer	14	5,956	41	445	+ 5,511
Hypertension	15	5,890	18	2,092	+ 3,799
Road Traffic Accidents	16	4,648	9	4,654	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,426	45	257	+ 4,169
Stomach Cancer	18	4,363	25	1,379	+ 2,984
Other Neoplasms	19	4,213	61	50	+ 4,163
Lymphomas	20	4,155	32	768	+ 3,387
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,910	33	760	+ 2,151
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,855	48	217	+ 2,638
Violence	23	2,681	35	704	+ 1,977
Oesophagus Cancer	24	2,601	38	491	+ 2,110
Leukemia	25	2,547	36	668	+ 1,879
Bladder Cancer	26	2,509	44	325	+ 2,184
Liver Disease	27	1,870	5	6,383	- 4,513
HIV/AIDS	28	1,774	34	737	+ 1,037
Cervical Cancer	29	1,562	20	1,969	- 407
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,546	21	1,949	- 403
Oral Cancer	31	1,519	24	1,389	+ 131
Ovary Cancer	32	1,457	37	585	+ 872
Skin Cancers	33	1,355	42	400	+ 955
Liver Cancer	34	1,339	46	256	+ 1,083
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,220	7	6,071	- 4,850
Skin Disease	36	1,180	67	17	+ 1,164
Asthma	37	1,154	8	5,930	- 4,777
Uterin Cancer	38	1,047	60	56	+ 991
Alcohol	39	949	52	168	+ 782
Epilepsy	40	780	30	874	- 94
Tuberculosis	41	732	3	16,535	- 15,803
Low Birth Weight	42	667	11	3,822	- 3,155
Malnutrition	43	663	31	845	- 182
Anemia	44	641	86	0	+ 641
Drownings	45	588	23	1,505	- 917
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	516	49	191	+ 325
Falls	47	500	13	3,321	- 2,821
Fires	48	495	50	184	+ 311
Drug Use	49	369	57	93	+ 275
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	355	17	2,320	- 1,965
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	314	51	173	+ 141
Osteoarthritis	52	295	81	0	+ 295
Birth Trauma	53	202	15	2,676	- 2,474
Schizophrenia	54	163	84	0	+ 163
Poisonings	55	150	39	474	- 323
Multiple Sclerosis	56	119	63	38	+ 81
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	113	80	0	+ 113
Meningitis	58	93	43	377	- 284
Appendicitis	59	82	47	220	- 138
Maternal Conditions	60	81	28	977	- 896
Chagas disease	61	45	74	0	+ 45
Upper Respiratory	62	45	66	24	+ 21
Hepatitis B	63	38	56	117	- 79
Encephalitis	64	35	29	882	- 847
Hepatitis C	65	31	64	29	+ 3
Syphilis	66	26	54	134	- 108
Otitis Media	67	14	70	4	+ 10
Oral conditions	68	11	82	0	+ 11
Leprosy	69	4	76	0	+ 4
War	70	3	65	24	- 21
Tetanus	71	3	53	134	- 131
Pertussis	72	2	40	453	- 451
Diphtheria	73	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	74	0	59	60	- 60
Chlamydia	75	0	68	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	62	39	- 39
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	120	- 120
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Uruguay

Nepal

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.