NEW GUINEA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,508	1	6,835	+ 5,672
Stroke	2	8,358	2	5,095	+ 3,264
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	5,568	33	343	+ 5,225
Lung Disease	4	5,004	3	4,538	+ 466
Lung Cancers	5	4,290	23	622	+ 3,668
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,019	6	2,595	+ 1,424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,651	29	445	+ 3,206
Kidney Disease	8	3,050	18	687	+ 2,363
Breast Cancer	9	2,487	17	764	+ 1,723
Other Injuries	10	2,270	20	647	+ 1,623
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,192	4	4,533	- 2,341
Suicide	12	2,157	37	259	+ 1,898
Prostate Cancer	13	2,074	36	285	+ 1,789
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,923	52	107	+ 1,816
Hypertension	15	1,901	13	1,096	+ 806
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,500	12	1,105	+ 395
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,429	47	153	+ 1,276
Stomach Cancer	18	1,408	28	447	+ 961
Other Neoplasms	19	1,360	60	15	+ 1,345
Lymphomas	20	1,341	32	353	+ 988
Parkinson's Disease	21	939	45	185	+ 755
Inflammatory/Heart	22	922	43	229	+ 693
Violence	23	865	15	969	- 103
Oesophagus Cancer	24	840	44	199	+ 641
Leukemia	25	822	38	253	+ 569
Bladder Cancer	26	810	54	82	+ 727
Liver Disease	27	604	22	624	- 21
HIV/AIDS	28	573	24	611	- 39
Cervical Cancer	29	504	19	665	- 160
Congenital Anomalies	30	499	16	951	- 452
Oral Cancer	31	490	25	580	- 90
Ovary Cancer	32	470	46	179	+ 291
Skin Cancers	33	437	31	417	+ 21
Liver Cancer	34	432	21	644	- 212
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	394	8	2,295	- 1,901
Skin Disease	36	381	49	126	+ 255
Asthma	37	372	9	1,842	- 1,470
Uterin Cancer	38	338	55	81	+ 257
Alcohol	39	306	53	93	+ 213
Epilepsy	40	252	51	111	+ 141
Tuberculosis	41	236	5	3,969	- 3,733
Low Birth Weight	42	215	10	1,661	- 1,446
Malnutrition	43	214	48	134	+ 80
Anemia	44	207	82	0	+ 207
Drownings	45	190	40	240	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	167	35	302	- 135
Falls	47	161	26	502	- 340
Fires	48	160	27	488	- 328
Drug Use	49	119	61	13	+ 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	115	14	1,072	- 957
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	101	65	5	+ 96
Osteoarthritis	52	95	85	0	+ 95
Birth Trauma	53	65	11	1,504	- 1,439
Schizophrenia	54	53	80	0	+ 53
Poisonings	55	49	50	121	- 73
Multiple Sclerosis	56	38	66	5	+ 34
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	36	84	0	+ 36
Meningitis	58	30	34	324	- 294
Appendicitis	59	27	59	20	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	60	26	30	421	- 394
Chagas disease	61	15	75	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	62	14	68	2	+ 13
Hepatitis B	63	12	58	27	- 15
Encephalitis	64	11	57	31	- 19
Hepatitis C	65	10	62	8	+ 2
Syphilis	66	8	42	234	- 225
Otitis Media	67	5	71	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	68	3	86	0	+ 3
Leprosy	69	1	72	0	+ 1
War	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	56	48	- 47
Pertussis	72	1	39	248	- 247
Diphtheria	73	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	74	0	41	238	- 238
Chlamydia	75	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Ascariasis	80	0	63	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	64	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Uruguay

New Guinea

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.