NICARAGUA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,313	1	5,843	+ 2,469
Stroke	2	5,555	3	2,225	+ 3,331
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,701	33	149	+ 3,552
Lung Disease	4	3,326	5	1,570	+ 1,756
Lung Cancers	5	2,851	23	274	+ 2,577
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,671	7	1,152	+ 1,520
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,427	18	315	+ 2,111
Kidney Disease	8	2,027	2	3,533	- 1,506
Breast Cancer	9	1,653	20	283	+ 1,370
Other Injuries	10	1,509	17	358	+ 1,151
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,457	4	2,068	- 611
Suicide	12	1,433	19	285	+ 1,149
Prostate Cancer	13	1,378	15	386	+ 992
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,278	27	178	+ 1,100
Hypertension	15	1,264	9	1,103	+ 161
Road Traffic Accidents	16	997	8	1,109	- 111
Endocrine Disorders	17	950	28	164	+ 786
Stomach Cancer	18	936	14	478	+ 458
Other Neoplasms	19	904	26	192	+ 712
Lymphomas	20	891	29	164	+ 728
Parkinson's Disease	21	624	42	67	+ 558
Inflammatory/Heart	22	612	34	139	+ 473
Violence	23	575	10	619	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	24	558	47	42	+ 516
Leukemia	25	546	24	227	+ 320
Bladder Cancer	26	538	52	28	+ 510
Liver Disease	27	401	6	1,203	- 802
HIV/AIDS	28	381	35	139	+ 241
Cervical Cancer	29	335	16	374	- 39
Congenital Anomalies	30	332	11	571	- 239
Oral Cancer	31	326	43	64	+ 262
Ovary Cancer	32	313	44	61	+ 251
Skin Cancers	33	291	45	59	+ 232
Liver Cancer	34	287	12	509	- 221
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	262	36	122	+ 139
Skin Disease	36	253	31	162	+ 91
Asthma	37	247	38	105	+ 143
Uterin Cancer	38	225	48	39	+ 186
Alcohol	39	204	21	279	- 75
Epilepsy	40	167	41	74	+ 93
Tuberculosis	41	157	37	115	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	42	143	13	490	- 346
Malnutrition	43	142	30	163	- 21
Anemia	44	138	53	28	+ 110
Drownings	45	126	32	157	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	111	40	85	+ 25
Falls	47	107	22	276	- 169
Fires	48	106	57	16	+ 90
Drug Use	49	79	46	50	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	76	54	20	+ 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	67	50	31	+ 37
Osteoarthritis	52	63	59	10	+ 53
Birth Trauma	53	43	25	198	- 155
Schizophrenia	54	35	66	3	+ 32
Poisonings	55	32	55	18	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	56	26	61	7	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	24	56	17	+ 7
Meningitis	58	20	51	29	- 9
Appendicitis	59	18	49	32	- 14
Maternal Conditions	60	17	39	88	- 71
Chagas disease	61	10	65	4	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	10	72	1	+ 9
Hepatitis B	63	8	62	5	+ 3
Encephalitis	64	8	58	10	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	7	68	1	+ 6
Syphilis	66	6	60	9	- 4
Otitis Media	67	3	75	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	68	2	63	5	- 2
Leprosy	69	1	71	1	+ 0
War	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	73	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	69	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	64	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Uruguay

Nicaragua

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.