PANAMA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,565	1	2,624	+ 2,942
Stroke	2	3,719	2	2,006	+ 1,713
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,478	17	296	+ 2,181
Lung Disease	4	2,227	5	815	+ 1,411
Lung Cancers	5	1,909	16	303	+ 1,606
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,788	7	697	+ 1,092
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,625	14	352	+ 1,272
Kidney Disease	8	1,357	3	1,106	+ 251
Breast Cancer	9	1,107	19	279	+ 828
Other Injuries	10	1,010	35	100	+ 910
Diabetes Mellitus	11	975	4	1,070	- 95
Suicide	12	960	32	121	+ 838
Prostate Cancer	13	923	12	390	+ 533
Pancreas Cancer	14	855	29	135	+ 720
Hypertension	15	846	10	510	+ 336
Road Traffic Accidents	16	668	9	591	+ 76
Endocrine Disorders	17	636	18	279	+ 357
Stomach Cancer	18	627	11	397	+ 230
Other Neoplasms	19	605	21	256	+ 349
Lymphomas	20	597	24	205	+ 392
Parkinson's Disease	21	418	33	115	+ 303
Inflammatory/Heart	22	410	20	270	+ 140
Violence	23	385	6	730	- 345
Oesophagus Cancer	24	374	45	52	+ 322
Leukemia	25	366	25	189	+ 177
Bladder Cancer	26	360	46	33	+ 327
Liver Disease	27	269	15	325	- 57
HIV/AIDS	28	255	8	653	- 398
Cervical Cancer	29	224	26	185	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	30	222	13	378	- 156
Oral Cancer	31	218	38	78	+ 140
Ovary Cancer	32	209	41	64	+ 146
Skin Cancers	33	195	44	56	+ 139
Liver Cancer	34	192	27	182	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	175	28	163	+ 12
Skin Disease	36	170	30	127	+ 42
Asthma	37	166	43	56	+ 110
Uterin Cancer	38	150	40	66	+ 85
Alcohol	39	136	49	30	+ 106
Epilepsy	40	112	39	66	+ 46
Tuberculosis	41	105	23	223	- 118
Low Birth Weight	42	96	22	238	- 142
Malnutrition	43	95	31	122	- 27
Anemia	44	92	42	63	+ 29
Drownings	45	84	34	103	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	74	50	30	+ 44
Falls	47	72	37	92	- 20
Fires	48	71	57	11	+ 60
Drug Use	49	53	47	33	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	51	53	25	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	45	55	14	+ 31
Osteoarthritis	52	42	60	4	+ 38
Birth Trauma	53	29	36	94	- 65
Schizophrenia	54	23	58	10	+ 14
Poisonings	55	22	61	4	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	56	17	62	3	+ 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	16	51	28	- 12
Meningitis	58	13	52	27	- 14
Appendicitis	59	12	56	11	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	12	48	32	- 21
Chagas disease	61	6	73	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	6	54	14	- 7
Hepatitis B	63	5	59	7	- 2
Encephalitis	64	5	63	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	5	66	1	+ 4
Syphilis	66	4	65	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	2	68	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	72	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	1	83	0	+ 1
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	64	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Uruguay

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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.