PORTUGAL VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,708	1	12,878	- 170
Stroke	2	8,492	2	12,339	- 3,847
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	5,658	3	7,191	- 1,533
Lung Disease	4	5,084	7	4,286	+ 798
Lung Cancers	5	4,359	5	4,406	- 47
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,084	4	6,851	- 2,768
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,710	6	4,389	- 680
Kidney Disease	8	3,099	9	2,803	+ 295
Breast Cancer	9	2,527	12	1,997	+ 530
Other Injuries	10	2,306	13	1,937	+ 369
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,227	8	3,601	- 1,374
Suicide	12	2,191	19	1,172	+ 1,019
Prostate Cancer	13	2,107	11	2,124	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,953	15	1,669	+ 284
Hypertension	15	1,932	14	1,880	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,524	27	838	+ 686
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,452	17	1,547	- 95
Stomach Cancer	18	1,431	10	2,532	- 1,101
Other Neoplasms	19	1,382	28	652	+ 730
Lymphomas	20	1,363	16	1,608	- 245
Parkinson's Disease	21	955	21	1,139	- 185
Inflammatory/Heart	22	936	26	909	+ 28
Violence	23	879	48	96	+ 783
Oesophagus Cancer	24	853	29	623	+ 230
Leukemia	25	835	24	1,015	- 180
Bladder Cancer	26	823	20	1,171	- 348
Liver Disease	27	613	22	1,126	- 512
HIV/AIDS	28	582	35	320	+ 262
Cervical Cancer	29	512	34	329	+ 184
Congenital Anomalies	30	507	40	196	+ 310
Oral Cancer	31	498	25	912	- 414
Ovary Cancer	32	478	33	397	+ 80
Skin Cancers	33	444	30	523	- 79
Liver Cancer	34	439	18	1,270	- 831
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	400	36	231	+ 170
Skin Disease	36	387	39	202	+ 185
Asthma	37	378	43	146	+ 232
Uterin Cancer	38	343	32	406	- 62
Alcohol	39	311	45	111	+ 200
Epilepsy	40	256	31	415	- 159
Tuberculosis	41	240	38	213	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	42	219	52	79	+ 140
Malnutrition	43	217	53	79	+ 139
Anemia	44	210	42	151	+ 60
Drownings	45	193	51	79	+ 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	169	37	229	- 59
Falls	47	164	23	1,033	- 869
Fires	48	162	46	108	+ 54
Drug Use	49	121	44	128	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	116	41	169	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	103	47	99	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	52	97	58	29	+ 68
Birth Trauma	53	66	60	24	+ 42
Schizophrenia	54	53	55	49	+ 4
Poisonings	55	49	57	29	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	56	39	54	56	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	37	50	82	- 45
Meningitis	58	31	56	43	- 12
Appendicitis	59	27	61	21	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	60	27	63	7	+ 19
Chagas disease	61	15	79	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	62	15	62	15	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	12	59	26	- 14
Encephalitis	64	12	67	1	+ 10
Hepatitis C	65	10	49	87	- 77
Syphilis	66	8	64	3	+ 5
Otitis Media	67	5	66	2	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	3	65	3	+ 1
Leprosy	69	1	70	0	+ 1
War	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Tetanus	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Uruguay

Portugal

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.