SOMALIA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,207	7	7,233	+ 8,974
Stroke	2	10,830	6	8,595	+ 2,235
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	7,215	32	647	+ 6,568
Lung Disease	4	6,484	19	2,442	+ 4,041
Lung Cancers	5	5,559	54	233	+ 5,326
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,208	1	21,712	- 16,504
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,731	38	546	+ 4,185
Kidney Disease	8	3,952	21	2,051	+ 1,901
Breast Cancer	9	3,223	26	1,232	+ 1,991
Other Injuries	10	2,941	14	3,602	- 660
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,840	16	2,888	- 48
Suicide	12	2,795	27	1,219	+ 1,576
Prostate Cancer	13	2,687	52	285	+ 2,402
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,491	62	108	+ 2,384
Hypertension	15	2,464	18	2,643	- 180
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,944	11	4,231	- 2,287
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,851	44	406	+ 1,445
Stomach Cancer	18	1,825	49	310	+ 1,515
Other Neoplasms	19	1,762	70	12	+ 1,750
Lymphomas	20	1,738	34	605	+ 1,133
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,217	56	184	+ 1,034
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,194	39	521	+ 673
Violence	23	1,121	29	828	+ 293
Oesophagus Cancer	24	1,088	40	516	+ 572
Leukemia	25	1,065	35	562	+ 504
Bladder Cancer	26	1,049	61	149	+ 900
Liver Disease	27	782	13	3,917	- 3,135
HIV/AIDS	28	742	33	610	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	29	653	28	883	- 229
Congenital Anomalies	30	646	15	3,410	- 2,764
Oral Cancer	31	635	46	328	+ 308
Ovary Cancer	32	609	50	295	+ 314
Skin Cancers	33	567	57	164	+ 403
Liver Cancer	34	560	53	256	+ 304
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	510	2	15,363	- 14,852
Skin Disease	36	494	58	151	+ 343
Asthma	37	483	23	1,878	- 1,396
Uterin Cancer	38	438	64	78	+ 360
Alcohol	39	397	59	151	+ 246
Epilepsy	40	326	43	419	- 93
Tuberculosis	41	306	4	10,261	- 9,955
Low Birth Weight	42	279	8	6,250	- 5,971
Malnutrition	43	277	10	4,825	- 4,547
Anemia	44	268	83	0	+ 268
Drownings	45	246	25	1,272	- 1,026
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	216	36	559	- 343
Falls	47	209	37	548	- 339
Fires	48	207	30	810	- 603
Drug Use	49	154	65	54	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	149	41	446	- 297
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	131	66	35	+ 96
Osteoarthritis	52	123	85	0	+ 123
Birth Trauma	53	84	5	9,573	- 9,489
Schizophrenia	54	68	81	0	+ 68
Poisonings	55	63	31	758	- 695
Multiple Sclerosis	56	50	71	8	+ 42
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	47	84	0	+ 47
Meningitis	58	39	9	5,381	- 5,342
Appendicitis	59	34	55	188	- 153
Maternal Conditions	60	34	12	4,127	- 4,093
Chagas disease	61	19	79	0	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	62	19	47	326	- 307
Hepatitis B	63	16	48	315	- 299
Encephalitis	64	15	63	91	- 76
Hepatitis C	65	13	67	34	- 21
Syphilis	66	11	45	378	- 367
Otitis Media	67	6	68	32	- 26
Oral conditions	68	4	86	0	+ 4
Leprosy	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Tetanus	71	1	17	2,648	- 2,647
Pertussis	72	1	20	2,054	- 2,053
Diphtheria	73	0	60	150	- 150
Measles	74	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Chlamydia	75	0	72	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	435	- 435
Leishmaniasis	78	0	51	290	- 290
Malaria	79	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Ascariasis	80	0	69	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Uruguay

Somalia

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.