SPAIN VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,865	1	51,684	+ 7,181
Stroke	2	39,337	3	29,004	+ 10,333
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	26,206	2	42,339	- 16,132
Lung Disease	4	23,549	5	18,926	+ 4,623
Lung Cancers	5	20,190	4	22,131	- 1,941
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	18,915	7	13,717	+ 5,199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	17,183	6	16,957	+ 226
Kidney Disease	8	14,353	8	9,725	+ 4,629
Breast Cancer	9	11,705	11	7,067	+ 4,637
Other Injuries	10	10,683	15	5,536	+ 5,147
Diabetes Mellitus	11	10,316	10	7,773	+ 2,542
Suicide	12	10,150	25	3,609	+ 6,541
Prostate Cancer	13	9,760	13	6,420	+ 3,340
Pancreas Cancer	14	9,048	12	6,752	+ 2,296
Hypertension	15	8,948	9	9,115	- 166
Road Traffic Accidents	16	7,061	31	1,829	+ 5,232
Endocrine Disorders	17	6,724	21	4,863	+ 1,861
Stomach Cancer	18	6,628	14	5,796	+ 832
Other Neoplasms	19	6,400	22	4,748	+ 1,652
Lymphomas	20	6,312	16	5,335	+ 978
Parkinson's Disease	21	4,421	20	4,943	- 521
Inflammatory/Heart	22	4,337	19	4,984	- 647
Violence	23	4,073	51	262	+ 3,811
Oesophagus Cancer	24	3,951	29	2,011	+ 1,940
Leukemia	25	3,869	24	3,772	+ 97
Bladder Cancer	26	3,811	17	5,222	- 1,411
Liver Disease	27	2,841	23	4,231	- 1,390
HIV/AIDS	28	2,694	43	538	+ 2,156
Cervical Cancer	29	2,373	39	855	+ 1,518
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,348	38	863	+ 1,485
Oral Cancer	31	2,308	27	2,583	- 275
Ovary Cancer	32	2,213	28	2,026	+ 187
Skin Cancers	33	2,058	32	1,803	+ 255
Liver Cancer	34	2,034	18	5,098	- 3,065
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,854	36	1,064	+ 790
Skin Disease	36	1,793	30	1,840	- 47
Asthma	37	1,753	35	1,133	+ 620
Uterin Cancer	38	1,591	34	1,612	- 21
Alcohol	39	1,442	46	333	+ 1,109
Epilepsy	40	1,185	40	824	+ 361
Tuberculosis	41	1,111	50	270	+ 841
Low Birth Weight	42	1,014	52	253	+ 761
Malnutrition	43	1,007	47	302	+ 705
Anemia	44	974	37	914	+ 60
Drownings	45	893	45	446	+ 448
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	784	44	475	+ 309
Falls	47	759	26	3,246	- 2,487
Fires	48	752	55	185	+ 568
Drug Use	49	560	41	776	- 216
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	539	33	1,612	- 1,073
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	476	48	294	+ 183
Osteoarthritis	52	448	53	212	+ 236
Birth Trauma	53	306	60	113	+ 193
Schizophrenia	54	247	56	181	+ 67
Poisonings	55	228	57	170	+ 58
Multiple Sclerosis	56	181	49	287	- 106
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	171	54	204	- 33
Meningitis	58	141	59	129	+ 13
Appendicitis	59	125	61	79	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	60	123	64	14	+ 109
Chagas disease	61	68	71	3	+ 65
Upper Respiratory	62	68	62	47	+ 21
Hepatitis B	63	58	58	162	- 104
Encephalitis	64	53	70	4	+ 50
Hepatitis C	65	48	42	652	- 605
Syphilis	66	39	67	9	+ 30
Otitis Media	67	22	66	9	+ 13
Oral conditions	68	16	63	44	- 28
Leprosy	69	5	75	0	+ 5
War	70	5	68	6	- 1
Tetanus	71	5	72	2	+ 3
Pertussis	72	3	73	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	73	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	11	- 11
Malaria	79	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	69	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

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.