SWAZILAND VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,417	5	755	+ 662
Stroke	2	947	4	800	+ 146
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	631	27	77	+ 554
Lung Disease	4	567	12	264	+ 302
Lung Cancers	5	486	46	17	+ 469
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	455	2	921	- 465
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	414	43	19	+ 395
Kidney Disease	8	346	8	381	- 36
Breast Cancer	9	282	35	37	+ 245
Other Injuries	10	257	17	190	+ 67
Diabetes Mellitus	11	248	3	892	- 644
Suicide	12	244	9	338	- 93
Prostate Cancer	13	235	31	45	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	14	218	56	6	+ 212
Hypertension	15	215	10	292	- 77
Road Traffic Accidents	16	170	7	384	- 214
Endocrine Disorders	17	162	28	74	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	18	160	53	7	+ 153
Other Neoplasms	19	154	61	4	+ 150
Lymphomas	20	152	36	31	+ 121
Parkinson's Disease	21	106	41	24	+ 83
Inflammatory/Heart	22	104	24	94	+ 11
Violence	23	98	16	212	- 114
Oesophagus Cancer	24	95	44	18	+ 77
Leukemia	25	93	47	16	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	26	92	55	6	+ 86
Liver Disease	27	68	11	274	- 205
HIV/AIDS	28	65	1	2,314	- 2,249
Cervical Cancer	29	57	15	215	- 158
Congenital Anomalies	30	57	19	160	- 104
Oral Cancer	31	56	51	10	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	32	53	52	10	+ 43
Skin Cancers	33	50	42	20	+ 30
Liver Cancer	34	49	37	29	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	45	6	517	- 473
Skin Disease	36	43	40	25	+ 18
Asthma	37	42	20	150	- 107
Uterin Cancer	38	38	50	11	+ 27
Alcohol	39	35	48	16	+ 19
Epilepsy	40	29	30	46	- 17
Tuberculosis	41	27	13	256	- 229
Low Birth Weight	42	24	14	233	- 209
Malnutrition	43	24	22	106	- 82
Anemia	44	23	84	0	+ 23
Drownings	45	22	25	87	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	19	29	51	- 32
Falls	47	18	32	41	- 23
Fires	48	18	26	84	- 66
Drug Use	49	13	38	27	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	13	39	26	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	11	58	5	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	52	11	81	0	+ 11
Birth Trauma	53	7	18	166	- 159
Schizophrenia	54	6	83	0	+ 6
Poisonings	55	5	34	37	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	63	1	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	4	80	0	+ 4
Meningitis	58	3	23	97	- 94
Appendicitis	59	3	54	7	- 4
Maternal Conditions	60	3	21	116	- 113
Chagas disease	61	2	79	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	60	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	1	57	6	- 5
Encephalitis	64	1	59	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	45	17	- 16
Otitis Media	67	1	68	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	76	0	+ 0
War	70	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	4	- 4
Pertussis	72	0	33	39	- 39
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Uruguay

Swaziland

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.