TRINIDAD/TOB. VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,754	1	1,476	+ 279
Stroke	2	1,172	3	822	+ 350
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	781	9	215	+ 566
Lung Disease	4	702	16	129	+ 573
Lung Cancers	5	602	8	217	+ 384
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	564	10	205	+ 358
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	512	13	196	+ 316
Kidney Disease	8	428	5	439	- 12
Breast Cancer	9	349	7	258	+ 91
Other Injuries	10	318	30	61	+ 257
Diabetes Mellitus	11	307	2	1,275	- 968
Suicide	12	302	17	121	+ 181
Prostate Cancer	13	291	6	330	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	14	270	19	114	+ 156
Hypertension	15	267	11	201	+ 65
Road Traffic Accidents	16	210	15	130	+ 80
Endocrine Disorders	17	200	18	119	+ 81
Stomach Cancer	18	198	26	69	+ 128
Other Neoplasms	19	191	51	10	+ 181
Lymphomas	20	188	20	111	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	21	132	32	51	+ 80
Inflammatory/Heart	22	129	25	72	+ 57
Violence	23	121	4	549	- 428
Oesophagus Cancer	24	118	41	24	+ 93
Leukemia	25	115	29	62	+ 53
Bladder Cancer	26	114	34	41	+ 73
Liver Disease	27	85	14	136	- 51
HIV/AIDS	28	80	12	196	- 116
Cervical Cancer	29	71	21	97	- 26
Congenital Anomalies	30	70	22	93	- 23
Oral Cancer	31	69	38	31	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	32	66	24	80	- 14
Skin Cancers	33	61	57	4	+ 57
Liver Cancer	34	61	28	66	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	55	45	18	+ 37
Skin Disease	36	53	36	39	+ 15
Asthma	37	52	35	40	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	38	47	27	68	- 20
Alcohol	39	43	42	23	+ 20
Epilepsy	40	35	37	32	+ 3
Tuberculosis	41	33	43	22	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	42	30	23	83	- 53
Malnutrition	43	30	47	17	+ 13
Anemia	44	29	85	0	+ 29
Drownings	45	27	39	31	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	23	31	52	- 29
Falls	47	23	33	43	- 20
Fires	48	22	48	16	+ 6
Drug Use	49	17	44	19	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	16	49	11	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	14	53	8	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	52	13	81	0	+ 13
Birth Trauma	53	9	40	25	- 16
Schizophrenia	54	7	86	0	+ 7
Poisonings	55	7	59	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	58	2	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	5	82	0	+ 5
Meningitis	58	4	52	9	- 5
Appendicitis	59	4	56	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	60	4	50	10	- 7
Chagas disease	61	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	64	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	60	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	64	2	54	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	61	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	+ 0
War	70	0	46	17	- 17
Tetanus	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	63	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Uruguay

Trinidad/Tob.

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.