ZAMBIA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,895	10	4,432	+ 21,463
Stroke	2	17,305	3	7,948	+ 9,357
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	11,528	29	590	+ 10,939
Lung Disease	4	10,360	21	1,273	+ 9,087
Lung Cancers	5	8,882	41	226	+ 8,656
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,321	2	9,517	- 1,196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	7,559	43	203	+ 7,356
Kidney Disease	8	6,314	18	1,760	+ 4,554
Breast Cancer	9	5,149	35	366	+ 4,783
Other Injuries	10	4,699	19	1,729	+ 2,971
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,538	14	2,395	+ 2,143
Suicide	12	4,465	20	1,303	+ 3,163
Prostate Cancer	13	4,294	30	561	+ 3,732
Pancreas Cancer	14	3,980	62	42	+ 3,938
Hypertension	15	3,936	13	2,616	+ 1,320
Road Traffic Accidents	16	3,106	11	3,654	- 548
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,958	37	354	+ 2,604
Stomach Cancer	18	2,916	42	206	+ 2,709
Other Neoplasms	19	2,815	65	20	+ 2,796
Lymphomas	20	2,777	31	548	+ 2,229
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,945	47	164	+ 1,781
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,908	33	501	+ 1,407
Violence	23	1,792	23	1,153	+ 638
Oesophagus Cancer	24	1,738	36	359	+ 1,380
Leukemia	25	1,702	39	261	+ 1,441
Bladder Cancer	26	1,677	50	132	+ 1,545
Liver Disease	27	1,250	9	4,501	- 3,251
HIV/AIDS	28	1,185	1	17,234	- 16,049
Cervical Cancer	29	1,044	17	1,799	- 754
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,033	12	3,146	- 2,113
Oral Cancer	31	1,015	48	155	+ 860
Ovary Cancer	32	974	57	82	+ 891
Skin Cancers	33	905	54	108	+ 797
Liver Cancer	34	895	46	177	+ 718
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	816	5	6,275	- 5,460
Skin Disease	36	789	52	126	+ 663
Asthma	37	771	26	741	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	38	700	64	30	+ 670
Alcohol	39	635	49	140	+ 495
Epilepsy	40	521	38	332	+ 189
Tuberculosis	41	489	6	5,941	- 5,452
Low Birth Weight	42	446	8	4,857	- 4,411
Malnutrition	43	443	15	2,303	- 1,860
Anemia	44	429	83	0	+ 429
Drownings	45	393	27	689	- 296
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	345	40	246	+ 99
Falls	47	334	28	596	- 262
Fires	48	331	32	546	- 215
Drug Use	49	246	53	122	+ 124
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	237	45	190	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	210	63	30	+ 180
Osteoarthritis	52	197	85	0	+ 197
Birth Trauma	53	135	7	5,062	- 4,927
Schizophrenia	54	109	81	0	+ 109
Poisonings	55	100	34	456	- 356
Multiple Sclerosis	56	80	67	13	+ 66
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	75	84	0	+ 75
Meningitis	58	62	16	1,976	- 1,914
Appendicitis	59	55	56	84	- 29
Maternal Conditions	60	54	22	1,188	- 1,134
Chagas disease	61	30	79	0	+ 30
Upper Respiratory	62	30	60	68	- 38
Hepatitis B	63	25	55	104	- 79
Encephalitis	64	23	59	70	- 47
Hepatitis C	65	21	66	18	+ 3
Syphilis	66	17	24	885	- 867
Otitis Media	67	9	70	5	+ 5
Oral conditions	68	7	86	0	+ 7
Leprosy	69	2	77	0	+ 2
War	70	2	69	6	- 4
Tetanus	71	2	44	190	- 188
Pertussis	72	1	25	743	- 741
Diphtheria	73	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	74	0	61	48	- 48
Chlamydia	75	0	71	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	128	- 128
Leishmaniasis	78	0	58	72	- 72
Malaria	79	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Ascariasis	80	0	68	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	74	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Uruguay

Zambia

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.