URUGUAY VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,949	1	4,265	- 1,315
Violence	2	1,987	23	295	+ 1,692
Stroke	3	1,330	2	2,850	- 1,520
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,225	11	747	+ 478
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,220	16	512	+ 708
HIV/AIDS	6	821	28	195	+ 626
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	788	6	1,370	- 582
Kidney Disease	8	650	8	1,040	- 390
Hypertension	9	569	15	648	- 79
Lung Disease	10	564	4	1,706	- 1,142
Lung Cancers	11	427	5	1,463	- 1,035
Low Birth Weight	12	338	42	73	+ 265
Prostate Cancer	13	312	13	707	- 395
Congenital Anomalies	14	312	30	170	+ 142
Breast Cancer	15	281	9	848	- 567
Liver Disease	16	257	27	206	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	17	238	18	480	- 242
Other Neoplasms	18	238	19	464	- 226
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	223	7	1,245	- 1,022
Cervical Cancer	20	218	29	172	+ 46
Other Injuries	21	186	10	774	- 588
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	149	35	134	+ 15
Lymphomas	23	137	20	457	- 321
Birth Trauma	24	119	53	22	+ 97
Pancreas Cancer	25	119	14	656	- 537
Liver Cancer	26	113	34	147	- 35
Leukemia	27	110	25	280	- 170
Falls	28	95	47	55	+ 40
Chagas disease	29	91	61	5	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	30	83	17	487	- 404
Tuberculosis	31	82	41	81	+ 1
Malnutrition	32	69	43	73	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	33	66	22	314	- 249
Suicide	34	64	12	735	- 671
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	63	3	1,899	- 1,836
Ovary Cancer	36	62	32	160	- 99
Skin Cancers	37	61	33	149	- 88
Oral Cancer	38	60	31	167	- 108
Maternal Conditions	39	46	60	9	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	46	46	57	- 11
Epilepsy	41	45	40	86	- 41
Malaria	42	44	79	0	+ 44
Drownings	43	43	45	65	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	44	41	24	286	- 246
Bladder Cancer	45	40	26	276	- 236
Asthma	46	34	37	127	- 93
Uterin Cancer	47	34	38	115	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	48	28	21	320	- 293
Meningitis	49	27	58	10	+ 17
Drug Use	50	25	49	41	- 16
War	51	20	70	0	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	20	51	35	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	17	57	12	+ 4
Fires	54	16	48	54	- 39
Anemia	55	14	44	71	- 57
Appendicitis	56	11	59	9	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	9	50	39	- 30
Poisonings	58	7	55	17	- 9
Dengue	59	7	83	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	56	13	- 8
Encephalitis	61	4	64	4	+ 0
Alcohol	62	4	39	104	- 101
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	4	- 1
Pertussis	64	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	3	- 1
Skin Disease	66	2	36	130	- 128
Syphilis	67	2	66	3	- 1
Tetanus	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	69	1	54	18	- 17
Ascariasis	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	52	32	- 32
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	62	5	- 5
Otitis Media	75	0	67	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Venezuela

Uruguay

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.