URUGUAY VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,151	2	2,850	+ 2,301
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,978	1	4,265	- 1,287
Lung Disease	3	1,162	4	1,706	- 544
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,097	11	747	+ 349
Road Traffic Accidents	5	955	16	512	+ 443
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	949	3	1,899	- 949
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	902	6	1,370	- 469
Kidney Disease	8	818	8	1,040	- 222
Liver Cancer	9	810	34	147	+ 662
Liver Disease	10	774	27	206	+ 568
Lung Cancers	11	690	5	1,463	- 773
Hypertension	12	644	15	648	- 4
Falls	13	500	47	55	+ 445
Stomach Cancer	14	490	18	480	+ 10
Tuberculosis	15	306	41	81	+ 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	267	7	1,245	- 977
Asthma	17	264	37	127	+ 137
Suicide	18	235	12	735	- 501
Low Birth Weight	19	231	42	73	+ 158
Oral Cancer	20	230	31	167	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	21	229	30	170	+ 59
Breast Cancer	22	200	9	848	- 648
Other Injuries	23	179	10	774	- 595
Inflammatory/Heart	24	173	22	314	- 141
Parkinson's Disease	25	173	21	320	- 147
Drownings	26	165	45	65	+ 100
HIV/AIDS	27	162	28	195	- 33
Leukemia	28	159	25	280	- 122
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	142	35	134	+ 8
Lymphomas	30	96	20	457	- 361
Cervical Cancer	31	77	29	172	- 94
Birth Trauma	32	76	53	22	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	33	73	24	286	- 213
Endocrine Disorders	34	67	17	487	- 420
Prostate Cancer	35	62	13	707	- 645
Violence	36	58	23	295	- 237
Measles	37	58	74	0	+ 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	55	50	39	+ 16
Encephalitis	39	50	64	4	+ 47
Skin Disease	40	49	36	130	- 81
Drug Use	41	44	49	41	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	42	38	38	115	- 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	31	46	57	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	44	30	14	656	- 625
Bladder Cancer	45	29	26	276	- 247
Alcohol	46	28	39	104	- 76
Ovary Cancer	47	28	32	160	- 132
Poisonings	48	27	55	17	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	49	25	60	9	+ 16
Pertussis	50	23	72	0	+ 23
Meningitis	51	20	58	10	+ 10
Fires	52	19	48	54	- 35
Epilepsy	53	19	40	86	- 67
Skin Cancers	54	15	33	149	- 134
Hepatitis B	55	12	63	4	+ 8
Syphilis	56	11	66	3	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	57	11	19	464	- 453
Tetanus	58	9	71	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	51	35	- 27
Appendicitis	60	7	59	9	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	56	13	- 9
Dengue	62	4	83	0	+ 4
Malnutrition	63	4	43	73	- 69
Hepatitis C	64	3	65	3	- 1
War	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	5	- 4
Malaria	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	71	- 71
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Viet Nam

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.