URUGUAY VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,214	1	4,265	- 1,051
Stroke	2	1,446	2	2,850	- 1,404
War	3	1,376	70	0	+ 1,376
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,277	6	1,370	- 94
Low Birth Weight	5	939	42	73	+ 865
Road Traffic Accidents	6	912	16	512	+ 401
Birth Trauma	7	633	53	22	+ 611
Hypertension	8	564	15	648	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	466	35	134	+ 332
Congenital Anomalies	10	457	30	170	+ 287
Lung Disease	11	341	4	1,706	- 1,365
Measles	12	322	74	0	+ 322
Liver Disease	13	308	27	206	+ 102
Violence	14	303	23	295	+ 8
Kidney Disease	15	285	8	1,040	- 754
Other Injuries	16	237	10	774	- 537
Asthma	17	224	37	127	+ 97
Tuberculosis	18	202	41	81	+ 122
Diabetes Mellitus	19	191	11	747	- 556
Malaria	20	183	79	0	+ 183
Suicide	21	181	12	735	- 554
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	150	3	1,899	- 1,749
Pertussis	23	132	72	0	+ 132
Falls	24	125	47	55	+ 70
Drownings	25	122	45	65	+ 57
Breast Cancer	26	121	9	848	- 727
Malnutrition	27	113	43	73	+ 40
Meningitis	28	109	58	10	+ 98
Fires	29	106	48	54	+ 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	97	7	1,245	- 1,148
Stomach Cancer	31	96	18	480	- 384
Maternal Conditions	32	95	60	9	+ 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	89	46	57	+ 32
Leukemia	34	83	25	280	- 198
Oesophagus Cancer	35	81	24	286	- 205
Endocrine Disorders	36	79	17	487	- 409
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	75	50	39	+ 36
Drug Use	38	65	49	41	+ 25
Liver Cancer	39	65	34	147	- 82
Inflammatory/Heart	40	62	22	314	- 252
Lung Cancers	41	61	5	1,463	- 1,402
Oral Cancer	42	58	31	167	- 109
Epilepsy	43	57	40	86	- 28
Poisonings	44	57	55	17	+ 40
Lymphomas	45	46	20	457	- 411
HIV/AIDS	46	42	28	195	- 153
Tetanus	47	42	71	0	+ 42
Encephalitis	48	39	64	4	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	49	39	21	320	- 282
Hepatitis B	50	32	63	4	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	51	30	14	656	- 625
Ovary Cancer	52	20	32	160	- 140
Syphilis	53	19	66	3	+ 16
Appendicitis	54	17	59	9	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	55	17	26	276	- 259
Schistosomiasis	56	13	77	0	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	57	13	29	172	- 159
Skin Cancers	58	11	33	149	- 138
Alcohol	59	8	39	104	- 96
Dengue	60	8	83	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	61	5	36	130	- 125
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	56	13	- 9
Prostate Cancer	63	4	13	707	- 703
Other Neoplasms	64	2	19	464	- 461
Ascariasis	65	2	80	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	51	35	- 33
Diphtheria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	3	- 3
Uterin Cancer	69	1	38	115	- 115
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Yemen

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.