URUGUAY VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,838	28	195	+ 2,643
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,567	6	1,370	+ 197
Stroke	3	1,309	2	2,850	- 1,541
Malaria	4	1,298	79	0	+ 1,298
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,033	35	134	+ 899
Tuberculosis	6	978	41	81	+ 898
Birth Trauma	7	834	53	22	+ 811
Low Birth Weight	8	800	42	73	+ 726
Liver Disease	9	741	27	206	+ 535
Coronary Heart Disease	10	730	1	4,265	- 3,535
Road Traffic Accidents	11	602	16	512	+ 90
Congenital Anomalies	12	518	30	170	+ 348
Hypertension	13	431	15	648	- 217
Diabetes Mellitus	14	394	11	747	- 353
Malnutrition	15	379	43	73	+ 306
Meningitis	16	325	58	10	+ 315
Cervical Cancer	17	296	29	172	+ 124
Kidney Disease	18	290	8	1,040	- 750
Other Injuries	19	285	10	774	- 489
Suicide	20	215	12	735	- 521
Lung Disease	21	210	4	1,706	- 1,497
Maternal Conditions	22	196	60	9	+ 187
Violence	23	190	23	295	- 105
Syphilis	24	146	66	3	+ 143
Pertussis	25	122	72	0	+ 122
Asthma	26	122	37	127	- 5
Drownings	27	113	45	65	+ 49
Falls	28	98	47	55	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	97	3	1,899	- 1,801
Prostate Cancer	30	92	13	707	- 615
Lymphomas	31	90	20	457	- 367
Fires	32	90	48	54	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	33	83	22	314	- 232
Poisonings	34	75	55	17	+ 59
Breast Cancer	35	60	9	848	- 788
Oesophagus Cancer	36	59	24	286	- 227
Endocrine Disorders	37	58	17	487	- 429
Epilepsy	38	55	40	86	- 31
Leukemia	39	43	25	280	- 237
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	40	46	57	- 16
Lung Cancers	41	37	5	1,463	- 1,426
Stomach Cancer	42	34	18	480	- 446
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	33	7	1,245	- 1,211
Tetanus	44	31	71	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	31	50	39	- 8
Liver Cancer	46	29	34	147	- 118
Parkinson's Disease	47	27	21	320	- 293
Oral Cancer	48	26	31	167	- 142
Alcohol	49	23	39	104	- 81
Bladder Cancer	50	22	26	276	- 254
Schistosomiasis	51	21	77	0	+ 21
Skin Disease	52	21	36	130	- 109
Drug Use	53	20	49	41	- 20
Skin Cancers	54	18	33	149	- 131
Hepatitis B	55	17	63	4	+ 13
Appendicitis	56	14	59	9	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	57	14	32	160	- 147
Leishmaniasis	58	12	78	0	+ 12
Encephalitis	59	12	64	4	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	11	62	5	+ 6
Measles	61	8	74	0	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	62	7	14	656	- 649
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	51	35	- 30
Uterin Cancer	64	5	38	115	- 110
Other Neoplasms	65	3	19	464	- 460
Hepatitis C	66	3	65	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	56	13	- 11
Ascariasis	68	1	80	0	+ 1
War	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	67	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
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

Zambia

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.