URUGUAY VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,992	28	195	+ 3,797
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,153	6	1,370	+ 783
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,696	1	4,265	- 2,568
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,206	16	512	+ 694
Stroke	5	1,024	2	2,850	- 1,826
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	918	35	134	+ 783
Low Birth Weight	7	806	42	73	+ 733
Birth Trauma	8	680	53	22	+ 658
Diabetes Mellitus	9	668	11	747	- 79
Malnutrition	10	479	43	73	+ 406
Congenital Anomalies	11	443	30	170	+ 273
Kidney Disease	12	442	8	1,040	- 598
Suicide	13	413	12	735	- 322
Cervical Cancer	14	404	29	172	+ 232
Malaria	15	400	79	0	+ 400
Tuberculosis	16	399	41	81	+ 319
Liver Disease	17	388	27	206	+ 182
Violence	18	383	23	295	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	19	349	60	9	+ 340
Other Injuries	20	331	10	774	- 443
Asthma	21	306	37	127	+ 179
Meningitis	22	265	58	10	+ 254
Lung Disease	23	232	4	1,706	- 1,474
Hypertension	24	229	15	648	- 419
Inflammatory/Heart	25	209	22	314	- 105
Lymphomas	26	192	20	457	- 266
Drownings	27	191	45	65	+ 126
Breast Cancer	28	168	9	848	- 680
Oesophagus Cancer	29	160	24	286	- 126
Fires	30	158	48	54	+ 104
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	153	3	1,899	- 1,745
Prostate Cancer	32	125	13	707	- 582
Stomach Cancer	33	112	18	480	- 369
Endocrine Disorders	34	111	17	487	- 377
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	109	46	57	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	108	50	39	+ 69
Poisonings	37	103	55	17	+ 86
Liver Cancer	38	102	34	147	- 46
Epilepsy	39	101	40	86	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	101	7	1,245	- 1,144
Falls	41	93	47	55	+ 38
Pertussis	42	84	72	0	+ 83
Lung Cancers	43	57	5	1,463	- 1,406
Skin Cancers	44	53	33	149	- 96
Leukemia	45	49	25	280	- 232
Parkinson's Disease	46	45	21	320	- 275
Pancreas Cancer	47	43	14	656	- 612
Drug Use	48	42	49	41	+ 2
Oral Cancer	49	41	31	167	- 126
Uterin Cancer	50	36	38	115	- 79
Ovary Cancer	51	35	32	160	- 126
Skin Disease	52	35	36	130	- 95
Schistosomiasis	53	34	77	0	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	54	25	26	276	- 251
Syphilis	55	25	66	3	+ 22
Encephalitis	56	23	64	4	+ 20
Tetanus	57	20	71	0	+ 20
Appendicitis	58	13	59	9	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	59	13	62	5	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	11	63	4	+ 7
Alcohol	61	10	39	104	- 95
Other Neoplasms	62	7	19	464	- 456
Measles	63	6	74	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	51	35	- 29
War	65	5	70	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	3	65	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	56	13	- 10
Otitis Media	68	1	67	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	69	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

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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.