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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay
URUGUAY		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
64.9
71.2
68.0
32
28
33
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
71.0
79.0
74.9
48
33
41
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
73.3
79.9
76.6
50
42
44
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Uruguay
URUGUAY		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
73.3
79.9
50
42
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
74.2
81.1
63
44
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
74.4
81.2
61
44
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
74.4
81.3
63
44
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
74.7
81.4
63
44
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
75.0
81.5
63
44
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
75.3
81.7
65
44
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
75.6
81.9
68
43
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
75.9
82.1
69
44
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
76.3
82.4
72
45
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
76.9
82.8
73
43
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
77.8
83.4
73
43
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
79.1
84.2
67
43
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
80.7
85.1
67
45
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
82.8
86.2
66
47
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
85.1
87.7
66
50
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.9
89.7
68
52
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.2
92.3
62
49
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.7
95.4
65
52
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.7
99.0
58
53
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.2
58
48
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay
URUGUAY		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stroke
71.90
120
  
36.89
160
2 Coronary Heart Disease
70.85
153
  
68.80
155
3 Breast Cancer
29.46
3
  
23.62
20
4 Lung Cancers
26.77
33
  
30.98
18
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
21.23
133
  
23.69
125
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.77
8
  
15.49
33
7 Lung Disease
20.00
106
  
21.47
98
8 Alzheimers/Dementia
17.55
12
  
17.08
14
9 Other Injuries
14.91
76
  
5.54
170
10 Diabetes Mellitus
14.76
141
  
5.04
185
11 Suicide
13.96
34
  
6.90
101
12 Prostate Cancer
13.76
18
  
8.21
58
13 Stomach Cancer
10.47
51
  
4.81
130
14 Road Traffic Accidents
9.60
144
  
4.77
180
15 Hypertension
9.48
158
  
3.67
183
16 Lymphomas
9.28
7
  
7.35
36
17 Congenital Anomalies
9.00
23
  
3.68
164
18 Pancreas Cancer
8.95
11
  
6.81
39
19 Kidney Disease
8.46
138
  
3.23
185
20 Oesophagus Cancer
7.13
32
  
7.62
30
21 Inflammatory/Heart
7.11
85
  
2.97
152
22 Endocrine Disorders
6.86
92
  
3.13
147
23 Leukemia
5.78
15
  
4.39
63
24 Violence
5.47
98
  
1.14
160
25 Other Neoplasms
5.16
32
  
2.95
92
26 HIV/AIDS
4.86
85
  
0.40
137
27 Liver Disease
4.54
165
  
9.48
96
28 Oral Cancer
4.46
52
  
2.39
113
29 Bladder Cancer
4.39
24
  
4.27
28
30 Skin Disease
4.28
55
  
1.50
104
31 Low Birth Weight
4.11
136
  
3.39
144
32 Cervical Cancer
4.00
116
  
1.38
161
33 Asthma
3.02
117
  
1.09
153
34 Ovary Cancer
2.82
58
  
3.96
20
35 Parkinson Disease
2.74
21
  
3.48
8
36 Drownings
2.05
133
  
0.35
187
37 Skin Cancers
1.95
53
  
2.74
32
38 Tuberculosis
1.94
136
  
0.41
170
39 Liver Cancer
1.84
184
  
3.07
164
40 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.78
122
  
1.95
119
41 Uterin Cancer
1.73
51
  
1.53
64
42 Malnutrition
1.69
102
  
0.07
172
43 Birth Trauma
1.36
143
  
0.64
166
44 Fires
1.29
109
  
0.45
158
45 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.17
159
  
2.54
123
46 Alcohol
1.08
78
  
1.10
76
47 Epilepsy
1.01
151
  
1.57
104
48 Anaemia
0.91
121
  
0.15
171
49 Falls
0.89
171
  
3.51
109
50 Multiple Sclerosis
0.75
20
  
1.33
4
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Uruguay
URUGUAY		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Stroke
4,240
16.33
  
55,919
11.98
2 Coronary Heart Disease
4,004
15.42
  
92,299
19.77
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,296
4.99
  
37,348
8.00
4 Lung Cancers
1,250
4.82
  
35,845
7.68
5 Alzheimers/Dementia
1,217
4.69
  
29,116
6.24
6 Lung Disease
1,189
4.58
  
29,069
6.23
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,122
4.32
  
18,951
4.06
8 Diabetes Mellitus
833
3.21
  
6,682
1.43
9 Prostate Cancer
827
3.19
  
11,508
2.46
10 Breast Cancer
808
3.11
  
14,343
3.07
11 Other Injuries
669
2.58
  
6,029
1.29
12 Hypertension
577
2.22
  
5,191
1.11
13 Stomach Cancer
533
2.05
  
6,006
1.29
14 Suicide
521
2.01
  
4,660
1.00
15 Kidney Disease
490
1.89
  
4,804
1.03
16 Pancreas Cancer
463
1.78
  
7,954
1.70
17 Lymphomas
440
1.70
  
8,744
1.87
18 Inflammatory/Heart
387
1.49
  
3,014
0.65
19 Oesophagus Cancer
372
1.43
  
8,762
1.88
20 Endocrine Disorders
369
1.42
  
3,056
0.65
21 Road Traffic Accidents
343
1.32
  
3,073
0.66
22 Skin Disease
275
1.06
  
2,188
0.47
23 Leukemia
273
1.05
  
5,077
1.09
24 Congenital Anomalies
265
1.02
  
1,950
0.42
25 Other Neoplasms
257
0.99
  
3,829
0.82
26 Bladder Cancer
252
0.97
  
5,842
1.25
27 Liver Disease
197
0.76
  
7,767
1.66
28 Oral Cancer
195
0.75
  
2,428
0.52
29 Violence
183
0.70
  
703
0.15
30 Parkinson Disease
178
0.69
  
5,348
1.15
31 Cervical Cancer
166
0.64
  
1,322
0.28
32 HIV/AIDS
161
0.62
  
266
0.06
33 Asthma
160
0.62
  
1,260
0.27
34 Ovary Cancer
134
0.52
  
4,366
0.94
35 Low Birth Weight
116
0.45
  
1,386
0.30
36 Uterin Cancer
109
0.42
  
1,852
0.40
37 Skin Cancers
101
0.39
  
2,947
0.63
38 Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.35
  
3,081
0.66
39 Liver Cancer
90
0.35
  
3,470
0.74
40 Tuberculosis
89
0.34
  
443
0.09
41 Malnutrition
88
0.34
  
85
0.02
42 Drownings
69
0.27
  
233
0.05
43 Peptic Ulcer Disease
63
0.24
  
3,294
0.71
44 Anaemia
58
0.22
  
260
0.06
45 Fires
53
0.20
  
380
0.08
46 Epilepsy
42
0.16
  
1,201
0.26
47 Alcohol
40
0.15
  
862
0.18
48 Birth Trauma
39
0.15
  
262
0.06
49 Falls
37
0.14
  
4,450
0.95
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
30
0.12
  
1,204
0.26
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay
URUGUAY		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
29.46
3
  
23.62
20
2 Lung Cancers
26.77
33
  
30.98
18
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20.77
8
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
13.76
18
  
8.21
58
5 Stomach Cancer
10.47
51
  
4.81
130
6 Lymphomas
9.28
7
  
7.35
36
7 Pancreas Cancer
8.95
11
  
6.81
39
8 Oesophagus Cancer
7.13
32
  
7.62
30
9 Leukemia
5.78
15
  
4.39
63
10 Other Neoplasms
5.16
32
  
2.95
92
11 Oral Cancer
4.46
52
  
2.39
113
12 Bladder Cancer
4.39
24
  
4.27
28
13 Cervical Cancer
4.00
116
  
1.38
161
14 Ovary Cancer
2.82
58
  
3.96
20
15 Skin Cancers
1.95
53
  
2.74
32
16 Liver Cancer
1.84
184
  
3.07
164
17 Uterin Cancer
1.73
51
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Uruguay
URUGUAY		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
3,494,382
127
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.95
168
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
22.4 %
131
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
64.3 %
105
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
13.3 %
39
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
13.91
138
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
9.09
79
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.92
126
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
11.32
139
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.99
128
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.67
158
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.16
78
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.47
137
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
98.0
53
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
97.6
62
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
98.4
44
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
7.6
85
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
76.6
44
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
67.0
49
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$12,200
69
  
$36,600
23
 

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