URUGUAY VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,834	1	4,265	- 2,430
Kidney Disease	2	1,157	8	1,040	+ 117
Stroke	3	1,016	2	2,850	- 1,834
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	951	6	1,370	- 419
Diabetes Mellitus	5	808	11	747	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	6	653	16	512	+ 141
Liver Disease	7	623	27	206	+ 417
Lung Disease	8	482	4	1,706	- 1,224
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	480	3	1,899	- 1,419
Hypertension	10	469	15	648	- 179
Stomach Cancer	11	391	18	480	- 89
Prostate Cancer	12	255	13	707	- 452
Congenital Anomalies	13	250	30	170	+ 80
Suicide	14	248	12	735	- 487
Violence	15	226	23	295	- 69
Low Birth Weight	16	219	42	73	+ 146
Other Injuries	17	217	10	774	- 557
Falls	18	208	47	55	+ 153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	208	7	1,245	- 1,037
Lung Cancers	20	201	5	1,463	- 1,262
Liver Cancer	21	178	34	147	+ 31
Lymphomas	22	165	20	457	- 292
Leukemia	23	165	25	280	- 115
Cervical Cancer	24	157	29	172	- 15
Breast Cancer	25	154	9	848	- 694
Parkinson's Disease	26	123	21	320	- 197
HIV/AIDS	27	114	28	195	- 81
Malnutrition	28	108	43	73	+ 35
Tuberculosis	29	107	41	81	+ 27
Pancreas Cancer	30	105	14	656	- 550
Endocrine Disorders	31	95	17	487	- 392
Drownings	32	88	45	65	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	78	46	57	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	77	35	134	- 58
Ovary Cancer	35	60	32	160	- 100
Inflammatory/Heart	36	58	22	314	- 257
Skin Cancers	37	58	33	149	- 92
Birth Trauma	38	57	53	22	+ 34
Alcohol	39	52	39	104	- 52
Epilepsy	40	51	40	86	- 35
Drug Use	41	40	49	41	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	42	34	24	286	- 253
Fires	43	33	48	54	- 22
Bladder Cancer	44	31	26	276	- 245
Oral Cancer	45	31	31	167	- 136
Maternal Conditions	46	31	60	9	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	30	50	39	- 9
Uterin Cancer	48	24	38	115	- 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	23	51	35	- 11
Appendicitis	50	21	59	9	+ 12
Skin Disease	51	19	36	130	- 111
Meningitis	52	17	58	10	+ 6
Asthma	53	16	37	127	- 111
Syphilis	54	16	66	3	+ 13
Encephalitis	55	15	64	4	+ 11
Pertussis	56	15	72	0	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	57	12	19	464	- 452
Poisonings	58	11	55	17	- 6
Chagas disease	59	4	61	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	56	13	- 10
Dengue	61	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	4	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	80	0	+ 0
War	66	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Oral conditions	84	0	68	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	57	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Ecuador

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.