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Sweden
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
SWEDEN VS URUGUAY

Compare Sweden and Uruguay health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Uruguay
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Sweden Population Pyramid
11,389,198
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Uruguay Population Pyramid
3,639,106
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Sweden SWEDEN   Uruguay URUGUAY
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.2
74.9
73.0
3
3
3
  
64.9
71.2
68.0
32
28
33
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
  
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
  
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
  
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
2000
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
  
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
2010
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
  
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
2019
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
  
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Uruguay URUGUAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
84.0
8
18
73.5
80.6
63
44
Age
80.8
84.0
8
18
73.5
80.6
63
44
Age 5
81.1
84.2
9
20
74.0
81.1
68
47
Age 10
81.1
84.2
9
20
74.0
81.1
69
47
Age 15
81.1
84.2
9
21
74.1
81.1
70
47
Age 20
81.2
84.3
10
21
74.4
81.3
70
46
Age 25
81.4
84.3
9
21
74.9
81.4
70
46
Age 30
81.6
84.4
8
20
75.3
81.6
69
46
Age 35
81.8
84.5
7
20
75.7
81.8
68
46
Age 40
82.0
84.6
8
20
76.1
82.0
66
44
Age 45
82.2
84.7
8
20
76.6
82.3
67
44
Age 50
82.4
84.9
10
22
77.1
82.7
68
44
Age 55
82.8
85.2
11
24
77.9
83.2
72
43
Age 60
83.3
85.6
14
25
79.0
84.0
73
42
Age 65
84.1
86.2
16
26
80.4
84.9
71
41
Age 70
85.2
87.0
17
27
82.2
86.1
70
41
Age 75
86.5
88.0
25
30
84.5
87.7
70
38
Age 80
88.2
89.3
36
35
87.1
89.6
70
22
Age 85
90.3
91.0
59
54
90.1
92.1
73
11
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Uruguay URUGUAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
50.98
161
59.81
151
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30.96
10
19.49
56
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
26.87
37
4. Stroke
19.81
170
38.74
139
5. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
27.49
20
6. Lung Disease
14.83
144
25.09
79
7. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
26.62
18
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
19.66
8
9. Suicide
12.37
47
18.83
16
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.29
165
17.00
126
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
11.08
1
12. Diabetes Mellitus
6.85
159
11.96
136
13. Hypertension
5.32
154
8.00
144
14. Lymphomas
5.29
73
7.95
9
15. Kidney Disease
5.07
167
14.07
124
16. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
5.40
54
17. Other Injuries
4.92
134
12.74
38
18. Drug Use
4.10
18
0.76
135
19. Liver Disease
3.99
170
4.17
168
20. Falls
3.92
127
0.90
181
21. Other Neoplasms
3.65
24
7.48
4
22. Leukemia
3.40
103
4.88
24
23. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
2.67
174
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.12
140
3.89
103
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.09
106
7.33
31
26. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
2.34
59
27. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
162
5.33
104
28. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
8.46
58
29. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
4.18
22
30. Inflammatory/Heart
2.58
150
5.26
80
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.57
174
13.84
106
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
3.22
46
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
4.86
37
34. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
7.07
104
35. Alcohol
2.09
58
2.09
57
36. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
3.06
82
37. Violence
1.22
143
8.60
60
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.08
148
0.81
156
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
143
1.91
106
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.84
15
0.29
55
41. Drownings
0.83
156
1.79
121
42. Epilepsy
0.78
158
1.83
79
43. Skin Disease
0.70
124
1.49
96
44. Low Birth Weight
0.61
178
2.08
146
45. Asthma
0.56
158
2.01
116
46. Anemia
0.47
24
0.81
16
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
71
0.56
40
48. Fires
0.40
154
1.21
101
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
167
0.65
142
50. Birth Trauma
0.38
165
0.62
141
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sweden SWEDEN   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,136
19.91
4,265
15.23
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
10,917
14.36
1,899
6.78
3. Stroke
6,035
7.94
2,850
10.18
4. Lung Disease
4,344
5.72
1,706
6.09
5. Lung Cancers
3,722
4.90
1,463
5.23
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,049
4.01
1,245
4.45
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,659
3.50
1,370
4.89
8. Prostate Cancer
2,622
3.45
707
2.53
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,849
2.43
656
2.34
10. Hypertension
1,838
2.42
648
2.31
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,834
2.41
747
2.67
12. Kidney Disease
1,629
2.14
1,040
3.71
13. Breast Cancer
1,582
2.08
848
3.03
14. Suicide
1,479
1.95
735
2.63
15. Other Injuries
1,374
1.81
774
2.76
16. Lymphomas
1,357
1.79
457
1.63
17. Falls
1,109
1.46
55
0.20
18. Other Neoplasms
1,036
1.36
464
1.66
19. Parkinson's Disease
943
1.24
320
1.14
20. Leukemia
825
1.09
280
1.00
21. Bladder Cancer
760
1.00
276
0.99
22. Liver Cancer
752
0.99
147
0.53
23. Liver Disease
723
0.95
206
0.74
24. Endocrine Disorders
702
0.92
487
1.74
25. Skin Cancers
650
0.86
149
0.53
26. Stomach Cancer
612
0.81
480
1.71
27. Ovary Cancer
553
0.73
160
0.57
28. Inflammatory/Heart
547
0.72
314
1.12
29. Oesophagus Cancer
538
0.71
286
1.02
30. Drug Use
423
0.56
41
0.15
31. Oral Cancer
379
0.50
167
0.60
32. Alcohol
359
0.47
104
0.37
33. Uterin Cancer
345
0.45
115
0.41
34. Road Traffic Accidents
315
0.41
512
1.83
35. Congenital Anomalies
308
0.41
170
0.61
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
289
0.38
134
0.48
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
277
0.36
57
0.20
38. Cervical Cancer
228
0.30
172
0.61
39. Skin Disease
220
0.29
130
0.46
40. Anemia
175
0.23
71
0.25
41. Multiple Sclerosis
170
0.22
13
0.05
42. Asthma
158
0.21
127
0.45
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
129
0.17
35
0.13
44. Epilepsy
121
0.16
86
0.31
45. Malnutrition
117
0.15
73
0.26
46. Drownings
114
0.15
65
0.23
47. Violence
113
0.15
295
1.05
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
110
0.14
39
0.14
49. Fires
65
0.09
54
0.19
50. Schizophrenia
63
0.08
18
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
26.87
37
2. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
27.49
20
3. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
26.62
18
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
19.66
8
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
11.08
1
6. Lymphomas
5.29
73
7.95
9
7. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
5.40
54
8. Leukemia
3.40
103
4.88
24
9. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
2.67
174
10. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
2.34
59
11. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
8.46
58
12. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
4.18
22
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
3.22
46
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
4.86
37
15. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
7.07
104
16. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
3.06
82
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.