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Uruguay
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

Compare Uruguay and Jamaica 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.

Jamaica
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
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%
Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
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
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Jamaica JAMAICA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.9
71.2
68.0
32
28
33
 
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
1970
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
 
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
1980
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
 
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
1990
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
 
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
2000
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
 
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
2010
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
 
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
2019
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
 
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Jamaica JAMAICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
80.6
63
44
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age
73.5
80.6
63
44
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age 5
74.0
81.1
68
47
75.5
78.6
50
78
Age 10
74.0
81.1
69
47
75.6
78.7
51
77
Age 15
74.1
81.1
70
47
75.7
78.8
51
77
Age 20
74.4
81.3
70
46
75.9
78.9
51
78
Age 25
74.9
81.4
70
46
76.1
79.1
53
77
Age 30
75.3
81.6
69
46
76.4
79.3
54
76
Age 35
75.7
81.8
68
46
76.7
79.6
53
74
Age 40
76.1
82.0
66
44
77.1
80.0
51
73
Age 45
76.6
82.3
67
44
77.6
80.4
49
71
Age 50
77.1
82.7
68
44
78.2
81.0
52
69
Age 55
77.9
83.2
72
43
79.0
81.8
53
64
Age 60
79.0
84.0
73
42
80.1
82.6
55
61
Age 65
80.4
84.9
71
41
81.4
83.8
52
58
Age 70
82.2
86.1
70
41
83.1
85.2
54
54
Age 75
84.5
87.7
70
38
85.4
86.9
50
50
Age 80
87.1
89.6
70
22
88.1
89.1
40
42
Age 85
90.1
92.1
73
11
91.1
91.5
20
25
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Jamaica JAMAICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
59.81
151
49.69
162
2. Stroke
38.74
139
70.26
104
3. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
14.66
78
4. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
53.37
3
5. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
25.54
24
6. Lung Disease
25.09
79
13.20
151
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
13.25
39
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
56
15.09
133
9. Suicide
18.83
16
2.28
175
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.00
126
11.23
153
11. Kidney Disease
14.07
124
23.98
84
12. Road Traffic Accidents
13.84
106
14.23
101
13. Other Injuries
12.74
38
2.77
173
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.96
136
61.66
24
15. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
3.62
94
16. Violence
8.60
60
47.92
4
17. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
7.00
77
18. Hypertension
8.00
144
18.75
89
19. Lymphomas
7.95
9
7.87
10
20. Other Neoplasms
7.48
4
0.57
80
21. Endocrine Disorders
7.33
31
5.56
60
22. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
22.18
32
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
5.85
38
24. HIV/AIDS
5.35
74
25.41
38
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.33
104
4.63
124
26. Inflammatory/Heart
5.26
80
4.11
112
27. Leukemia
4.88
24
4.13
63
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
2.28
95
29. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
1.77
108
30. Liver Disease
4.17
168
4.80
162
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
103
3.69
118
32. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
6.42
8
33. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
1.87
141
34. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
3.14
161
35. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
0.29
168
36. Alcohol
2.09
57
0.24
169
37. Low Birth Weight
2.08
146
6.72
67
38. Asthma
2.01
116
2.02
115
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.91
106
1.06
133
40. Epilepsy
1.83
79
1.48
101
41. Drownings
1.79
121
0.34
182
42. Tuberculosis
1.72
112
0.24
157
43. Skin Disease
1.49
96
4.13
19
44. Fires
1.21
101
0.47
145
45. Malnutrition
1.10
98
1.43
90
46. Falls
0.90
181
2.34
167
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.81
156
2.47
92
48. Anemia
0.81
16
0.00
115
49. Drug Use
0.76
135
0.40
169
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.65
142
0.85
127
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,265
15.23
1,726
9.88
2. Stroke
2,850
10.18
2,415
13.82
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,899
6.78
587
3.36
4. Lung Disease
1,706
6.09
452
2.59
5. Lung Cancers
1,463
5.23
472
2.70
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,370
4.89
393
2.25
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,245
4.45
436
2.49
8. Kidney Disease
1,040
3.71
793
4.54
9. Breast Cancer
848
3.03
413
2.36
10. Other Injuries
774
2.76
91
0.52
11. Diabetes Mellitus
747
2.67
2,077
11.88
12. Suicide
735
2.63
70
0.40
13. Prostate Cancer
707
2.53
883
5.05
14. Pancreas Cancer
656
2.34
119
0.68
15. Hypertension
648
2.31
651
3.73
16. Road Traffic Accidents
512
1.83
444
2.54
17. Endocrine Disorders
487
1.74
176
1.01
18. Stomach Cancer
480
1.71
231
1.32
19. Other Neoplasms
464
1.66
19
0.11
20. Lymphomas
457
1.63
251
1.44
21. Parkinson's Disease
320
1.14
132
0.76
22. Inflammatory/Heart
314
1.12
133
0.76
23. Violence
295
1.05
1,484
8.49
24. Oesophagus Cancer
286
1.02
74
0.42
25. Leukemia
280
1.00
129
0.74
26. Bladder Cancer
276
0.99
60
0.34
27. Liver Disease
206
0.74
155
0.89
28. HIV/AIDS
195
0.70
757
4.33
29. Cervical Cancer
172
0.61
358
2.05
30. Congenital Anomalies
170
0.61
139
0.80
31. Oral Cancer
167
0.60
59
0.34
32. Ovary Cancer
160
0.57
97
0.56
33. Skin Cancers
149
0.53
10
0.06
34. Liver Cancer
147
0.53
101
0.58
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
134
0.48
35
0.20
36. Skin Disease
130
0.46
145
0.83
37. Asthma
127
0.45
65
0.37
38. Uterin Cancer
115
0.41
106
0.61
39. Alcohol
104
0.37
7
0.04
40. Epilepsy
86
0.31
46
0.26
41. Tuberculosis
81
0.29
8
0.05
42. Low Birth Weight
73
0.26
241
1.38
43. Malnutrition
73
0.26
48
0.27
44. Anemia
71
0.25
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.23
10
0.06
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
57
0.20
82
0.47
47. Falls
55
0.20
82
0.47
48. Fires
54
0.19
16
0.09
49. Drug Use
41
0.15
13
0.07
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
39
0.14
27
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
14.66
78
2. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
53.37
3
3. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
25.54
24
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
13.25
39
5. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
3.62
94
6. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
7.00
77
7. Lymphomas
7.95
9
7.87
10
8. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
22.18
32
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
5.85
38
10. Leukemia
4.88
24
4.13
63
11. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
2.28
95
12. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
1.77
108
13. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
6.42
8
14. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
1.87
141
15. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
3.14
161
16. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
0.29
168
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.