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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 Kenya 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.

Kenya
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%
Kenya Population Pyramid
91,575,092
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   Kenya KENYA
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Kenya KENYA
       
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
 
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
1970
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
 
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
1980
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
 
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
1990
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
 
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
2000
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
 
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
2010
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
 
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
2019
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
 
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Kenya KENYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
80.6
63
44
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age
73.5
80.6
63
44
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age 5
74.0
81.1
68
47
66.9
71.3
151
146
Age 10
74.0
81.1
69
47
67.2
71.6
152
148
Age 15
74.1
81.1
70
47
67.5
71.8
153
148
Age 20
74.4
81.3
70
46
67.9
72.1
153
148
Age 25
74.9
81.4
70
46
68.4
72.5
153
148
Age 30
75.3
81.6
69
46
68.9
73.0
155
148
Age 35
75.7
81.8
68
46
69.5
73.6
156
148
Age 40
76.1
82.0
66
44
70.3
74.4
154
146
Age 45
76.6
82.3
67
44
71.4
75.4
151
144
Age 50
77.1
82.7
68
44
72.7
76.6
149
142
Age 55
77.9
83.2
72
43
74.2
77.8
147
129
Age 60
79.0
84.0
73
42
76.0
79.1
144
124
Age 65
80.4
84.9
71
41
78.0
80.5
144
118
Age 70
82.2
86.1
70
41
80.3
82.2
139
119
Age 75
84.5
87.7
70
38
83.0
84.4
139
124
Age 80
87.1
89.6
70
22
86.0
87.0
138
124
Age 85
90.1
92.1
73
11
89.4
90.1
137
126
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Kenya KENYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
59.81
151
72.70
144
2. Stroke
38.74
139
92.66
81
3. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
3.20
156
4. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
24.17
51
5. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
19.76
51
6. Lung Disease
25.09
79
26.82
68
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
6.74
123
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
56
18.35
76
9. Suicide
18.83
16
11.01
60
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.00
126
85.68
38
11. Kidney Disease
14.07
124
23.30
91
12. Road Traffic Accidents
13.84
106
48.00
12
13. Other Injuries
12.74
38
12.36
42
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.96
136
30.43
88
15. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
3.59
96
16. Violence
8.60
60
7.07
65
17. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
10.16
43
18. Hypertension
8.00
144
28.53
47
19. Lymphomas
7.95
9
7.26
17
20. Other Neoplasms
7.48
4
0.35
120
21. Endocrine Disorders
7.33
31
2.69
125
22. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
24.71
26
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
6.41
25
24. HIV/AIDS
5.35
74
48.82
25
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.33
104
6.20
86
26. Inflammatory/Heart
5.26
80
4.22
105
27. Leukemia
4.88
24
4.48
44
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
20.37
2
29. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
1.69
115
30. Liver Disease
4.17
168
57.44
6
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
103
3.79
112
32. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
3.07
51
33. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
7.82
13
34. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
5.77
82
35. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
3.16
26
36. Alcohol
2.09
57
1.41
88
37. Low Birth Weight
2.08
146
8.13
53
38. Asthma
2.01
116
9.95
65
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.91
106
53.46
31
40. Epilepsy
1.83
79
2.27
52
41. Drownings
1.79
121
2.27
103
42. Tuberculosis
1.72
112
49.91
18
43. Skin Disease
1.49
96
2.15
56
44. Fires
1.21
101
3.66
34
45. Malnutrition
1.10
98
13.10
21
46. Falls
0.90
181
7.89
53
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.81
156
4.78
61
48. Anemia
0.81
16
0.00
118
49. Drug Use
0.76
135
0.39
171
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.65
142
1.74
79
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Kenya KENYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,265
15.23
11,972
4.54
2. Stroke
2,850
10.18
15,895
6.03
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,899
6.78
1,827
0.69
4. Lung Disease
1,706
6.09
4,280
1.62
5. Lung Cancers
1,463
5.23
669
0.25
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,370
4.89
22,571
8.57
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,245
4.45
1,477
0.56
8. Kidney Disease
1,040
3.71
4,464
1.69
9. Breast Cancer
848
3.03
2,658
1.01
10. Other Injuries
774
2.76
4,336
1.65
11. Diabetes Mellitus
747
2.67
5,651
2.15
12. Suicide
735
2.63
3,214
1.22
13. Prostate Cancer
707
2.53
1,292
0.49
14. Pancreas Cancer
656
2.34
716
0.27
15. Hypertension
648
2.31
4,418
1.68
16. Road Traffic Accidents
512
1.83
14,883
5.65
17. Endocrine Disorders
487
1.74
831
0.32
18. Stomach Cancer
480
1.71
2,010
0.76
19. Other Neoplasms
464
1.66
60
0.02
20. Lymphomas
457
1.63
1,931
0.73
21. Parkinson's Disease
320
1.14
470
0.18
22. Inflammatory/Heart
314
1.12
1,121
0.43
23. Violence
295
1.05
2,942
1.12
24. Oesophagus Cancer
286
1.02
4,373
1.66
25. Leukemia
280
1.00
1,327
0.50
26. Bladder Cancer
276
0.99
318
0.12
27. Liver Disease
206
0.74
13,405
5.09
28. HIV/AIDS
195
0.70
20,885
7.93
29. Cervical Cancer
172
0.61
3,389
1.29
30. Congenital Anomalies
170
0.61
6,115
2.32
31. Oral Cancer
167
0.60
1,842
0.70
32. Ovary Cancer
160
0.57
795
0.30
33. Skin Cancers
149
0.53
638
0.24
34. Liver Cancer
147
0.53
1,351
0.51
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
134
0.48
15,420
5.85
36. Skin Disease
130
0.46
455
0.17
37. Asthma
127
0.45
2,300
0.87
38. Uterin Cancer
115
0.41
323
0.12
39. Alcohol
104
0.37
355
0.13
40. Epilepsy
86
0.31
832
0.32
41. Tuberculosis
81
0.29
19,655
7.46
42. Low Birth Weight
73
0.26
9,562
3.63
43. Malnutrition
73
0.26
4,212
1.60
44. Anemia
71
0.25
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.23
1,200
0.46
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
57
0.20
1,089
0.41
47. Falls
55
0.20
1,465
0.56
48. Fires
54
0.19
1,316
0.50
49. Drug Use
41
0.15
113
0.04
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
39
0.14
408
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Kenya KENYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
3.20
156
2. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
24.17
51
3. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
19.76
51
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
6.74
123
5. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
3.59
96
6. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
10.16
43
7. Lymphomas
7.95
9
7.26
17
8. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
24.71
26
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
6.41
25
10. Leukemia
4.88
24
4.48
44
11. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
20.37
2
12. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
1.69
115
13. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
3.07
51
14. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
7.82
13
15. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
5.77
82
16. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
3.16
26
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.