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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
URUGUAY VS NIGERIA

Compare Uruguay and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
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
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
80.6
63
44
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
73.5
80.6
63
44
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
74.0
81.1
68
47
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
74.0
81.1
69
47
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
74.1
81.1
70
47
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
74.4
81.3
70
46
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
74.9
81.4
70
46
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
75.3
81.6
69
46
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
75.7
81.8
68
46
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
76.1
82.0
66
44
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
76.6
82.3
67
44
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
77.1
82.7
68
44
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
77.9
83.2
72
43
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
79.0
84.0
73
42
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
80.4
84.9
71
41
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
82.2
86.1
70
41
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
84.5
87.7
70
38
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
87.1
89.6
70
22
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.1
92.1
73
11
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
59.81
151
100.91
107
2. Stroke
38.74
139
88.68
86
3. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
1.37
178
4. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
20.40
63
5. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
20.56
47
6. Lung Disease
25.09
79
20.77
99
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
4.32
157
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
56
19.45
59
9. Suicide
18.83
16
6.87
117
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.00
126
98.12
28
11. Kidney Disease
14.07
124
23.87
88
12. Road Traffic Accidents
13.84
106
27.25
54
13. Other Injuries
12.74
38
10.98
56
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.96
136
33.50
82
15. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
2.64
126
16. Violence
8.60
60
11.97
42
17. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
2.52
169
18. Hypertension
8.00
144
16.07
103
19. Lymphomas
7.95
9
5.96
45
20. Other Neoplasms
7.48
4
0.50
88
21. Endocrine Disorders
7.33
31
7.01
35
22. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
21.11
35
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
3.90
112
24. HIV/AIDS
5.35
74
26.81
36
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.33
104
11.22
5
26. Inflammatory/Heart
5.26
80
5.49
76
27. Leukemia
4.88
24
2.06
151
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
0.75
171
29. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
0.81
166
30. Liver Disease
4.17
168
41.99
21
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
103
5.60
29
32. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
1.60
132
33. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
2.44
107
34. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
6.19
71
35. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
2.29
62
36. Alcohol
2.09
57
1.16
106
37. Low Birth Weight
2.08
146
14.70
5
38. Asthma
2.01
116
10.71
58
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.91
106
78.99
13
40. Epilepsy
1.83
79
3.25
23
41. Drownings
1.79
121
2.17
107
42. Tuberculosis
1.72
112
99.13
6
43. Skin Disease
1.49
96
1.64
90
44. Fires
1.21
101
3.44
37
45. Malnutrition
1.10
98
2.36
83
46. Falls
0.90
181
8.54
40
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.81
156
7.03
31
48. Anemia
0.81
16
0.00
142
49. Drug Use
0.76
135
5.81
5
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.65
142
2.05
69
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,265
15.23
61,374
4.14
2. Stroke
2,850
10.18
57,744
3.90
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,899
6.78
6,786
0.46
4. Lung Disease
1,706
6.09
12,569
0.85
5. Lung Cancers
1,463
5.23
1,295
0.09
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,370
4.89
207,281
14.00
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,245
4.45
4,152
0.28
8. Kidney Disease
1,040
3.71
18,189
1.23
9. Breast Cancer
848
3.03
11,884
0.80
10. Other Injuries
774
2.76
22,696
1.53
11. Diabetes Mellitus
747
2.67
22,497
1.52
12. Suicide
735
2.63
7,019
0.47
13. Prostate Cancer
707
2.53
5,914
0.40
14. Pancreas Cancer
656
2.34
1,975
0.13
15. Hypertension
648
2.31
10,692
0.72
16. Road Traffic Accidents
512
1.83
41,693
2.82
17. Endocrine Disorders
487
1.74
15,799
1.07
18. Stomach Cancer
480
1.71
2,129
0.14
19. Other Neoplasms
464
1.66
290
0.02
20. Lymphomas
457
1.63
5,202
0.35
21. Parkinson's Disease
320
1.14
2,473
0.17
22. Inflammatory/Heart
314
1.12
4,826
0.33
23. Violence
295
1.05
18,407
1.24
24. Oesophagus Cancer
286
1.02
560
0.04
25. Leukemia
280
1.00
2,257
0.15
26. Bladder Cancer
276
0.99
670
0.05
27. Liver Disease
206
0.74
38,326
2.59
28. HIV/AIDS
195
0.70
44,124
2.98
29. Cervical Cancer
172
0.61
10,574
0.71
30. Congenital Anomalies
170
0.61
49,696
3.36
31. Oral Cancer
167
0.60
2,238
0.15
32. Ovary Cancer
160
0.57
2,133
0.14
33. Skin Cancers
149
0.53
1,933
0.13
34. Liver Cancer
147
0.53
5,289
0.36
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
134
0.48
144,724
9.77
36. Skin Disease
130
0.46
1,468
0.10
37. Asthma
127
0.45
8,192
0.55
38. Uterin Cancer
115
0.41
679
0.05
39. Alcohol
104
0.37
1,031
0.07
40. Epilepsy
86
0.31
5,001
0.34
41. Tuberculosis
81
0.29
127,335
8.60
42. Low Birth Weight
73
0.26
95,959
6.48
43. Malnutrition
73
0.26
5,896
0.40
44. Anemia
71
0.25
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.23
6,584
0.44
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
57
0.20
5,846
0.39
47. Falls
55
0.20
7,528
0.51
48. Fires
54
0.19
7,132
0.48
49. Drug Use
41
0.15
6,273
0.42
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
39
0.14
1,946
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
1.37
178
2. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
20.40
63
3. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
20.56
47
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
4.32
157
5. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
2.64
126
6. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
2.52
169
7. Lymphomas
7.95
9
5.96
45
8. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
21.11
35
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
3.90
112
10. Leukemia
4.88
24
2.06
151
11. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
0.75
171
12. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
0.81
166
13. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
1.60
132
14. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
2.44
107
15. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
6.19
71
16. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
2.29
62
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.