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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 SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Uruguay and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Uruguay URUGUAY   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
80.6
63
44
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
73.5
80.6
63
44
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
74.0
81.1
68
47
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
74.0
81.1
69
47
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
74.1
81.1
70
47
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
74.4
81.3
70
46
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
74.9
81.4
70
46
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
75.3
81.6
69
46
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
75.7
81.8
68
46
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
76.1
82.0
66
44
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
76.6
82.3
67
44
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
77.1
82.7
68
44
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
77.9
83.2
72
43
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
79.0
84.0
73
42
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
80.4
84.9
71
41
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
82.2
86.1
70
41
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
84.5
87.7
70
38
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
87.1
89.6
70
22
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
90.1
92.1
73
11
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
59.81
151
83.76
128
2. Stroke
38.74
139
80.50
93
3. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
18.34
64
4. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
35.20
22
5. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
18.21
76
6. Lung Disease
25.09
79
31.41
47
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
8.90
89
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
56
16.44
118
9. Suicide
18.83
16
23.49
8
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.00
126
83.23
40
11. Kidney Disease
14.07
124
35.72
35
12. Road Traffic Accidents
13.84
106
22.70
61
13. Other Injuries
12.74
38
10.77
57
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.96
136
74.67
16
15. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
4.98
65
16. Violence
8.60
60
37.54
8
17. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
3.68
137
18. Hypertension
8.00
144
33.86
36
19. Lymphomas
7.95
9
6.08
39
20. Other Neoplasms
7.48
4
0.65
75
21. Endocrine Disorders
7.33
31
11.70
14
22. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
20.99
37
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
3.85
115
24. HIV/AIDS
5.35
74
121.35
9
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.33
104
6.23
83
26. Inflammatory/Heart
5.26
80
12.75
17
27. Leukemia
4.88
24
3.34
108
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
8.50
16
29. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
2.19
83
30. Liver Disease
4.17
168
18.41
95
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
103
3.36
130
32. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
2.15
99
33. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
3.18
80
34. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
5.46
87
35. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
2.47
53
36. Alcohol
2.09
57
1.93
61
37. Low Birth Weight
2.08
146
7.16
63
38. Asthma
2.01
116
13.63
45
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.91
106
33.37
46
40. Epilepsy
1.83
79
3.28
22
41. Drownings
1.79
121
4.06
44
42. Tuberculosis
1.72
112
39.83
26
43. Skin Disease
1.49
96
2.91
30
44. Fires
1.21
101
6.64
4
45. Malnutrition
1.10
98
4.41
56
46. Falls
0.90
181
2.99
150
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.81
156
4.52
65
48. Anemia
0.81
16
0.00
160
49. Drug Use
0.76
135
1.52
67
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.65
142
2.04
70
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uruguay URUGUAY   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,265
15.23
32,739
7.20
2. Stroke
2,850
10.18
30,693
6.75
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,899
6.78
4,676
1.03
4. Lung Disease
1,706
6.09
11,895
2.62
5. Lung Cancers
1,463
5.23
7,705
1.70
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,370
4.89
39,341
8.65
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,245
4.45
3,587
0.79
8. Kidney Disease
1,040
3.71
15,302
3.37
9. Breast Cancer
848
3.03
4,533
1.00
10. Other Injuries
774
2.76
6,014
1.32
11. Diabetes Mellitus
747
2.67
30,188
6.64
12. Suicide
735
2.63
13,774
3.03
13. Prostate Cancer
707
2.53
4,374
0.96
14. Pancreas Cancer
656
2.34
2,007
0.44
15. Hypertension
648
2.31
12,789
2.81
16. Road Traffic Accidents
512
1.83
13,014
2.86
17. Endocrine Disorders
487
1.74
5,890
1.30
18. Stomach Cancer
480
1.71
1,535
0.34
19. Other Neoplasms
464
1.66
267
0.06
20. Lymphomas
457
1.63
2,818
0.62
21. Parkinson's Disease
320
1.14
1,077
0.24
22. Inflammatory/Heart
314
1.12
5,408
1.19
23. Violence
295
1.05
21,000
4.62
24. Oesophagus Cancer
286
1.02
3,486
0.77
25. Leukemia
280
1.00
1,464
0.32
26. Bladder Cancer
276
0.99
829
0.18
27. Liver Disease
206
0.74
9,013
1.98
28. HIV/AIDS
195
0.70
71,996
15.84
29. Cervical Cancer
172
0.61
5,555
1.22
30. Congenital Anomalies
170
0.61
4,351
0.96
31. Oral Cancer
167
0.60
1,406
0.31
32. Ovary Cancer
160
0.57
951
0.21
33. Skin Cancers
149
0.53
993
0.22
34. Liver Cancer
147
0.53
2,383
0.52
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
134
0.48
15,843
3.49
36. Skin Disease
130
0.46
1,101
0.24
37. Asthma
127
0.45
5,966
1.31
38. Uterin Cancer
115
0.41
512
0.11
39. Alcohol
104
0.37
987
0.22
40. Epilepsy
86
0.31
1,870
0.41
41. Tuberculosis
81
0.29
21,965
4.83
42. Low Birth Weight
73
0.26
6,250
1.37
43. Malnutrition
73
0.26
2,381
0.52
44. Anemia
71
0.25
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.23
2,403
0.53
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
57
0.20
1,894
0.42
47. Falls
55
0.20
1,399
0.31
48. Fires
54
0.19
3,618
0.80
49. Drug Use
41
0.15
770
0.17
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
39
0.14
1,015
0.22
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
18.34
64
2. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
35.20
22
3. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
18.21
76
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
8.90
89
5. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
4.98
65
6. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
3.68
137
7. Lymphomas
7.95
9
6.08
39
8. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
20.99
37
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
3.85
115
10. Leukemia
4.88
24
3.34
108
11. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
8.50
16
12. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
2.19
83
13. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
2.15
99
14. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
3.18
80
15. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
5.46
87
16. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
2.47
53
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.