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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 UNITED STATES

Compare Uruguay and United States 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.

United States
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
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Uruguay URUGUAY   United States UNITED STATES
      Uruguay URUGUAY   United States UNITED STATES
           
    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
    		  
    66.6
    73.1
    69.8
    23
    15
    16
    1970
    65.6
    72.1
    68.8
    44
    38
    38
    		  
    67.1
    74.7
    70.8
    24
    12
    21
    1980
    67.1
    73.9
    70.4
    41
    41
    40
    		  
    70.0
    77.5
    73.7
    22
    11
    18
    1990
    69.0
    76.5
    72.6
    44
    34
    38
    		  
    71.8
    78.8
    75.2
    29
    17
    21
    2000
    71.2
    78.9
    75.1
    43
    33
    35
    		  
    74.0
    79.5
    76.8
    28
    29
    28
    2010
    72.7
    79.7
    76.3
    51
    40
    40
    		  
    76.2
    81.1
    78.7
    30
    30
    30
    2019
    73.5
    80.6
    77.1
    63
    44
    52
    		  
    76.3
    80.7
    78.5
    41
    42
    40
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Uruguay URUGUAY   United States UNITED STATES
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    73.5
    80.6
    63
    44
    76.3
    80.7
    41
    42
    Age 5
    74.0
    81.1
    68
    47
    76.8
    81.2
    42
    45
    Age 10
    74.0
    81.1
    69
    47
    76.9
    81.2
    43
    45
    Age 15
    74.1
    81.1
    70
    47
    76.9
    81.3
    43
    45
    Age 20
    74.4
    81.3
    70
    46
    77.1
    81.4
    43
    45
    Age 25
    74.9
    81.4
    70
    46
    77.5
    81.5
    43
    45
    Age 30
    75.3
    81.6
    69
    46
    77.9
    81.7
    41
    45
    Age 35
    75.7
    81.8
    68
    46
    78.3
    81.9
    41
    43
    Age 40
    76.1
    82.0
    66
    44
    78.8
    82.2
    40
    43
    Age 45
    76.6
    82.3
    67
    44
    79.3
    82.5
    40
    42
    Age 50
    77.1
    82.7
    68
    44
    79.9
    83.0
    41
    41
    Age 55
    77.9
    83.2
    72
    43
    80.7
    83.6
    40
    40
    Age 60
    79.0
    84.0
    73
    42
    81.8
    84.4
    37
    38
    Age 65
    80.4
    84.9
    71
    41
    83.1
    85.3
    34
    38
    Age 70
    82.2
    86.1
    70
    41
    84.6
    86.4
    32
    38
    Age 75
    84.5
    87.7
    70
    38
    86.5
    87.7
    23
    35
    Age 80
    87.1
    89.6
    70
    22
    88.6
    89.4
    18
    27
    Age 85
    90.1
    92.1
    73
    11
    91.1
    91.5
    22
    30
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Uruguay URUGUAY   United States UNITED STATES
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    59.81
    151
    73.49
    142
    2. Stroke
    38.74
    139
    22.27
    164
    3. Lung Cancers
    27.49
    20
    25.54
    24
    4. Prostate Cancer
    26.87
    37
    11.64
    126
    5. Breast Cancer
    26.62
    18
    15.93
    105
    6. Lung Disease
    25.09
    79
    28.49
    60
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    19.66
    8
    10.28
    71
    8. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.49
    56
    33.26
    8
    9. Suicide
    18.83
    16
    14.51
    31
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    17.00
    126
    8.86
    163
    11. Kidney Disease
    14.07
    124
    13.08
    127
    12. Road Traffic Accidents
    13.84
    106
    11.10
    120
    13. Other Injuries
    12.74
    38
    5.11
    130
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    11.96
    136
    10.58
    144
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    11.08
    1
    7.26
    36
    16. Violence
    8.60
    60
    6.00
    81
    17. Stomach Cancer
    8.46
    58
    2.24
    173
    18. Hypertension
    8.00
    144
    10.26
    133
    19. Lymphomas
    7.95
    9
    6.36
    31
    20. Other Neoplasms
    7.48
    4
    2.68
    37
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    7.33
    31
    8.22
    28
    22. Cervical Cancer
    7.07
    104
    2.77
    151
    23. Ovary Cancer
    5.40
    54
    4.70
    79
    24. HIV/AIDS
    5.35
    74
    1.37
    113
    25. Congenital Anomalies
    5.33
    104
    3.78
    140
    26. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.26
    80
    5.64
    73
    27. Leukemia
    4.88
    24
    4.43
    49
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    4.86
    37
    3.04
    71
    29. Bladder Cancer
    4.18
    22
    2.84
    61
    30. Liver Disease
    4.17
    168
    8.98
    134
    31. Parkinson's Disease
    3.89
    103
    4.55
    68
    32. Uterin Cancer
    3.22
    46
    3.11
    50
    33. Oral Cancer
    3.06
    82
    2.01
    132
    34. Liver Cancer
    2.67
    174
    4.69
    110
    35. Skin Cancers
    2.34
    59
    2.36
    57
    36. Alcohol
    2.09
    57
    3.50
    28
    37. Low Birth Weight
    2.08
    146
    2.37
    138
    38. Asthma
    2.01
    116
    0.84
    141
    39. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.91
    106
    1.55
    114
    40. Epilepsy
    1.83
    79
    0.78
    159
    41. Drownings
    1.79
    121
    1.19
    140
    42. Tuberculosis
    1.72
    112
    0.09
    178
    43. Skin Disease
    1.49
    96
    0.86
    115
    44. Fires
    1.21
    101
    0.73
    124
    45. Malnutrition
    1.10
    98
    0.90
    104
    46. Falls
    0.90
    181
    5.68
    90
    47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.81
    156
    0.55
    170
    48. Anemia
    0.81
    16
    0.42
    32
    49. Drug Use
    0.76
    135
    21.28
    1
    50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.65
    142
    0.55
    152
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Uruguay URUGUAY   United States UNITED STATES
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    4,265
    15.23
    504,904
    20.15
    2. Stroke
    2,850
    10.18
    158,520
    6.33
    3. Alzheimers & Dementia
    1,899
    6.78
    287,198
    11.46
    4. Lung Disease
    1,706
    6.09
    195,387
    7.80
    5. Lung Cancers
    1,463
    5.23
    155,533
    6.21
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    1,370
    4.89
    60,317
    2.41
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    1,245
    4.45
    61,827
    2.47
    8. Kidney Disease
    1,040
    3.71
    85,861
    3.43
    9. Breast Cancer
    848
    3.03
    48,671
    1.94
    10. Other Injuries
    774
    2.76
    25,997
    1.04
    11. Diabetes Mellitus
    747
    2.67
    61,418
    2.45
    12. Suicide
    735
    2.63
    53,099
    2.12
    13. Prostate Cancer
    707
    2.53
    35,612
    1.42
    14. Pancreas Cancer
    656
    2.34
    44,293
    1.77
    15. Hypertension
    648
    2.31
    65,960
    2.63
    16. Road Traffic Accidents
    512
    1.83
    41,694
    1.66
    17. Endocrine Disorders
    487
    1.74
    46,985
    1.87
    18. Stomach Cancer
    480
    1.71
    13,077
    0.52
    19. Other Neoplasms
    464
    1.66
    17,743
    0.71
    20. Lymphomas
    457
    1.63
    40,281
    1.61
    21. Parkinson's Disease
    320
    1.14
    34,491
    1.38
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    314
    1.12
    32,529
    1.30
    23. Violence
    295
    1.05
    18,976
    0.76
    24. Oesophagus Cancer
    286
    1.02
    17,829
    0.71
    25. Leukemia
    280
    1.00
    26,966
    1.08
    26. Bladder Cancer
    276
    0.99
    19,622
    0.78
    27. Liver Disease
    206
    0.74
    43,402
    1.73
    28. HIV/AIDS
    195
    0.70
    5,660
    0.23
    29. Cervical Cancer
    172
    0.61
    6,984
    0.28
    30. Congenital Anomalies
    170
    0.61
    11,762
    0.47
    31. Oral Cancer
    167
    0.60
    11,555
    0.46
    32. Ovary Cancer
    160
    0.57
    14,591
    0.58
    33. Skin Cancers
    149
    0.53
    14,311
    0.57
    34. Liver Cancer
    147
    0.53
    27,064
    1.08
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    134
    0.48
    9,955
    0.40
    36. Skin Disease
    130
    0.46
    5,409
    0.22
    37. Asthma
    127
    0.45
    3,818
    0.15
    38. Uterin Cancer
    115
    0.41
    10,063
    0.40
    39. Alcohol
    104
    0.37
    14,659
    0.58
    40. Epilepsy
    86
    0.31
    3,162
    0.13
    41. Tuberculosis
    81
    0.29
    546
    0.02
    42. Low Birth Weight
    73
    0.26
    6,924
    0.28
    43. Malnutrition
    73
    0.26
    6,762
    0.27
    44. Anemia
    71
    0.25
    3,115
    0.12
    45. Drownings
    65
    0.23
    4,070
    0.16
    46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    57
    0.20
    3,461
    0.14
    47. Falls
    55
    0.20
    40,418
    1.61
    48. Fires
    54
    0.19
    3,183
    0.13
    49. Drug Use
    41
    0.15
    74,435
    2.97
    50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    39
    0.14
    3,646
    0.15
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Uruguay URUGUAY   United States UNITED STATES
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    27.49
    20
    25.54
    24
    2. Prostate Cancer
    26.87
    37
    11.64
    126
    3. Breast Cancer
    26.62
    18
    15.93
    105
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    19.66
    8
    10.28
    71
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    11.08
    1
    7.26
    36
    6. Stomach Cancer
    8.46
    58
    2.24
    173
    7. Lymphomas
    7.95
    9
    6.36
    31
    8. Cervical Cancer
    7.07
    104
    2.77
    151
    9. Ovary Cancer
    5.40
    54
    4.70
    79
    10. Leukemia
    4.88
    24
    4.43
    49
    11. Oesophagus Cancer
    4.86
    37
    3.04
    71
    12. Bladder Cancer
    4.18
    22
    2.84
    61
    13. Uterin Cancer
    3.22
    46
    3.11
    50
    14. Oral Cancer
    3.06
    82
    2.01
    132
    15. Liver Cancer
    2.67
    174
    4.69
    110
    16. Skin Cancers
    2.34
    59
    2.36
    57
    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.