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Uruguay
COUNTRY #1
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URUGUAY VS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Compare Uruguay and Dominican Republic 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.

Dominican Republic
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Uruguay Population Pyramid
3,639,106
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Dominican Republic Population Pyramid
12,795,809
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
       
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
  
50.7
53.6
52.1
88
88
88
1970
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
  
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
1980
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
  
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
1990
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
  
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
2000
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
  
69.6
74.7
72.0
63
70
64
2010
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
  
69.7
75.9
72.7
92
86
90
2019
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
  
69.8
76.2
72.8
103
95
104
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
80.6
63
44
69.8
76.2
103
95
Age
73.5
80.6
63
44
69.8
76.2
103
95
Age 5
74.0
81.1
68
47
72.0
78.2
95
87
Age 10
74.0
81.1
69
47
72.1
78.3
96
88
Age 15
74.1
81.1
70
47
72.2
78.4
97
88
Age 20
74.4
81.3
70
46
72.5
78.5
95
88
Age 25
74.9
81.4
70
46
73.0
78.7
91
87
Age 30
75.3
81.6
69
46
73.5
79.0
90
80
Age 35
75.7
81.8
68
46
74.1
79.3
87
79
Age 40
76.1
82.0
66
44
74.8
79.7
85
77
Age 45
76.6
82.3
67
44
75.5
80.2
81
75
Age 50
77.1
82.7
68
44
76.5
80.7
79
72
Age 55
77.9
83.2
72
43
77.7
81.5
78
70
Age 60
79.0
84.0
73
42
79.0
82.4
72
68
Age 65
80.4
84.9
71
41
80.8
83.5
65
62
Age 70
82.2
86.1
70
41
82.8
84.8
62
60
Age 75
84.5
87.7
70
38
85.2
86.5
55
58
Age 80
87.1
89.6
70
22
87.7
88.2
53
64
Age 85
90.1
92.1
73
11
90.4
90.5
56
78
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
59.81
151
144.42
50
2. Stroke
38.74
139
76.94
97
3. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
12.65
92
4. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
35.41
21
5. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
28.28
14
6. Lung Disease
25.09
79
13.00
153
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
8.53
95
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
56
15.84
126
9. Suicide
18.83
16
5.12
141
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.00
126
20.03
116
11. Kidney Disease
14.07
124
20.79
105
12. Road Traffic Accidents
13.84
106
67.23
1
13. Other Injuries
12.74
38
8.26
84
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.96
136
27.63
93
15. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
4.61
73
16. Violence
8.60
60
18.10
23
17. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
5.54
98
18. Hypertension
8.00
144
18.05
93
19. Lymphomas
7.95
9
3.77
130
20. Other Neoplasms
7.48
4
0.35
119
21. Endocrine Disorders
7.33
31
5.59
59
22. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
10.82
79
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
1.73
177
24. HIV/AIDS
5.35
74
18.91
45
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.33
104
7.20
49
26. Inflammatory/Heart
5.26
80
2.98
138
27. Leukemia
4.88
24
3.99
71
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
2.08
110
29. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
0.91
159
30. Liver Disease
4.17
168
26.51
71
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
103
4.27
82
32. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
0.83
167
33. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
4.35
51
34. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
6.73
60
35. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
1.71
104
36. Alcohol
2.09
57
1.20
105
37. Low Birth Weight
2.08
146
9.31
41
38. Asthma
2.01
116
4.26
94
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.91
106
4.57
81
40. Epilepsy
1.83
79
1.51
97
41. Drownings
1.79
121
2.29
100
42. Tuberculosis
1.72
112
2.34
104
43. Skin Disease
1.49
96
0.47
143
44. Fires
1.21
101
1.27
99
45. Malnutrition
1.10
98
3.35
65
46. Falls
0.90
181
3.93
126
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.81
156
2.84
87
48. Anemia
0.81
16
0.00
94
49. Drug Use
0.76
135
1.53
66
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.65
142
1.17
104
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,265
15.23
14,986
21.98
2. Stroke
2,850
10.18
7,882
11.56
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,899
6.78
1,808
2.65
4. Lung Disease
1,706
6.09
1,360
1.99
5. Lung Cancers
1,463
5.23
1,244
1.82
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,370
4.89
2,254
3.31
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,245
4.45
851
1.25
8. Kidney Disease
1,040
3.71
2,121
3.11
9. Breast Cancer
848
3.03
1,460
2.14
10. Other Injuries
774
2.76
890
1.31
11. Diabetes Mellitus
747
2.67
2,762
4.05
12. Suicide
735
2.63
530
0.78
13. Prostate Cancer
707
2.53
1,655
2.43
14. Pancreas Cancer
656
2.34
456
0.67
15. Hypertension
648
2.31
1,894
2.78
16. Road Traffic Accidents
512
1.83
6,937
10.17
17. Endocrine Disorders
487
1.74
602
0.88
18. Stomach Cancer
480
1.71
547
0.80
19. Other Neoplasms
464
1.66
35
0.05
20. Lymphomas
457
1.63
374
0.55
21. Parkinson's Disease
320
1.14
446
0.65
22. Inflammatory/Heart
314
1.12
312
0.46
23. Violence
295
1.05
1,917
2.81
24. Oesophagus Cancer
286
1.02
200
0.29
25. Leukemia
280
1.00
409
0.60
26. Bladder Cancer
276
0.99
92
0.13
27. Liver Disease
206
0.74
2,680
3.93
28. HIV/AIDS
195
0.70
1,931
2.83
29. Cervical Cancer
172
0.61
560
0.82
30. Congenital Anomalies
170
0.61
1,038
1.52
31. Oral Cancer
167
0.60
434
0.64
32. Ovary Cancer
160
0.57
89
0.13
33. Skin Cancers
149
0.53
172
0.25
34. Liver Cancer
147
0.53
664
0.97
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
134
0.48
504
0.74
36. Skin Disease
130
0.46
50
0.07
37. Asthma
127
0.45
441
0.65
38. Uterin Cancer
115
0.41
43
0.06
39. Alcohol
104
0.37
120
0.18
40. Epilepsy
86
0.31
158
0.23
41. Tuberculosis
81
0.29
242
0.35
42. Malnutrition
73
0.26
372
0.55
43. Low Birth Weight
73
0.26
1,532
2.25
44. Anemia
71
0.25
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.23
248
0.36
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
57
0.20
295
0.43
47. Falls
55
0.20
435
0.64
48. Fires
54
0.19
139
0.20
49. Drug Use
41
0.15
156
0.23
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
39
0.14
123
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
12.65
92
2. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
35.41
21
3. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
28.28
14
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
8.53
95
5. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
4.61
73
6. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
5.54
98
7. Lymphomas
7.95
9
3.77
130
8. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
10.82
79
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
1.73
177
10. Leukemia
4.88
24
3.99
71
11. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
2.08
110
12. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
0.91
159
13. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
0.83
167
14. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
4.35
51
15. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
6.73
60
16. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
1.71
104
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.