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Uruguay
COUNTRY #1
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URUGUAY VS UNITED KINGDOM

Compare Uruguay and United Kingdom 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 Kingdom
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%
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United Kingdom Population Pyramid
74,081,983
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   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Uruguay URUGUAY   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
       
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
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
16
16
2000
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
  
75.3
80.1
77.8
18
23
20
2010
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
  
78.1
82.2
80.2
15
26
21
2019
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
  
79.8
83.0
81.4
19
31
25
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
80.6
63
44
79.8
83.0
19
31
Age
73.5
80.6
63
44
79.8
83.0
19
31
Age 5
74.0
81.1
68
47
80.2
83.3
19
30
Age 10
74.0
81.1
69
47
80.2
83.3
19
30
Age 15
74.1
81.1
70
47
80.2
83.4
19
30
Age 20
74.4
81.3
70
46
80.3
83.4
20
31
Age 25
74.9
81.4
70
46
80.4
83.5
21
31
Age 30
75.3
81.6
69
46
80.6
83.6
22
31
Age 35
75.7
81.8
68
46
80.8
83.7
23
31
Age 40
76.1
82.0
66
44
81.0
83.8
22
31
Age 45
76.6
82.3
67
44
81.3
84.0
21
30
Age 50
77.1
82.7
68
44
81.8
84.3
21
30
Age 55
77.9
83.2
72
43
82.3
84.7
22
31
Age 60
79.0
84.0
73
42
83.0
85.2
21
31
Age 65
80.4
84.9
71
41
83.9
85.9
18
31
Age 70
82.2
86.1
70
41
85.0
86.8
20
31
Age 75
84.5
87.7
70
38
86.5
87.9
22
31
Age 80
87.1
89.6
70
22
88.4
89.4
21
32
Age 85
90.1
92.1
73
11
90.7
91.3
40
40
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
59.81
151
43.08
168
2. Stroke
38.74
139
20.17
169
3. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
24.68
29
4. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
16.66
82
5. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
17.64
82
6. Lung Disease
25.09
79
19.80
107
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
12.09
50
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
56
42.70
2
9. Suicide
18.83
16
6.88
116
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
17.00
126
20.37
114
11. Kidney Disease
14.07
124
2.86
179
12. Road Traffic Accidents
13.84
106
2.81
173
13. Other Injuries
12.74
38
3.64
157
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.96
136
3.59
178
15. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
6.20
52
16. Violence
8.60
60
1.22
144
17. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
3.32
143
18. Hypertension
8.00
144
2.97
167
19. Lymphomas
7.95
9
6.17
37
20. Other Neoplasms
7.48
4
2.38
45
21. Endocrine Disorders
7.33
31
2.84
119
22. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
2.01
165
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
5.61
45
24. HIV/AIDS
5.35
74
0.23
143
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.33
104
3.07
155
26. Inflammatory/Heart
5.26
80
2.47
151
27. Leukemia
4.88
24
3.55
93
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
6.08
28
29. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
3.54
40
30. Liver Disease
4.17
168
7.90
142
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
103
4.31
80
32. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
2.98
56
33. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
2.46
105
34. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
3.64
146
35. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
2.62
46
36. Alcohol
2.09
57
1.76
69
37. Low Birth Weight
2.08
146
2.42
135
38. Asthma
2.01
116
0.86
140
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.91
106
0.86
147
40. Epilepsy
1.83
79
1.31
114
41. Drownings
1.79
121
0.40
178
42. Tuberculosis
1.72
112
0.25
155
43. Skin Disease
1.49
96
1.20
105
44. Fires
1.21
101
0.32
162
45. Malnutrition
1.10
98
0.09
156
46. Falls
0.90
181
4.31
120
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.81
156
1.34
138
48. Anemia
0.81
16
0.12
54
49. Drug Use
0.76
135
4.16
16
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.65
142
0.54
153
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uruguay URUGUAY   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,265
15.23
71,728
14.01
2. Stroke
2,850
10.18
37,626
7.35
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,899
6.78
98,135
19.17
4. Lung Disease
1,706
6.09
32,896
6.43
5. Lung Cancers
1,463
5.23
35,715
6.98
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,370
4.89
40,540
7.92
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,245
4.45
18,446
3.60
8. Kidney Disease
1,040
3.71
5,471
1.07
9. Breast Cancer
848
3.03
12,718
2.48
10. Other Injuries
774
2.76
5,464
1.07
11. Diabetes Mellitus
747
2.67
5,842
1.14
12. Suicide
735
2.63
5,325
1.04
13. Prostate Cancer
707
2.53
13,289
2.60
14. Pancreas Cancer
656
2.34
8,995
1.76
15. Hypertension
648
2.31
5,208
1.02
16. Road Traffic Accidents
512
1.83
2,169
0.42
17. Endocrine Disorders
487
1.74
3,297
0.64
18. Stomach Cancer
480
1.71
4,999
0.98
19. Other Neoplasms
464
1.66
3,986
0.78
20. Lymphomas
457
1.63
9,350
1.83
21. Parkinson's Disease
320
1.14
8,573
1.67
22. Inflammatory/Heart
314
1.12
3,126
0.61
23. Violence
295
1.05
868
0.17
24. Oesophagus Cancer
286
1.02
8,727
1.70
25. Leukemia
280
1.00
5,211
1.02
26. Bladder Cancer
276
0.99
6,133
1.20
27. Liver Disease
206
0.74
7,666
1.50
28. HIV/AIDS
195
0.70
188
0.04
29. Cervical Cancer
172
0.61
1,099
0.21
30. Congenital Anomalies
170
0.61
2,127
0.42
31. Oral Cancer
167
0.60
3,109
0.61
32. Ovary Cancer
160
0.57
4,019
0.79
33. Skin Cancers
149
0.53
3,727
0.73
34. Liver Cancer
147
0.53
5,237
1.02
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
134
0.48
1,599
0.31
36. Skin Disease
130
0.46
2,134
0.42
37. Asthma
127
0.45
1,302
0.25
38. Uterin Cancer
115
0.41
2,346
0.46
39. Alcohol
104
0.37
1,555
0.30
40. Epilepsy
86
0.31
1,193
0.23
41. Tuberculosis
81
0.29
351
0.07
42. Malnutrition
73
0.26
116
0.02
43. Low Birth Weight
73
0.26
1,313
0.26
44. Anemia
71
0.25
277
0.05
45. Drownings
65
0.23
301
0.06
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
57
0.20
2,090
0.41
47. Falls
55
0.20
7,618
1.49
48. Fires
54
0.19
334
0.07
49. Drug Use
41
0.15
2,824
0.55
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
39
0.14
876
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uruguay URUGUAY   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.49
20
24.68
29
2. Prostate Cancer
26.87
37
16.66
82
3. Breast Cancer
26.62
18
17.64
82
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.66
8
12.09
50
5. Pancreas Cancer
11.08
1
6.20
52
6. Stomach Cancer
8.46
58
3.32
143
7. Lymphomas
7.95
9
6.17
37
8. Cervical Cancer
7.07
104
2.01
165
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
54
5.61
45
10. Leukemia
4.88
24
3.55
93
11. Oesophagus Cancer
4.86
37
6.08
28
12. Bladder Cancer
4.18
22
3.54
40
13. Uterin Cancer
3.22
46
2.98
56
14. Oral Cancer
3.06
82
2.46
105
15. Liver Cancer
2.67
174
3.64
146
16. Skin Cancers
2.34
59
2.62
46
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.