PARAGUAY VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,474	1	4,327	- 853
Violence	2	2,637	13	566	+ 2,072
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,544	3	2,361	+ 182
Stroke	4	2,295	2	3,007	- 713
HIV/AIDS	5	2,156	21	448	+ 1,708
Kidney Disease	6	1,852	5	1,592	+ 259
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,746	4	1,661	+ 85
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,593	6	1,552	+ 41
Liver Disease	9	1,042	17	524	+ 518
Prostate Cancer	10	856	15	546	+ 310
Lung Disease	11	831	7	1,181	- 350
Hypertension	12	828	8	895	- 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	810	36	144	+ 666
Other Injuries	14	643	9	843	- 201
Lung Cancers	15	552	10	738	- 186
Suicide	16	499	22	425	+ 74
Cervical Cancer	17	498	18	516	- 18
Drownings	18	431	32	178	+ 253
Liver Cancer	19	431	35	152	+ 278
Stomach Cancer	20	419	24	355	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	21	417	11	662	- 245
Endocrine Disorders	22	407	14	562	- 155
Breast Cancer	23	392	20	481	- 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	362	16	543	- 181
Low Birth Weight	25	357	12	644	- 287
Inflammatory/Heart	26	326	34	154	+ 172
Falls	27	233	43	100	+ 132
Parkinson's Disease	28	199	41	122	+ 77
Malnutrition	29	177	25	330	- 153
Alcohol	30	175	23	410	- 234
Pancreas Cancer	31	169	28	258	- 89
Birth Trauma	32	167	30	213	- 46
Tuberculosis	33	159	26	273	- 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	157	31	192	- 35
Asthma	35	139	39	126	+ 13
Epilepsy	36	139	44	98	+ 40
Skin Disease	37	99	37	144	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	94	47	69	+ 25
Leukemia	39	72	27	272	- 200
Fires	40	66	50	63	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	62	55	43	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	42	42	49	64	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	43	40	33	173	- 134
Appendicitis	44	26	57	37	- 11
Poisonings	45	26	63	14	+ 12
Meningitis	46	25	53	52	- 27
Drug Use	47	25	56	38	- 13
Encephalitis	48	25	66	11	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	20	48	66	- 46
Lymphomas	50	20	29	245	- 225
Uterin Cancer	51	20	54	45	- 26
Ovary Cancer	52	17	45	85	- 68
Other Neoplasms	53	17	19	487	- 470
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	68	8	- 1
Dengue	55	4	62	16	- 13
Hepatitis B	56	4	67	10	- 6
Chagas disease	57	3	60	19	- 16
Upper Respiratory	58	2	70	4	- 2
Tetanus	59	2	64	12	- 10
War	60	2	71	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	72	3	- 2
Syphilis	62	1	42	119	- 118
Pertussis	63	1	59	30	- 29
Ascariasis	64	1	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	40	125	- 125
Oral Cancer	67	0	38	134	- 133
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	65	12	- 12
Measles	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	17	- 17
Schistosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	46	82	- 82
Bladder Cancer	81	0	51	57	- 57
Schizophrenia	82	0	69	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	30	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	52	- 52
Oral conditions	86	0	73	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Belize

Paraguay

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.