PARAGUAY VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	BRAZIL		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,668	1	4,327	+ 1,340
Stroke	2	4,212	2	3,007	+ 1,205
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,238	4	1,661	+ 1,576
Violence	4	2,351	13	566	+ 1,786
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,038	3	2,361	- 324
Lung Disease	6	2,030	7	1,181	+ 849
Kidney Disease	7	1,288	5	1,592	- 304
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,158	6	1,552	- 394
Lung Cancers	9	1,082	10	738	+ 345
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,050	36	144	+ 906
Hypertension	11	985	8	895	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	792	16	543	+ 249
Liver Disease	13	732	17	524	+ 208
Breast Cancer	14	710	20	481	+ 229
Prostate Cancer	15	650	15	546	+ 103
Falls	16	644	43	100	+ 544
Stomach Cancer	17	615	24	355	+ 260
Inflammatory/Heart	18	599	34	154	+ 444
Endocrine Disorders	19	579	14	562	+ 17
Suicide	20	497	22	425	+ 72
Other Injuries	21	472	9	843	- 372
HIV/AIDS	22	429	21	448	- 19
Congenital Anomalies	23	421	11	662	- 241
Pancreas Cancer	24	410	28	258	+ 152
Liver Cancer	25	394	35	152	+ 241
Oesophagus Cancer	26	358	33	173	+ 184
Lymphomas	27	355	29	245	+ 110
Oral Cancer	28	340	38	134	+ 207
Cervical Cancer	29	325	18	516	- 190
Leukemia	30	292	27	272	+ 19
Skin Disease	31	245	37	144	+ 102
Alcohol	32	243	23	410	- 166
Low Birth Weight	33	235	12	644	- 409
Malnutrition	34	229	25	330	- 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	193	31	192	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	36	181	51	57	+ 125
Chagas disease	37	172	60	19	+ 153
Skin Cancers	38	172	40	125	+ 47
Drownings	39	169	32	178	- 9
Tuberculosis	40	167	26	273	- 105
Parkinson's Disease	41	163	41	122	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	42	159	19	487	- 327
Ovary Cancer	43	149	45	85	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	146	47	69	+ 77
Birth Trauma	45	129	30	213	- 83
Epilepsy	46	112	44	98	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	47	95	54	45	+ 50
Asthma	48	89	39	126	- 38
Drug Use	49	84	56	38	+ 47
Anemia	50	83	46	82	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	75	55	43	+ 32
Hepatitis C	52	67	72	3	+ 64
Maternal Conditions	53	52	49	64	- 13
Meningitis	54	46	53	52	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	37	52	52	- 15
War	56	37	71	3	+ 34
Appendicitis	57	36	57	37	- 1
Fires	58	35	50	63	- 28
Hepatitis B	59	26	67	10	+ 17
Schizophrenia	60	23	69	8	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	20	48	66	- 45
Schistosomiasis	62	20	80	0	+ 20
Leishmaniasis	63	15	61	17	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	12	68	8	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	65	11	58	30	- 19
Poisonings	66	11	63	14	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	9	70	4	+ 5
Syphilis	68	8	42	119	- 111
Leprosy	69	6	65	12	- 6
Otitis Media	70	3	74	1	+ 2
Tetanus	71	3	64	12	- 9
Encephalitis	72	2	66	11	- 9
Oral conditions	73	2	73	2	- 0
Malaria	74	2	81	0	+ 2
Pertussis	75	1	59	30	- 29
Dengue	76	0	62	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	1	- 1
Ascariasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	78	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Brazil

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.