PARAGUAY VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,146	1	4,327	+ 10,819
Stroke	2	7,357	2	3,007	+ 4,350
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,875	4	1,661	+ 4,213
Lung Cancers	4	4,105	10	738	+ 3,368
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,007	36	144	+ 3,863
Lung Disease	6	3,768	7	1,181	+ 2,587
Hypertension	7	2,380	8	895	+ 1,484
Prostate Cancer	8	2,309	15	546	+ 1,762
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,029	16	543	+ 1,486
Falls	10	1,927	43	100	+ 1,827
Liver Disease	11	1,285	17	524	+ 761
Other Injuries	12	1,282	9	843	+ 439
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,229	3	2,361	- 1,133
Kidney Disease	14	1,166	5	1,592	- 426
Breast Cancer	15	1,148	20	481	+ 667
Suicide	16	1,123	22	425	+ 698
Inflammatory/Heart	17	793	34	154	+ 639
Lymphomas	18	747	29	245	+ 503
Road Traffic Accidents	19	691	6	1,552	- 861
Stomach Cancer	20	680	24	355	+ 325
Pancreas Cancer	21	621	28	258	+ 362
Oesophagus Cancer	22	603	33	173	+ 430
Oral Cancer	23	601	38	134	+ 468
Liver Cancer	24	559	35	152	+ 407
Other Neoplasms	25	527	19	487	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	26	504	51	57	+ 447
Parkinson's Disease	27	474	41	122	+ 352
Alcohol	28	463	23	410	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	29	457	18	516	- 59
Leukemia	30	434	27	272	+ 162
Uterin Cancer	31	413	54	45	+ 368
Violence	32	400	13	566	- 165
Skin Cancers	33	353	40	125	+ 228
HIV/AIDS	34	323	21	448	- 125
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	288	47	69	+ 219
Endocrine Disorders	36	283	14	562	- 279
Congenital Anomalies	37	252	11	662	- 409
Osteoarthritis	38	224	58	30	+ 193
Ovary Cancer	39	222	45	85	+ 136
Asthma	40	207	39	126	+ 80
Skin Disease	41	177	37	144	+ 33
Drownings	42	158	32	178	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	141	31	192	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	111	55	43	+ 68
Hepatitis C	45	77	72	3	+ 74
Epilepsy	46	74	44	98	- 24
Appendicitis	47	71	57	37	+ 34
Low Birth Weight	48	67	12	644	- 577
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	59	48	66	- 6
Meningitis	50	57	53	52	+ 4
Drug Use	51	56	56	38	+ 18
Anemia	52	53	46	82	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	52	52	52	- 1
Schizophrenia	54	47	69	8	+ 39
Malnutrition	55	44	25	330	- 286
Hepatitis B	56	41	67	10	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	57	38	68	8	+ 30
Fires	58	38	50	63	- 26
Birth Trauma	59	33	30	213	- 179
Tuberculosis	60	31	26	273	- 242
Maternal Conditions	61	30	49	64	- 34
Poisonings	62	12	63	14	- 2
Otitis Media	63	7	74	1	+ 6
Oral conditions	64	4	73	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	4	70	4	- 0
Encephalitis	66	4	66	11	- 7
Leprosy	67	1	65	12	- 11
War	68	1	71	3	- 2
Syphilis	69	1	42	119	- 118
Ascariasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	64	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	75	1	- 1
Pertussis	73	0	59	30	- 30
Dengue	74	0	62	16	- 16
Diphtheria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	60	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	61	17	- 17
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Cuba

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.