PARAGUAY VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,423	1	4,327	+ 6,095
Stroke	2	5,482	2	3,007	+ 2,475
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,825	6	1,552	+ 3,273
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,921	3	2,361	- 440
Liver Disease	5	1,864	17	524	+ 1,340
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,568	4	1,661	- 93
Kidney Disease	7	1,475	5	1,592	- 117
HIV/AIDS	8	1,343	21	448	+ 895
Violence	9	1,333	13	566	+ 767
Hypertension	10	1,317	8	895	+ 422
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,257	36	144	+ 1,113
Prostate Cancer	12	1,151	15	546	+ 604
Low Birth Weight	13	1,066	12	644	+ 421
Breast Cancer	14	1,016	20	481	+ 535
Lung Disease	15	946	7	1,181	- 235
Lung Cancers	16	865	10	738	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	17	722	11	662	+ 60
Birth Trauma	18	636	30	213	+ 424
Other Injuries	19	619	9	843	- 224
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	592	16	543	+ 49
Liver Cancer	21	462	35	152	+ 310
Endocrine Disorders	22	419	14	562	- 143
Cervical Cancer	23	390	18	516	- 126
Stomach Cancer	24	381	24	355	+ 26
Suicide	25	368	22	425	- 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	351	31	192	+ 159
Pancreas Cancer	27	317	28	258	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	28	310	41	122	+ 189
Asthma	29	307	39	126	+ 180
Falls	30	303	43	100	+ 202
Oral Cancer	31	302	38	134	+ 168
Leukemia	32	284	27	272	+ 12
Lymphomas	33	260	29	245	+ 16
Malnutrition	34	258	25	330	- 71
Inflammatory/Heart	35	217	34	154	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	205	47	69	+ 137
Drownings	37	172	32	178	- 6
Tuberculosis	38	168	26	273	- 104
Maternal Conditions	39	141	49	64	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	40	139	33	173	- 34
Skin Cancers	41	120	40	125	- 5
Epilepsy	42	110	44	98	+ 12
Drug Use	43	109	56	38	+ 71
Fires	44	97	50	63	+ 33
Meningitis	45	93	53	52	+ 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	85	55	43	+ 42
Pertussis	47	84	59	30	+ 54
Alcohol	48	84	23	410	- 326
Bladder Cancer	49	64	51	57	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	50	62	45	85	- 23
Syphilis	51	49	42	119	- 70
Appendicitis	52	46	57	37	+ 9
Skin Disease	53	35	37	144	- 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	34	48	66	- 32
Poisonings	55	32	63	14	+ 19
Encephalitis	56	31	66	11	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	57	30	54	45	- 16
Other Neoplasms	58	25	19	487	- 462
Schistosomiasis	59	15	80	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	60	12	72	3	+ 9
Tetanus	61	12	64	12	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	68	8	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	8	67	10	- 2
Dengue	64	3	62	16	- 13
Malaria	65	3	81	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	66	1	79	0	+ 1
War	67	1	71	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	70	4	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	65	12	- 12
Chagas disease	73	0	60	19	- 19
Leishmaniasis	74	0	61	17	- 17
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	69	8	- 8
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

Dominican Rep.

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.