PARAGUAY VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,885	4	1,661	+ 2,224
Stroke	2	3,040	2	3,007	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,718	31	192	+ 2,526
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,554	1	4,327	- 1,773
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,573	6	1,552	+ 21
Liver Disease	6	1,440	17	524	+ 917
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,120	3	2,361	- 1,241
Hypertension	8	1,098	8	895	+ 202
Lung Disease	9	785	7	1,181	- 396
Malnutrition	10	782	25	330	+ 452
Birth Trauma	11	731	30	213	+ 518
Kidney Disease	12	685	5	1,592	- 907
Maternal Conditions	13	645	49	64	+ 580
Tuberculosis	14	644	26	273	+ 372
Other Injuries	15	640	9	843	- 203
Low Birth Weight	16	630	12	644	- 15
Malaria	17	518	81	0	+ 518
Congenital Anomalies	18	512	11	662	- 149
Meningitis	19	480	53	52	+ 427
Violence	20	456	13	566	- 110
Suicide	21	453	22	425	+ 28
Asthma	22	387	39	126	+ 260
Breast Cancer	23	369	20	481	- 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	367	36	144	+ 223
HIV/AIDS	25	365	21	448	- 83
Falls	26	199	43	100	+ 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	174	47	69	+ 106
Lymphomas	28	174	29	245	- 71
Leukemia	29	171	27	272	- 102
Cervical Cancer	30	157	18	516	- 358
Fires	31	156	50	63	+ 93
Inflammatory/Heart	32	146	34	154	- 8
Drownings	33	140	32	178	- 39
Poisonings	34	135	63	14	+ 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	134	16	543	- 409
Pertussis	36	106	59	30	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	37	101	41	122	- 21
Epilepsy	38	97	44	98	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	39	96	33	173	- 77
Ovary Cancer	40	94	45	85	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	91	55	43	+ 48
Schistosomiasis	42	86	80	0	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	43	84	14	562	- 478
Oral Cancer	44	84	38	134	- 49
Liver Cancer	45	82	35	152	- 70
Lung Cancers	46	73	10	738	- 665
Prostate Cancer	47	64	15	546	- 482
Stomach Cancer	48	57	24	355	- 298
Alcohol	49	54	23	410	- 356
Skin Disease	50	53	37	144	- 91
Bladder Cancer	51	50	51	57	- 7
Tetanus	52	44	64	12	+ 32
Drug Use	53	43	56	38	+ 5
Syphilis	54	41	42	119	- 77
Appendicitis	55	37	57	37	- 0
Skin Cancers	56	35	40	125	- 89
Hepatitis B	57	33	67	10	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	58	23	28	258	- 235
Leishmaniasis	59	23	61	17	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	60	21	70	4	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	61	21	54	45	- 25
Encephalitis	62	18	66	11	+ 8
Measles	63	15	78	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	14	48	66	- 52
Hepatitis C	65	8	72	3	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	7	19	487	- 479
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	68	8	- 4
Ascariasis	68	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	2	74	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
War	71	0	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	62	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	60	19	- 19
Leprosy	78	0	65	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	52	- 52
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	86	0	73	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Eritrea

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.