PARAGUAY VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	12,870	3	2,361	+ 10,509
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,709	1	4,327	+ 7,382
Stroke	3	4,606	2	3,007	+ 1,599
Kidney Disease	4	2,189	5	1,592	+ 597
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,806	4	1,661	+ 145
Asthma	6	1,785	39	126	+ 1,659
Hypertension	7	1,344	8	895	+ 449
Breast Cancer	8	1,284	20	481	+ 804
Lung Disease	9	1,112	7	1,181	- 69
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,023	11	662	+ 361
Road Traffic Accidents	11	951	6	1,552	- 601
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	762	31	192	+ 570
Cervical Cancer	13	683	18	516	+ 167
Low Birth Weight	14	679	12	644	+ 35
Liver Disease	15	646	17	524	+ 122
Suicide	16	630	22	425	+ 205
Other Injuries	17	607	9	843	- 236
Liver Cancer	18	538	35	152	+ 386
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	497	36	144	+ 353
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	490	55	43	+ 447
Drownings	21	470	32	178	+ 292
Lung Cancers	22	378	10	738	- 360
Inflammatory/Heart	23	358	34	154	+ 204
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	357	16	543	- 186
Prostate Cancer	25	320	15	546	- 226
Parkinson's Disease	26	319	41	122	+ 197
Tuberculosis	27	310	26	273	+ 37
Birth Trauma	28	288	30	213	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	266	47	69	+ 198
Leukemia	30	245	27	272	- 28
HIV/AIDS	31	237	21	448	- 211
Ovary Cancer	32	230	45	85	+ 145
Fires	33	219	50	63	+ 155
Endocrine Disorders	34	218	14	562	- 344
Lymphomas	35	215	29	245	- 29
Falls	36	211	43	100	+ 111
Stomach Cancer	37	185	24	355	- 170
Pancreas Cancer	38	165	28	258	- 94
Uterin Cancer	39	158	54	45	+ 112
Violence	40	154	13	566	- 412
Skin Disease	41	151	37	144	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	42	140	33	173	- 33
Meningitis	43	136	53	52	+ 83
Epilepsy	44	129	44	98	+ 31
Malnutrition	45	113	25	330	- 217
Oral Cancer	46	99	38	134	- 35
Syphilis	47	88	42	119	- 31
Pertussis	48	78	59	30	+ 48
Maternal Conditions	49	68	49	64	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	50	64	51	57	+ 8
Encephalitis	51	58	66	11	+ 47
Drug Use	52	31	56	38	- 7
Other Neoplasms	53	26	19	487	- 461
Appendicitis	54	22	57	37	- 15
Dengue	55	21	62	16	+ 4
Poisonings	56	18	63	14	+ 4
Alcohol	57	14	23	410	- 396
Tetanus	58	11	64	12	- 1
Hepatitis B	59	8	67	10	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	68	8	- 2
Skin Cancers	61	5	40	125	- 120
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	48	66	- 63
Measles	63	2	78	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	64	2	79	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	72	3	- 2
War	66	1	71	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	70	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	65	12	- 12
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	61	17	- 17
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	60	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	69	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
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

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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.