PARAGUAY VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,537	4	1,661	+ 1,875
Stroke	2	3,298	2	3,007	+ 290
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,067	1	4,327	- 1,260
HIV/AIDS	4	2,950	21	448	+ 2,502
Malaria	5	2,428	81	0	+ 2,428
Tuberculosis	6	2,221	26	273	+ 1,949
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,698	6	1,552	+ 146
Low Birth Weight	8	1,449	12	644	+ 804
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,422	31	192	+ 1,230
Birth Trauma	10	1,347	30	213	+ 1,135
Liver Disease	11	1,317	17	524	+ 793
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,290	3	2,361	- 1,072
Kidney Disease	13	905	5	1,592	- 687
Congenital Anomalies	14	856	11	662	+ 194
Lung Disease	15	679	7	1,181	- 502
Meningitis	16	649	53	52	+ 597
Liver Cancer	17	620	35	152	+ 468
Other Injuries	18	529	9	843	- 314
Hypertension	19	485	8	895	- 410
Cervical Cancer	20	470	18	516	- 46
Suicide	21	433	22	425	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	22	433	49	64	+ 369
Asthma	23	430	39	126	+ 304
Endocrine Disorders	24	427	14	562	- 135
Breast Cancer	25	421	20	481	- 59
Malnutrition	26	406	25	330	+ 76
Violence	27	404	13	566	- 162
Inflammatory/Heart	28	351	34	154	+ 197
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	281	36	144	+ 138
Falls	30	254	43	100	+ 154
Prostate Cancer	31	224	15	546	- 322
Lymphomas	32	190	29	245	- 54
Stomach Cancer	33	189	24	355	- 166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	175	16	543	- 368
Pertussis	35	162	59	30	+ 132
Drownings	36	161	32	178	- 17
Fires	37	159	50	63	+ 95
Ovary Cancer	38	152	45	85	+ 67
Drug Use	39	137	56	38	+ 99
Poisonings	40	113	63	14	+ 100
Syphilis	41	105	42	119	- 14
Oral Cancer	42	105	38	134	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	43	84	41	122	- 38
Encephalitis	44	78	66	11	+ 67
Leukemia	45	74	27	272	- 198
Pancreas Cancer	46	73	28	258	- 185
Epilepsy	47	72	44	98	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	70	47	69	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	49	62	33	173	- 111
Skin Disease	50	57	37	144	- 86
Schistosomiasis	51	56	80	0	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	56	55	43	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	53	53	51	57	- 3
Alcohol	54	53	23	410	- 357
Lung Cancers	55	52	10	738	- 686
Tetanus	56	48	64	12	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	57	48	54	45	+ 2
Skin Cancers	58	47	40	125	- 78
Appendicitis	59	32	57	37	- 6
Measles	60	29	78	0	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	61	24	68	8	+ 16
Hepatitis B	62	22	67	10	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	63	10	19	487	- 476
War	64	6	71	3	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	6	72	3	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	4	70	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	48	66	- 62
Ascariasis	68	3	76	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	62	16	- 16
Otitis Media	72	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	65	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	60	19	- 19
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	17	- 17
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	69	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	82	- 82
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

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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.