PARAGUAY VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,941	1	4,327	+ 3,614
Stroke	2	3,126	2	3,007	+ 119
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,515	6	1,552	- 36
Hypertension	4	1,397	8	895	+ 502
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,184	3	2,361	- 1,178
Kidney Disease	6	1,005	5	1,592	- 587
Lung Disease	7	971	7	1,181	- 210
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	957	4	1,661	- 705
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	940	36	144	+ 796
Stomach Cancer	10	836	24	355	+ 481
Lung Cancers	11	577	10	738	- 160
Liver Disease	12	565	17	524	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	13	414	12	644	- 231
Congenital Anomalies	14	412	11	662	- 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	389	16	543	- 153
Suicide	16	369	22	425	- 56
Other Injuries	17	345	9	843	- 499
Leukemia	18	338	27	272	+ 65
Breast Cancer	19	318	20	481	- 163
Liver Cancer	20	316	35	152	+ 164
Prostate Cancer	21	305	15	546	- 241
Asthma	22	286	39	126	+ 160
Lymphomas	23	245	29	245	+ 1
Falls	24	240	43	100	+ 140
Birth Trauma	25	233	30	213	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	26	217	41	122	+ 95
Violence	27	216	13	566	- 350
HIV/AIDS	28	215	21	448	- 234
Pancreas Cancer	29	206	28	258	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	30	202	33	173	+ 28
Drug Use	31	191	56	38	+ 153
Endocrine Disorders	32	178	14	562	- 384
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	156	31	192	- 36
Fires	34	155	50	63	+ 92
Inflammatory/Heart	35	137	34	154	- 17
Bladder Cancer	36	120	51	57	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	106	47	69	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	85	55	43	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	39	80	45	85	- 5
Drownings	40	79	32	178	- 99
Tuberculosis	41	75	26	273	- 197
War	42	72	71	3	+ 69
Poisonings	43	69	63	14	+ 56
Epilepsy	44	61	44	98	- 37
Oral Cancer	45	56	38	134	- 78
Meningitis	46	55	53	52	+ 2
Skin Cancers	47	44	40	125	- 81
Cervical Cancer	48	43	18	516	- 473
Hepatitis B	49	36	67	10	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	50	34	68	8	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	51	30	54	45	- 15
Maternal Conditions	52	24	49	64	- 40
Alcohol	53	22	23	410	- 388
Encephalitis	54	21	66	11	+ 10
Skin Disease	55	20	37	144	- 123
Malnutrition	56	13	25	330	- 317
Appendicitis	57	13	57	37	- 24
Other Neoplasms	58	9	19	487	- 477
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	48	66	- 59
Pertussis	60	6	59	30	- 23
Syphilis	61	4	42	119	- 114
Tetanus	62	3	64	12	- 9
Upper Respiratory	63	1	70	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	64	1	61	17	- 16
Chlamydia	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	72	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	65	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	62	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	60	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	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
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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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.