PARAGUAY VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	16,100	21	448	+ 15,652
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,855	4	1,661	+ 9,193
Stroke	3	9,513	2	3,007	+ 6,505
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	7,950	31	192	+ 7,758
Coronary Heart Disease	5	7,095	1	4,327	+ 2,768
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,753	3	2,361	+ 4,391
Suicide	7	5,199	22	425	+ 4,774
Tuberculosis	8	4,081	26	273	+ 3,808
Lung Disease	9	3,721	7	1,181	+ 2,540
Kidney Disease	10	3,426	5	1,592	+ 1,834
Hypertension	11	3,343	8	895	+ 2,448
Low Birth Weight	12	3,231	12	644	+ 2,587
Violence	13	3,120	13	566	+ 2,555
Liver Disease	14	2,675	17	524	+ 2,151
Birth Trauma	15	2,422	30	213	+ 2,210
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,291	6	1,552	+ 740
Asthma	17	2,289	39	126	+ 2,163
Other Injuries	18	1,799	9	843	+ 956
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,315	11	662	+ 653
Cervical Cancer	20	1,258	18	516	+ 742
Malnutrition	21	1,206	25	330	+ 876
Meningitis	22	1,073	53	52	+ 1,021
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,030	34	154	+ 876
Maternal Conditions	24	987	49	64	+ 923
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	941	47	69	+ 873
Fires	26	908	50	63	+ 844
Endocrine Disorders	27	793	14	562	+ 231
Drownings	28	675	32	178	+ 497
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	656	36	144	+ 512
Epilepsy	30	484	44	98	+ 386
Falls	31	432	43	100	+ 331
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	424	55	43	+ 381
Poisonings	33	375	63	14	+ 361
Breast Cancer	34	328	20	481	- 153
Prostate Cancer	35	272	15	546	- 274
Lymphomas	36	263	29	245	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	37	248	33	173	+ 75
Alcohol	38	239	23	410	- 170
Liver Cancer	39	239	35	152	+ 86
Skin Disease	40	236	37	144	+ 92
Parkinson's Disease	41	185	41	122	+ 63
Oral Cancer	42	174	38	134	+ 41
Lung Cancers	43	172	10	738	- 565
Pertussis	44	172	59	30	+ 142
Syphilis	45	171	42	119	+ 52
Skin Cancers	46	156	40	125	+ 32
Tetanus	47	152	64	12	+ 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	134	16	543	- 409
Leukemia	49	131	27	272	- 141
Drug Use	50	107	56	38	+ 69
Hepatitis B	51	90	67	10	+ 81
Appendicitis	52	84	57	37	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	53	83	45	85	- 3
Uterin Cancer	54	79	54	45	+ 34
Upper Respiratory	55	61	70	4	+ 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	61	48	66	- 5
Encephalitis	57	46	66	11	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	58	41	28	258	- 217
Measles	59	40	78	0	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	60	36	24	355	- 319
Bladder Cancer	61	32	51	57	- 24
Other Neoplasms	62	31	19	487	- 456
Multiple Sclerosis	63	20	68	8	+ 12
Hepatitis C	64	8	72	3	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	5	79	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	4	74	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	76	0	+ 2
War	68	1	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	62	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	71	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	65	12	- 12
Leishmaniasis	75	0	61	17	- 17
Schistosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	60	19	- 19
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
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

Lesotho

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.