PARAGUAY VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,401	1	4,327	+ 1,074
Stroke	2	2,769	2	3,007	- 238
Lung Disease	3	1,762	7	1,181	+ 582
Kidney Disease	4	1,555	5	1,592	- 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	914	36	144	+ 770
Diabetes Mellitus	6	906	3	2,361	- 1,455
Lung Cancers	7	703	10	738	- 34
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	639	4	1,661	- 1,023
Breast Cancer	9	541	20	481	+ 60
Liver Cancer	10	519	35	152	+ 367
Liver Disease	11	472	17	524	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	12	418	14	562	- 144
Cervical Cancer	13	416	18	516	- 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	406	16	543	- 137
Congenital Anomalies	15	373	11	662	- 289
Falls	16	364	43	100	+ 264
Hypertension	17	317	8	895	- 578
Other Injuries	18	303	9	843	- 540
Oral Cancer	19	298	38	134	+ 165
Low Birth Weight	20	284	12	644	- 361
Suicide	21	281	22	425	- 144
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	278	31	192	+ 85
Drownings	23	268	32	178	+ 90
Leukemia	24	247	27	272	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	25	224	41	122	+ 102
Prostate Cancer	26	222	15	546	- 324
Tuberculosis	27	219	26	273	- 54
Violence	28	194	13	566	- 372
Asthma	29	190	39	126	+ 64
Ovary Cancer	30	179	45	85	+ 94
Road Traffic Accidents	31	167	6	1,552	- 1,384
Skin Disease	32	164	37	144	+ 20
Dengue	33	146	62	16	+ 130
Lymphomas	34	143	29	245	- 102
Maternal Conditions	35	105	49	64	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	36	103	34	154	- 51
Bladder Cancer	37	102	51	57	+ 45
Epilepsy	38	95	44	98	- 4
Birth Trauma	39	93	30	213	- 119
Pancreas Cancer	40	85	28	258	- 173
Fires	41	76	50	63	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	70	47	69	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	66	55	43	+ 23
Encephalitis	44	52	66	11	+ 42
Malnutrition	45	52	25	330	- 278
Other Neoplasms	46	39	19	487	- 447
Uterin Cancer	47	38	54	45	- 7
Drug Use	48	35	56	38	- 2
Stomach Cancer	49	24	24	355	- 332
Meningitis	50	21	53	52	- 31
Alcohol	51	13	23	410	- 397
Pertussis	52	7	59	30	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	7	48	66	- 59
Tetanus	54	5	64	12	- 7
Poisonings	55	5	63	14	- 9
Hepatitis B	56	4	67	10	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	68	8	- 4
Syphilis	58	3	42	119	- 116
Oesophagus Cancer	59	3	33	173	- 171
Measles	60	2	78	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	57	37	- 35
War	62	1	71	3	- 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	40	125	- 124
Hepatitis C	64	1	72	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	1	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	70	4	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	65	12	- 12
Schistosomiasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	61	17	- 17
Chagas disease	73	0	60	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	21	448	- 448
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	52	- 52
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	82	0	73	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	82	- 82
Schizophrenia	86	0	69	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Maldives

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.