PARAGUAY VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,594	1	4,327	+ 10,267
Diabetes Mellitus	2	9,269	3	2,361	+ 6,908
Stroke	3	8,996	2	3,007	+ 5,989
Kidney Disease	4	4,247	5	1,592	+ 2,655
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,911	4	1,661	+ 2,249
Lung Disease	6	3,113	7	1,181	+ 1,933
Suicide	7	2,425	22	425	+ 2,000
Hypertension	8	2,048	8	895	+ 1,153
Liver Disease	9	1,791	17	524	+ 1,267
Lung Cancers	10	1,732	10	738	+ 994
Drownings	11	1,301	32	178	+ 1,123
Breast Cancer	12	1,282	20	481	+ 802
Asthma	13	1,201	39	126	+ 1,075
Low Birth Weight	14	1,130	12	644	+ 486
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,036	55	43	+ 993
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,014	31	192	+ 822
Other Injuries	17	1,005	9	843	+ 162
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,003	11	662	+ 341
Tuberculosis	19	945	26	273	+ 673
Stomach Cancer	20	887	24	355	+ 532
Birth Trauma	21	817	30	213	+ 604
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	637	16	543	+ 94
Cervical Cancer	23	629	18	516	+ 113
Liver Cancer	24	616	35	152	+ 464
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	500	47	69	+ 431
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	492	36	144	+ 348
Falls	27	465	43	100	+ 364
Inflammatory/Heart	28	455	34	154	+ 301
Prostate Cancer	29	416	15	546	- 130
Endocrine Disorders	30	401	14	562	- 161
Violence	31	398	13	566	- 168
Leukemia	32	379	27	272	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	33	353	41	122	+ 231
Maternal Conditions	34	277	49	64	+ 213
Pancreas Cancer	35	274	28	258	+ 16
Lymphomas	36	272	29	245	+ 27
Pertussis	37	266	59	30	+ 236
Oral Cancer	38	255	38	134	+ 121
Meningitis	39	241	53	52	+ 189
Syphilis	40	228	42	119	+ 109
Uterin Cancer	41	216	54	45	+ 171
Skin Disease	42	207	37	144	+ 63
Epilepsy	43	206	44	98	+ 108
Malnutrition	44	201	25	330	- 129
Ovary Cancer	45	174	45	85	+ 89
Alcohol	46	172	23	410	- 238
Oesophagus Cancer	47	165	33	173	- 9
Fires	48	152	50	63	+ 89
Bladder Cancer	49	118	51	57	+ 61
Poisonings	50	77	63	14	+ 63
Skin Cancers	51	69	40	125	- 56
Drug Use	52	47	56	38	+ 9
Encephalitis	53	45	66	11	+ 34
Appendicitis	54	33	57	37	- 4
Other Neoplasms	55	28	19	487	- 459
Measles	56	26	78	0	+ 26
Hepatitis B	57	23	67	10	+ 13
Road Traffic Accidents	58	14	6	1,552	- 1,538
Tetanus	59	13	64	12	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	11	48	66	- 55
Dengue	61	10	62	16	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	68	8	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	3	72	3	- 0
Diphtheria	64	3	77	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	65	2	76	0	+ 2
War	66	1	71	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	70	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	65	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	71	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	74	0	21	448	- 448
Leishmaniasis	75	0	61	17	- 17
Chagas disease	76	0	60	19	- 19
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	69	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Micronesia

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.