PARAGUAY VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,586	4	1,661	+ 4,925
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	4,599	31	192	+ 4,406
Tuberculosis	3	4,046	26	273	+ 3,774
Malaria	4	3,208	81	0	+ 3,208
Birth Trauma	5	3,183	30	213	+ 2,971
Low Birth Weight	6	3,049	12	644	+ 2,405
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,950	1	4,327	- 2,377
Stroke	8	1,835	2	3,007	- 1,173
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,579	11	662	+ 917
HIV/AIDS	10	1,402	21	448	+ 954
Meningitis	11	1,387	53	52	+ 1,335
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,325	6	1,552	- 227
Liver Disease	13	1,218	17	524	+ 694
Measles	14	935	78	0	+ 935
Maternal Conditions	15	748	49	64	+ 684
Pertussis	16	740	59	30	+ 710
Other Injuries	17	721	9	843	- 122
Diabetes Mellitus	18	715	3	2,361	- 1,647
Violence	19	585	13	566	+ 19
Kidney Disease	20	578	5	1,592	- 1,014
Endocrine Disorders	21	502	14	562	- 60
Lung Disease	22	399	7	1,181	- 781
Breast Cancer	23	378	20	481	- 103
Hypertension	24	340	8	895	- 556
Cervical Cancer	25	336	18	516	- 180
Tetanus	26	265	64	12	+ 253
Asthma	27	260	39	126	+ 134
Falls	28	239	43	100	+ 139
Fires	29	227	50	63	+ 163
Suicide	30	223	22	425	- 202
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	216	36	144	+ 72
Drownings	32	209	32	178	+ 31
Poisonings	33	209	63	14	+ 195
Drug Use	34	199	56	38	+ 162
Prostate Cancer	35	188	15	546	- 358
Malnutrition	36	187	25	330	- 143
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	186	47	69	+ 117
Syphilis	38	173	42	119	+ 54
Liver Cancer	39	168	35	152	+ 16
Lymphomas	40	165	29	245	- 79
Epilepsy	41	159	44	98	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	42	153	34	154	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	132	16	543	- 411
Diphtheria	44	121	77	0	+ 121
War	45	103	71	3	+ 100
Parkinson's Disease	46	79	41	122	- 43
Leukemia	47	72	27	272	- 201
Oral Cancer	48	71	38	134	- 62
Ovary Cancer	49	68	45	85	- 17
Stomach Cancer	50	68	24	355	- 287
Pancreas Cancer	51	63	28	258	- 195
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	62	55	43	+ 19
Skin Cancers	53	61	40	125	- 63
Schistosomiasis	54	48	80	0	+ 48
Hepatitis B	55	47	67	10	+ 38
Skin Disease	56	47	37	144	- 97
Lung Cancers	57	41	10	738	- 697
Alcohol	58	33	23	410	- 377
Encephalitis	59	30	66	11	+ 19
Appendicitis	60	24	57	37	- 13
Ascariasis	61	22	76	0	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	62	22	54	45	- 24
Bladder Cancer	63	21	51	57	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	64	18	33	173	- 156
Hepatitis C	65	10	72	3	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	66	9	19	487	- 477
Upper Respiratory	67	8	70	4	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	68	8	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	5	48	66	- 60
Leishmaniasis	70	1	61	17	- 16
Chlamydia	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	74	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	62	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	65	12	- 12
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	60	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	80	0	69	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	52	- 52
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	86	0	73	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Nigeria

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.