PARAGUAY VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	14,201	2	3,007	+ 11,194
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,965	1	4,327	+ 4,638
Lung Disease	3	7,488	7	1,181	+ 6,307
Tuberculosis	4	4,982	26	273	+ 4,710
Lung Cancers	5	3,402	10	738	+ 2,664
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,782	4	1,661	+ 121
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,776	6	1,552	+ 225
Hypertension	8	1,535	8	895	+ 640
Liver Cancer	9	1,523	35	152	+ 1,371
Liver Disease	10	1,289	17	524	+ 765
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,241	36	144	+ 1,097
Kidney Disease	12	1,132	5	1,592	- 460
Stomach Cancer	13	1,079	24	355	+ 724
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,050	3	2,361	- 1,311
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	924	16	543	+ 382
Suicide	16	689	22	425	+ 263
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	599	55	43	+ 555
Falls	18	515	43	100	+ 415
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	490	47	69	+ 421
Other Injuries	20	438	9	843	- 406
Pancreas Cancer	21	436	28	258	+ 178
Asthma	22	412	39	126	+ 285
Breast Cancer	23	391	20	481	- 90
Oesophagus Cancer	24	350	33	173	+ 176
Low Birth Weight	25	346	12	644	- 299
Parkinson's Disease	26	330	41	122	+ 209
Drownings	27	322	32	178	+ 144
Violence	28	310	13	566	- 256
Congenital Anomalies	29	283	11	662	- 378
Leukemia	30	276	27	272	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	31	215	21	448	- 233
Birth Trauma	32	210	30	213	- 2
Cervical Cancer	33	201	18	516	- 314
Inflammatory/Heart	34	196	34	154	+ 42
Lymphomas	35	160	29	245	- 85
Ovary Cancer	36	152	45	85	+ 67
Oral Cancer	37	147	38	134	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	38	143	51	57	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	39	129	14	562	- 433
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	107	31	192	- 85
Poisonings	41	105	63	14	+ 91
Drug Use	42	102	56	38	+ 64
Malnutrition	43	91	25	330	- 239
Alcohol	44	87	23	410	- 323
Epilepsy	45	76	44	98	- 22
Fires	46	72	50	63	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	47	72	49	64	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	48	63	15	546	- 484
Meningitis	49	59	53	52	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	57	48	66	- 9
Skin Cancers	51	48	40	125	- 77
Skin Disease	52	45	37	144	- 98
Uterin Cancer	53	39	54	45	- 6
Encephalitis	54	33	66	11	+ 23
Hepatitis B	55	20	67	10	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	56	19	70	4	+ 15
Appendicitis	57	16	57	37	- 21
Syphilis	58	15	42	119	- 103
Other Neoplasms	59	13	19	487	- 474
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	68	8	+ 3
Pertussis	61	10	59	30	- 20
Tetanus	62	8	64	12	- 4
War	63	5	71	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	3	72	3	+ 0
Measles	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	65	12	- 12
Chagas disease	72	0	60	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	61	17	- 17
Dengue	76	0	62	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	84	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	83	0	69	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.