AUSTRALIA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,398	1	21,548	- 6,150
Stroke	2	10,702	3	10,331	+ 370
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,403	7	4,471	+ 3,932
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,912	8	4,446	+ 1,466
Kidney Disease	5	5,666	12	3,139	+ 2,527
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,522	29	1,245	+ 4,277
Lung Disease	7	4,201	5	8,487	- 4,286
Hypertension	8	3,186	23	1,631	+ 1,554
Other Injuries	9	3,002	22	1,642	+ 1,359
Lung Cancers	10	2,625	4	8,769	- 6,144
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,354	33	711	+ 1,644
Low Birth Weight	12	2,293	43	248	+ 2,045
Violence	13	2,012	44	243	+ 1,769
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,000	16	2,328	- 328
Prostate Cancer	15	1,944	9	3,766	- 1,822
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,932	6	6,209	- 4,277
Liver Disease	17	1,864	26	1,421	+ 443
Cervical Cancer	18	1,834	39	342	+ 1,493
Other Neoplasms	19	1,732	28	1,252	+ 480
Breast Cancer	20	1,710	10	3,405	- 1,695
HIV/AIDS	21	1,594	57	50	+ 1,544
Suicide	22	1,513	11	3,150	- 1,637
Alcohol	23	1,458	37	380	+ 1,078
Stomach Cancer	24	1,264	27	1,288	- 24
Malnutrition	25	1,174	51	117	+ 1,057
Tuberculosis	26	970	56	53	+ 917
Leukemia	27	969	18	2,126	- 1,157
Pancreas Cancer	28	919	13	3,118	- 2,199
Lymphomas	29	871	15	3,039	- 2,168
Birth Trauma	30	756	50	140	+ 616
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	684	40	296	+ 388
Drownings	32	634	47	177	+ 457
Oesophagus Cancer	33	617	25	1,494	- 877
Inflammatory/Heart	34	548	24	1,571	- 1,023
Liver Cancer	35	542	20	2,036	- 1,495
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	512	2	15,588	- 15,077
Skin Disease	37	511	34	594	- 83
Oral Cancer	38	475	32	972	- 497
Asthma	39	450	36	455	- 6
Skin Cancers	40	444	17	2,319	- 1,874
Parkinson's Disease	41	433	19	2,036	- 1,603
Syphilis	42	422	67	3	+ 420
Falls	43	357	14	3,116	- 2,759
Epilepsy	44	350	41	285	+ 66
Ovary Cancer	45	303	31	1,003	- 700
Anemia	46	290	49	157	+ 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	244	42	276	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	234	45	229	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	49	229	63	20	+ 208
Fires	50	226	55	55	+ 171
Bladder Cancer	51	201	30	1,187	- 986
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	186	53	71	+ 115
Meningitis	53	186	60	37	+ 149
Uterin Cancer	54	162	35	524	- 362
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	154	38	379	- 225
Drug Use	56	134	21	1,783	- 1,649
Appendicitis	57	133	62	26	+ 106
Osteoarthritis	58	108	52	114	- 6
Pertussis	59	106	69	1	+ 105
Chagas disease	60	68	80	0	+ 68
Leishmaniasis	61	60	81	0	+ 60
Dengue	62	58	72	0	+ 58
Poisonings	63	49	61	35	+ 14
Tetanus	64	44	70	1	+ 42
Leprosy	65	42	76	0	+ 42
Encephalitis	66	39	68	3	+ 36
Hepatitis B	67	34	58	41	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	68	30	46	188	- 158
Schizophrenia	69	28	54	64	- 36
Upper Respiratory	70	15	64	17	- 2
War	71	10	65	8	+ 2
Hepatitis C	72	10	48	173	- 163
Oral conditions	73	8	59	40	- 32
Otitis Media	74	5	66	6	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	4	84	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	76	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Paraguay

Australia

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.