BELGIUM VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,890	1	15,281	- 8,391
Stroke	2	4,788	3	7,408	- 2,619
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,760	20	1,269	+ 2,491
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,645	6	5,677	- 3,032
Kidney Disease	5	2,535	8	2,952	- 417
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,471	29	666	+ 1,805
Lung Disease	7	1,880	5	6,438	- 4,558
Hypertension	8	1,426	27	740	+ 686
Other Injuries	9	1,343	11	2,006	- 663
Lung Cancers	10	1,175	4	6,777	- 5,602
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,053	40	282	+ 772
Low Birth Weight	12	1,026	50	70	+ 956
Violence	13	900	44	149	+ 751
Endocrine Disorders	14	895	18	1,432	- 537
Prostate Cancer	15	870	13	1,824	- 954
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	864	7	3,329	- 2,464
Liver Disease	17	834	17	1,433	- 599
Cervical Cancer	18	821	41	243	+ 578
Other Neoplasms	19	775	12	1,828	- 1,053
Breast Cancer	20	765	9	2,587	- 1,821
HIV/AIDS	21	713	57	36	+ 677
Suicide	22	677	10	2,111	- 1,434
Alcohol	23	652	32	500	+ 153
Stomach Cancer	24	565	26	863	- 298
Malnutrition	25	525	38	291	+ 235
Tuberculosis	26	434	54	46	+ 388
Leukemia	27	434	21	1,199	- 766
Pancreas Cancer	28	411	14	1,809	- 1,398
Lymphomas	29	390	16	1,552	- 1,163
Birth Trauma	30	338	53	47	+ 292
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	306	33	418	- 112
Drownings	32	284	47	79	+ 205
Oesophagus Cancer	33	276	25	898	- 622
Inflammatory/Heart	34	245	23	1,060	- 815
Liver Cancer	35	242	24	976	- 733
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	229	2	9,416	- 9,187
Skin Disease	37	229	35	380	- 151
Oral Cancer	38	213	28	675	- 462
Asthma	39	201	46	128	+ 74
Skin Cancers	40	199	31	522	- 324
Parkinson's Disease	41	194	19	1,378	- 1,184
Syphilis	42	189	70	0	+ 189
Falls	43	160	15	1,756	- 1,596
Epilepsy	44	157	36	348	- 191
Ovary Cancer	45	136	30	653	- 517
Anemia	46	130	43	199	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	109	42	213	- 103
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	104	49	73	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	49	102	64	6	+ 96
Fires	50	101	48	75	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	51	90	22	1,078	- 988
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	83	60	20	+ 63
Meningitis	53	83	58	28	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	54	72	34	384	- 312
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	69	37	293	- 224
Drug Use	56	60	39	287	- 227
Appendicitis	57	59	62	17	+ 43
Osteoarthritis	58	48	51	59	- 10
Pertussis	59	48	68	1	+ 47
Chagas disease	60	31	77	0	+ 31
Leishmaniasis	61	27	73	0	+ 27
Dengue	62	26	83	0	+ 26
Poisonings	63	22	55	41	- 19
Tetanus	64	20	78	0	+ 20
Leprosy	65	19	72	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	66	17	66	1	+ 16
Hepatitis B	67	15	63	17	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	13	45	147	- 133
Schizophrenia	69	12	56	40	- 27
Upper Respiratory	70	7	59	22	- 15
War	71	5	67	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	72	4	52	53	- 49
Oral conditions	73	4	61	19	- 15
Otitis Media	74	2	65	2	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	2	84	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Paraguay

Belgium

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.