BENIN VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,454	5	5,397	+ 3,057
Stroke	2	5,876	4	5,855	+ 21
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,613	14	1,912	+ 2,702
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,246	1	10,205	- 6,959
Kidney Disease	5	3,111	13	1,929	+ 1,182
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,032	8	3,162	- 131
Lung Disease	7	2,307	17	1,220	+ 1,087
Hypertension	8	1,749	19	1,088	+ 661
Other Injuries	9	1,648	15	1,532	+ 116
Lung Cancers	10	1,441	59	66	+ 1,375
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,293	10	2,265	- 972
Low Birth Weight	12	1,259	6	4,908	- 3,649
Violence	13	1,105	28	726	+ 379
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,098	16	1,454	- 356
Prostate Cancer	15	1,068	25	867	+ 201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,061	41	311	+ 749
Liver Disease	17	1,023	9	2,447	- 1,423
Cervical Cancer	18	1,007	30	669	+ 339
Other Neoplasms	19	951	63	20	+ 931
Breast Cancer	20	939	27	784	+ 155
HIV/AIDS	21	875	11	2,263	- 1,387
Suicide	22	831	22	922	- 91
Alcohol	23	800	58	85	+ 715
Stomach Cancer	24	694	38	361	+ 333
Malnutrition	25	644	21	928	- 283
Tuberculosis	26	532	23	919	- 386
Leukemia	27	532	46	196	+ 337
Pancreas Cancer	28	504	48	177	+ 327
Lymphomas	29	478	36	387	+ 91
Birth Trauma	30	415	7	3,950	- 3,534
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	375	3	6,830	- 6,455
Drownings	32	348	31	570	- 222
Oesophagus Cancer	33	339	39	326	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	34	301	33	457	- 156
Liver Cancer	35	297	40	322	- 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	281	29	715	- 434
Skin Disease	37	281	52	144	+ 137
Oral Cancer	38	261	49	156	+ 104
Asthma	39	247	24	891	- 644
Skin Cancers	40	244	54	102	+ 142
Parkinson's Disease	41	238	43	212	+ 26
Syphilis	42	232	51	150	+ 82
Falls	43	196	32	543	- 347
Epilepsy	44	192	37	369	- 177
Ovary Cancer	45	166	56	86	+ 81
Anemia	46	159	83	0	+ 159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	134	34	442	- 309
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	128	67	11	+ 117
Maternal Conditions	49	126	20	1,039	- 913
Fires	50	124	35	431	- 307
Bladder Cancer	51	110	61	43	+ 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	102	84	0	+ 102
Meningitis	53	102	12	1,967	- 1,865
Uterin Cancer	54	89	55	99	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	84	45	197	- 113
Drug Use	56	74	44	197	- 124
Appendicitis	57	73	60	45	+ 28
Osteoarthritis	58	59	85	0	+ 59
Pertussis	59	58	18	1,168	- 1,109
Chagas disease	60	38	77	0	+ 38
Leishmaniasis	61	33	79	0	+ 33
Dengue	62	32	72	0	+ 32
Poisonings	63	27	42	307	- 281
Tetanus	64	24	50	156	- 132
Leprosy	65	23	75	0	+ 23
Encephalitis	66	21	57	85	- 64
Hepatitis B	67	19	53	143	- 124
Multiple Sclerosis	68	16	66	16	+ 1
Schizophrenia	69	15	80	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	70	8	64	17	- 9
War	71	6	69	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	72	6	65	17	- 11
Oral conditions	73	4	86	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	74	3	71	0	+ 3
Iodine Deficiency	75	2	76	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	62	40	- 39
Diphtheria	77	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	78	0	26	788	- 788
Chlamydia	79	0	70	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	80	0	47	183	- 183
Malaria	81	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Paraguay

Benin

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.