BHUTAN VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	509	1	702	- 194
Stroke	2	354	3	360	- 7
Diabetes Mellitus	3	278	7	164	+ 114
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	195	4	177	+ 18
Kidney Disease	5	187	8	149	+ 39
Road Traffic Accidents	6	182	10	123	+ 59
Lung Disease	7	139	2	524	- 386
Hypertension	8	105	16	77	+ 29
Other Injuries	9	99	24	43	+ 57
Lung Cancers	10	87	21	44	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	11	78	20	50	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	12	76	14	79	- 3
Violence	13	66	35	18	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	14	66	39	11	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	15	64	55	3	+ 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	64	31	24	+ 40
Liver Disease	17	62	6	166	- 104
Cervical Cancer	18	61	29	30	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	19	57	57	2	+ 55
Breast Cancer	20	57	43	8	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	21	53	18	58	- 5
Suicide	22	50	26	35	+ 15
Alcohol	23	48	49	6	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	24	42	11	118	- 76
Malnutrition	25	39	54	3	+ 35
Tuberculosis	26	32	9	138	- 106
Leukemia	27	32	34	19	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	28	30	33	20	+ 10
Lymphomas	29	29	52	5	+ 24
Birth Trauma	30	25	19	51	- 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	23	5	169	- 147
Drownings	32	21	32	20	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	33	20	22	44	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	34	18	45	8	+ 10
Liver Cancer	35	18	27	35	- 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	17	13	105	- 88
Skin Disease	37	17	46	7	+ 10
Oral Cancer	38	16	23	43	- 27
Asthma	39	15	15	78	- 63
Skin Cancers	40	15	41	9	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	14	28	31	- 17
Syphilis	42	14	40	11	+ 3
Falls	43	12	12	111	- 99
Epilepsy	44	12	38	14	- 2
Ovary Cancer	45	10	37	14	- 4
Anemia	46	10	72	0	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	8	25	39	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	8	50	5	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	49	8	42	9	- 2
Fires	50	7	44	8	- 0
Bladder Cancer	51	7	48	6	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	6	77	0	+ 6
Meningitis	53	6	36	17	- 11
Uterin Cancer	54	5	71	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	5	17	68	- 62
Drug Use	56	4	47	7	- 2
Appendicitis	57	4	51	5	- 1
Osteoarthritis	58	4	78	0	+ 4
Pertussis	59	4	63	1	+ 3
Chagas disease	60	2	83	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	61	2	65	1	+ 1
Dengue	62	2	56	3	- 1
Poisonings	63	2	59	2	- 0
Tetanus	64	1	60	1	+ 0
Leprosy	65	1	85	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	30	28	- 27
Hepatitis B	67	1	53	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	62	1	- 0
Schizophrenia	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	61	1	- 1
War	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	72	0	64	1	- 1
Oral conditions	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	86	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	58	2	- 2
Chlamydia	79	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Paraguay

Bhutan

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.