BOTSWANA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,410	3	1,632	- 222
Stroke	2	980	4	1,588	- 608
Diabetes Mellitus	3	769	5	1,273	- 503
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	541	2	1,674	- 1,132
Kidney Disease	5	519	9	506	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	6	506	7	608	- 103
Lung Disease	7	385	10	482	- 97
Hypertension	8	292	11	471	- 179
Other Injuries	9	275	19	216	+ 58
Lung Cancers	10	240	39	45	+ 195
Congenital Anomalies	11	216	16	287	- 72
Low Birth Weight	12	210	13	447	- 237
Violence	13	184	14	389	- 205
Endocrine Disorders	14	183	27	103	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	15	178	41	45	+ 133
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	177	47	28	+ 149
Liver Disease	17	171	12	459	- 288
Cervical Cancer	18	168	22	164	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	19	159	55	9	+ 149
Breast Cancer	20	157	33	68	+ 88
HIV/AIDS	21	146	1	4,950	- 4,804
Suicide	22	138	15	370	- 231
Alcohol	23	133	45	31	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	24	116	53	10	+ 105
Malnutrition	25	107	21	171	- 64
Tuberculosis	26	89	6	649	- 560
Leukemia	27	89	51	13	+ 76
Pancreas Cancer	28	84	50	16	+ 68
Lymphomas	29	80	31	77	+ 3
Birth Trauma	30	69	17	261	- 192
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	63	8	527	- 465
Drownings	32	58	30	83	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	33	56	28	103	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	34	50	20	177	- 127
Liver Cancer	35	50	35	57	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	47	23	164	- 117
Skin Disease	37	47	46	30	+ 17
Oral Cancer	38	43	32	70	- 27
Asthma	39	41	18	232	- 191
Skin Cancers	40	41	37	52	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	41	40	38	47	- 8
Syphilis	42	39	44	36	+ 2
Falls	43	33	34	62	- 29
Epilepsy	44	32	36	56	- 24
Ovary Cancer	45	28	49	19	+ 8
Anemia	46	27	84	0	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	22	29	90	- 68
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	21	52	11	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	49	21	24	118	- 97
Fires	50	21	26	108	- 88
Bladder Cancer	51	18	60	6	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	17	80	0	+ 17
Meningitis	53	17	25	108	- 91
Uterin Cancer	54	15	56	9	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	14	43	37	- 23
Drug Use	56	12	48	26	- 13
Appendicitis	57	12	57	8	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	10	81	0	+ 10
Pertussis	59	10	40	45	- 35
Chagas disease	60	6	77	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	61	5	79	0	+ 5
Dengue	62	5	76	0	+ 5
Poisonings	63	4	42	42	- 38
Tetanus	64	4	61	6	- 2
Leprosy	65	4	72	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	66	4	59	7	- 3
Hepatitis B	67	3	62	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	63	3	- 0
Schizophrenia	69	3	86	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	70	1	58	7	- 6
War	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	1	66	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	81	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Paraguay

Botswana

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.