CENTRAL AFRICA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,251	7	2,900	+ 351
Stroke	2	2,259	5	3,284	- 1,025
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,774	15	1,141	+ 633
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,248	1	5,231	- 3,983
Kidney Disease	5	1,196	21	710	+ 486
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,166	10	1,790	- 624
Lung Disease	7	887	18	956	- 69
Hypertension	8	673	12	1,252	- 580
Other Injuries	9	634	23	621	+ 13
Lung Cancers	10	554	55	47	+ 507
Congenital Anomalies	11	497	19	776	- 279
Low Birth Weight	12	484	8	2,228	- 1,744
Violence	13	425	17	1,009	- 584
Endocrine Disorders	14	422	25	423	- 1
Prostate Cancer	15	410	38	156	+ 254
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	408	45	116	+ 291
Liver Disease	17	394	14	1,153	- 760
Cervical Cancer	18	387	32	230	+ 157
Other Neoplasms	19	366	70	5	+ 361
Breast Cancer	20	361	26	344	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	21	337	4	3,753	- 3,416
Suicide	22	319	24	585	- 266
Alcohol	23	308	52	62	+ 246
Stomach Cancer	24	267	49	65	+ 201
Malnutrition	25	248	22	691	- 443
Tuberculosis	26	205	2	4,704	- 4,499
Leukemia	27	205	47	88	+ 116
Pancreas Cancer	28	194	60	37	+ 157
Lymphomas	29	184	42	119	+ 65
Birth Trauma	30	160	9	2,192	- 2,032
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	144	3	4,684	- 4,539
Drownings	32	134	34	202	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	33	130	53	48	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	34	116	30	270	- 154
Liver Cancer	35	114	44	117	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	108	33	204	- 96
Skin Disease	37	108	54	48	+ 60
Oral Cancer	38	100	46	91	+ 9
Asthma	39	95	20	761	- 666
Skin Cancers	40	94	58	43	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	41	91	48	67	+ 24
Syphilis	42	89	41	120	- 31
Falls	43	75	36	181	- 106
Epilepsy	44	74	43	119	- 45
Ovary Cancer	45	64	50	64	- 0
Anemia	46	61	84	0	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	51	27	317	- 266
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	49	66	15	+ 34
Maternal Conditions	49	48	13	1,174	- 1,126
Fires	50	48	39	142	- 94
Bladder Cancer	51	42	64	23	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	39	80	0	+ 39
Meningitis	53	39	16	1,015	- 975
Uterin Cancer	54	34	65	20	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	32	35	194	- 161
Drug Use	56	28	57	44	- 16
Appendicitis	57	28	51	62	- 34
Osteoarthritis	58	23	81	0	+ 23
Pertussis	59	22	31	265	- 243
Chagas disease	60	14	79	0	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	61	13	56	46	- 33
Dengue	62	12	74	0	+ 12
Poisonings	63	10	40	134	- 124
Tetanus	64	9	29	280	- 271
Leprosy	65	9	78	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	66	8	62	28	- 20
Hepatitis B	67	7	61	33	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	72	4	+ 3
Schizophrenia	69	6	86	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	70	3	63	24	- 21
War	71	2	28	314	- 311
Hepatitis C	72	2	69	6	- 3
Oral conditions	73	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	74	1	68	6	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	71	5	- 4
Diphtheria	77	0	67	11	- 11
Measles	78	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Chlamydia	79	0	73	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	80	0	37	169	- 169
Malaria	81	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	59	40	- 40
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Paraguay

Central Africa

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.