COLOMBIA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,525	1	43,066	- 14,541
Stroke	2	19,824	3	16,573	+ 3,252
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,566	11	5,028	+ 10,538
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,952	5	10,773	+ 179
Kidney Disease	5	10,496	7	6,834	+ 3,662
Road Traffic Accidents	6	10,229	6	7,765	+ 2,464
Lung Disease	7	7,783	4	15,928	- 8,145
Hypertension	8	5,902	8	6,400	- 498
Other Injuries	9	5,560	28	1,592	+ 3,968
Lung Cancers	10	4,863	10	5,250	- 388
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,361	16	2,963	+ 1,399
Low Birth Weight	12	4,248	23	2,095	+ 2,153
Violence	13	3,728	2	19,268	- 15,540
Endocrine Disorders	14	3,705	30	1,367	+ 2,338
Prostate Cancer	15	3,602	14	3,584	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,579	12	4,371	- 792
Liver Disease	17	3,453	19	2,426	+ 1,027
Cervical Cancer	18	3,398	20	2,266	+ 1,132
Other Neoplasms	19	3,208	15	3,205	+ 4
Breast Cancer	20	3,169	13	3,669	- 501
HIV/AIDS	21	2,953	17	2,683	+ 270
Suicide	22	2,802	26	1,965	+ 837
Alcohol	23	2,700	68	23	+ 2,677
Stomach Cancer	24	2,341	9	6,112	- 3,771
Malnutrition	25	2,175	27	1,878	+ 296
Tuberculosis	26	1,797	32	1,272	+ 525
Leukemia	27	1,796	21	2,208	- 413
Pancreas Cancer	28	1,702	25	2,022	- 321
Lymphomas	29	1,613	18	2,603	- 990
Birth Trauma	30	1,401	41	648	+ 753
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	1,267	38	747	+ 519
Drownings	32	1,174	40	689	+ 485
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,142	36	835	+ 307
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,015	31	1,329	- 314
Liver Cancer	35	1,003	24	2,065	- 1,062
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	948	22	2,157	- 1,209
Skin Disease	37	947	34	1,102	- 155
Oral Cancer	38	880	37	807	+ 73
Asthma	39	833	54	191	+ 642
Skin Cancers	40	823	35	1,028	- 206
Parkinson's Disease	41	802	47	383	+ 419
Syphilis	42	783	65	30	+ 752
Falls	43	662	29	1,518	- 856
Epilepsy	44	649	43	597	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	45	561	33	1,122	- 561
Anemia	46	538	57	101	+ 437
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	452	39	698	- 247
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	433	51	242	+ 190
Maternal Conditions	49	424	46	394	+ 30
Fires	50	418	56	127	+ 292
Bladder Cancer	51	373	42	609	- 236
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	345	48	333	+ 13
Meningitis	53	345	50	244	+ 101
Uterin Cancer	54	300	45	423	- 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	285	63	38	+ 247
Drug Use	56	248	44	492	- 243
Appendicitis	57	246	52	213	+ 33
Osteoarthritis	58	200	58	67	+ 133
Pertussis	59	197	69	18	+ 179
Chagas disease	60	127	53	203	- 77
Leishmaniasis	61	111	74	7	+ 104
Dengue	62	108	55	133	- 26
Poisonings	63	90	61	61	+ 29
Tetanus	64	81	71	14	+ 67
Leprosy	65	78	72	8	+ 70
Encephalitis	66	72	64	38	+ 34
Hepatitis B	67	63	62	50	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	68	56	60	62	- 7
Schizophrenia	69	51	70	18	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	70	28	66	27	+ 2
War	71	19	49	260	- 241
Hepatitis C	72	19	59	65	- 46
Oral conditions	73	15	75	7	+ 7
Otitis Media	74	9	73	7	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	8	82	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	76	3	76	5	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	1	- 1
Malaria	81	0	67	26	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Paraguay

Colombia

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.