CONGO VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,508	4	2,494	+ 1,013
Stroke	2	2,438	5	2,267	+ 171
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,914	10	1,050	+ 865
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,347	3	2,576	- 1,229
Kidney Disease	5	1,291	15	613	+ 678
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,258	7	1,598	- 341
Lung Disease	7	957	17	541	+ 416
Hypertension	8	726	12	933	- 207
Other Injuries	9	684	20	333	+ 351
Lung Cancers	10	598	47	54	+ 544
Congenital Anomalies	11	536	14	729	- 193
Low Birth Weight	12	522	9	1,283	- 761
Violence	13	458	18	539	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	14	456	27	208	+ 248
Prostate Cancer	15	443	28	198	+ 245
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	440	38	89	+ 351
Liver Disease	17	425	13	931	- 506
Cervical Cancer	18	418	29	196	+ 222
Other Neoplasms	19	395	63	8	+ 387
Breast Cancer	20	390	32	159	+ 231
HIV/AIDS	21	363	1	4,509	- 4,146
Suicide	22	345	19	349	- 4
Alcohol	23	332	49	46	+ 286
Stomach Cancer	24	288	39	88	+ 200
Malnutrition	25	267	24	272	- 4
Tuberculosis	26	221	2	2,781	- 2,560
Leukemia	27	221	46	57	+ 163
Pancreas Cancer	28	209	52	42	+ 167
Lymphomas	29	198	45	61	+ 137
Birth Trauma	30	172	11	997	- 825
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	156	8	1,304	- 1,148
Drownings	32	144	36	104	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	33	140	57	19	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	34	125	26	220	- 95
Liver Cancer	35	123	30	169	- 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	117	25	230	- 114
Skin Disease	37	116	50	46	+ 71
Oral Cancer	38	108	54	33	+ 76
Asthma	39	102	23	291	- 188
Skin Cancers	40	101	53	36	+ 65
Parkinson's Disease	41	99	42	69	+ 30
Syphilis	42	96	34	107	- 10
Falls	43	81	33	149	- 67
Epilepsy	44	80	40	76	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	45	69	48	49	+ 20
Anemia	46	66	82	0	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	56	35	105	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	53	59	15	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	49	52	16	578	- 525
Fires	50	51	37	90	- 39
Bladder Cancer	51	46	61	15	+ 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	42	84	0	+ 42
Meningitis	53	42	22	299	- 257
Uterin Cancer	54	37	60	15	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	35	43	67	- 32
Drug Use	56	31	44	65	- 35
Appendicitis	57	30	58	18	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	58	25	85	0	+ 25
Pertussis	59	24	21	329	- 305
Chagas disease	60	16	79	0	+ 16
Leishmaniasis	61	14	78	0	+ 14
Dengue	62	13	73	0	+ 13
Poisonings	63	11	41	71	- 59
Tetanus	64	10	55	23	- 13
Leprosy	65	10	77	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	66	9	56	20	- 11
Hepatitis B	67	8	62	14	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	68	7	66	4	+ 3
Schizophrenia	69	6	81	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	70	3	64	7	- 3
War	71	2	72	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	72	2	67	2	- 0
Oral conditions	73	2	86	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	74	1	71	1	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	31	159	- 159
Chlamydia	79	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	81	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Paraguay

Congo

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.