COSTA RICA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,029	1	2,639	+ 390
Stroke	2	2,105	2	1,624	+ 481
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,653	5	953	+ 699
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,163	7	836	+ 327
Kidney Disease	5	1,115	3	1,482	- 368
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,086	9	746	+ 340
Lung Disease	7	826	4	1,046	- 220
Hypertension	8	627	6	863	- 236
Other Injuries	9	590	13	571	+ 20
Lung Cancers	10	516	20	343	+ 173
Congenital Anomalies	11	463	21	315	+ 148
Low Birth Weight	12	451	28	178	+ 273
Violence	13	396	11	635	- 239
Endocrine Disorders	14	393	27	183	+ 210
Prostate Cancer	15	382	14	448	- 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	380	12	621	- 241
Liver Disease	17	367	18	370	- 3
Cervical Cancer	18	361	29	159	+ 202
Other Neoplasms	19	341	23	266	+ 75
Breast Cancer	20	336	16	384	- 48
HIV/AIDS	21	314	25	192	+ 122
Suicide	22	298	15	407	- 109
Alcohol	23	287	33	126	+ 161
Stomach Cancer	24	249	10	661	- 412
Malnutrition	25	231	48	37	+ 194
Tuberculosis	26	191	50	32	+ 159
Leukemia	27	191	24	262	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	28	181	22	294	- 113
Lymphomas	29	171	19	356	- 184
Birth Trauma	30	149	47	48	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	134	39	87	+ 47
Drownings	32	125	37	97	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	33	121	44	61	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	34	108	26	191	- 83
Liver Cancer	35	107	17	382	- 275
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	101	8	818	- 718
Skin Disease	37	101	32	126	- 26
Oral Cancer	38	93	38	96	- 3
Asthma	39	88	45	60	+ 28
Skin Cancers	40	87	31	137	- 49
Parkinson's Disease	41	85	30	138	- 53
Syphilis	42	83	65	1	+ 82
Falls	43	70	35	116	- 46
Epilepsy	44	69	34	116	- 47
Ovary Cancer	45	60	40	80	- 21
Anemia	46	57	51	25	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	48	42	74	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	46	46	55	- 9
Maternal Conditions	49	45	55	17	+ 28
Fires	50	44	58	10	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	51	40	36	100	- 60
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	37	56	13	+ 24
Meningitis	53	37	54	18	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	54	32	41	80	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	30	49	32	- 2
Drug Use	56	26	43	63	- 37
Appendicitis	57	26	52	22	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	21	61	5	+ 16
Pertussis	59	21	69	0	+ 21
Chagas disease	60	13	79	0	+ 13
Leishmaniasis	61	12	72	0	+ 12
Dengue	62	11	70	0	+ 11
Poisonings	63	10	60	5	+ 4
Tetanus	64	9	74	0	+ 9
Leprosy	65	8	67	1	+ 7
Encephalitis	66	8	63	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	67	7	59	7	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	57	11	- 5
Schizophrenia	69	5	53	21	- 15
Upper Respiratory	70	3	62	3	- 0
War	71	2	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	2	64	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	73	2	66	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	1	82	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	83	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Paraguay

Costa Rica

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.