DOMINICAN REP. VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,222	1	14,986	- 8,764
Stroke	2	4,324	2	7,882	- 3,558
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,395	4	2,762	+ 633
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,389	6	2,254	+ 134
Kidney Disease	5	2,289	7	2,121	+ 169
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,231	3	6,937	- 4,706
Lung Disease	7	1,698	15	1,360	+ 337
Hypertension	8	1,287	10	1,894	- 607
Other Injuries	9	1,213	19	890	+ 323
Lung Cancers	10	1,061	16	1,244	- 183
Congenital Anomalies	11	951	17	1,038	- 87
Low Birth Weight	12	927	13	1,532	- 606
Violence	13	813	9	1,917	- 1,104
Endocrine Disorders	14	808	22	602	+ 206
Prostate Cancer	15	786	12	1,655	- 869
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	781	20	851	- 70
Liver Disease	17	753	5	2,680	- 1,927
Cervical Cancer	18	741	23	560	+ 181
Other Neoplasms	19	700	58	35	+ 664
Breast Cancer	20	691	14	1,460	- 769
HIV/AIDS	21	644	8	1,931	- 1,287
Suicide	22	611	25	530	+ 82
Alcohol	23	589	48	120	+ 469
Stomach Cancer	24	511	24	547	- 37
Malnutrition	25	474	34	372	+ 103
Tuberculosis	26	392	38	242	+ 150
Leukemia	27	392	32	409	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	28	371	27	456	- 85
Lymphomas	29	352	33	374	- 22
Birth Trauma	30	306	18	915	- 609
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	276	26	504	- 228
Drownings	32	256	37	248	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	33	249	40	200	+ 49
Inflammatory/Heart	34	221	35	312	- 90
Liver Cancer	35	219	21	664	- 445
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	207	11	1,808	- 1,601
Skin Disease	37	207	53	50	+ 157
Oral Cancer	38	192	31	434	- 242
Asthma	39	182	29	441	- 259
Skin Cancers	40	179	41	172	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	41	175	28	446	- 271
Syphilis	42	171	51	70	+ 100
Falls	43	144	30	435	- 291
Epilepsy	44	141	42	158	- 17
Ovary Cancer	45	122	50	89	+ 34
Anemia	46	117	81	0	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	99	36	295	- 196
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	94	54	48	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	49	92	39	202	- 110
Fires	50	91	44	139	- 48
Bladder Cancer	51	81	49	92	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	75	85	0	+ 75
Meningitis	53	75	45	134	- 59
Uterin Cancer	54	65	57	43	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	62	46	123	- 61
Drug Use	56	54	43	156	- 102
Appendicitis	57	54	52	67	- 13
Osteoarthritis	58	44	84	0	+ 44
Pertussis	59	43	47	121	- 78
Chagas disease	60	28	73	0	+ 28
Leishmaniasis	61	24	74	0	+ 24
Dengue	62	23	64	5	+ 19
Poisonings	63	20	55	47	- 27
Tetanus	64	18	61	17	+ 1
Leprosy	65	17	72	0	+ 17
Encephalitis	66	16	56	44	- 29
Hepatitis B	67	14	63	11	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	12	62	13	- 1
Schizophrenia	69	11	83	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	70	6	68	1	+ 5
War	71	4	67	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	72	4	60	17	- 13
Oral conditions	73	3	86	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	74	2	71	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	66	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	80	0	59	22	- 22
Malaria	81	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Paraguay

Dominican Rep.

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.