ECUADOR VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,533	1	9,805	+ 728
Stroke	2	7,320	3	5,429	+ 1,891
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,748	5	4,321	+ 1,426
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,044	4	5,083	- 1,039
Kidney Disease	5	3,876	2	6,184	- 2,308
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,777	6	3,490	+ 286
Lung Disease	7	2,874	8	2,576	+ 297
Hypertension	8	2,179	10	2,507	- 328
Other Injuries	9	2,053	17	1,161	+ 892
Lung Cancers	10	1,795	20	1,075	+ 721
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,610	13	1,335	+ 275
Low Birth Weight	12	1,569	16	1,172	+ 397
Violence	13	1,377	15	1,210	+ 167
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,368	31	507	+ 861
Prostate Cancer	15	1,330	12	1,362	- 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,321	19	1,109	+ 212
Liver Disease	17	1,275	7	3,330	- 2,055
Cervical Cancer	18	1,255	24	840	+ 415
Other Neoplasms	19	1,185	57	64	+ 1,120
Breast Cancer	20	1,170	25	825	+ 345
HIV/AIDS	21	1,091	27	609	+ 481
Suicide	22	1,035	14	1,326	- 292
Alcohol	23	997	39	280	+ 717
Stomach Cancer	24	864	11	2,089	- 1,224
Malnutrition	25	803	28	578	+ 225
Tuberculosis	26	663	29	574	+ 90
Leukemia	27	663	23	882	- 219
Pancreas Cancer	28	628	30	562	+ 67
Lymphomas	29	596	22	883	- 287
Birth Trauma	30	517	38	302	+ 215
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	468	34	410	+ 57
Drownings	32	434	32	470	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	33	422	42	180	+ 242
Inflammatory/Heart	34	375	36	308	+ 67
Liver Cancer	35	370	21	954	- 583
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	350	9	2,565	- 2,215
Skin Disease	37	350	51	103	+ 247
Oral Cancer	38	325	45	166	+ 159
Asthma	39	308	53	85	+ 222
Skin Cancers	40	304	37	308	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	41	296	26	658	- 362
Syphilis	42	289	54	85	+ 204
Falls	43	244	18	1,114	- 870
Epilepsy	44	240	40	273	- 33
Ovary Cancer	45	207	35	322	- 115
Anemia	46	199	82	0	+ 199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	167	33	417	- 250
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	160	49	124	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	49	156	46	164	- 8
Fires	50	154	43	175	- 21
Bladder Cancer	51	138	44	168	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	128	86	0	+ 128
Meningitis	53	127	52	90	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	54	111	48	129	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	105	47	163	- 57
Drug Use	56	92	41	214	- 122
Appendicitis	57	91	50	110	- 20
Osteoarthritis	58	74	85	0	+ 74
Pertussis	59	73	56	79	- 6
Chagas disease	60	47	59	21	+ 26
Leishmaniasis	61	41	74	0	+ 41
Dengue	62	40	61	10	+ 30
Poisonings	63	33	58	59	- 25
Tetanus	64	30	62	9	+ 21
Leprosy	65	29	71	0	+ 29
Encephalitis	66	27	55	82	- 55
Hepatitis B	67	23	64	3	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	68	21	60	18	+ 3
Schizophrenia	69	19	83	0	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	70	10	63	8	+ 2
War	71	7	66	2	+ 5
Hepatitis C	72	7	67	1	+ 6
Oral conditions	73	5	84	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	74	3	70	0	+ 3
Iodine Deficiency	75	3	73	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	1	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	69	1	- 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Paraguay

Ecuador

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.