ERITREA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,649	4	2,154	+ 1,496
Stroke	2	2,536	2	2,564	- 28
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,991	7	944	+ 1,047
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,401	1	3,277	- 1,876
Kidney Disease	5	1,343	12	578	+ 765
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,309	5	1,326	- 18
Lung Disease	7	996	9	662	+ 334
Hypertension	8	755	8	926	- 171
Other Injuries	9	711	15	540	+ 171
Lung Cancers	10	622	46	62	+ 560
Congenital Anomalies	11	558	18	432	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	12	543	16	531	+ 12
Violence	13	477	20	384	+ 93
Endocrine Disorders	14	474	43	71	+ 403
Prostate Cancer	15	461	47	54	+ 407
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	458	35	113	+ 345
Liver Disease	17	442	6	1,215	- 773
Cervical Cancer	18	435	30	132	+ 302
Other Neoplasms	19	410	66	6	+ 404
Breast Cancer	20	405	23	311	+ 94
HIV/AIDS	21	378	25	308	+ 70
Suicide	22	359	21	382	- 23
Alcohol	23	345	49	45	+ 300
Stomach Cancer	24	299	48	48	+ 251
Malnutrition	25	278	10	660	- 381
Tuberculosis	26	230	14	543	- 314
Leukemia	27	230	29	144	+ 86
Pancreas Cancer	28	218	58	20	+ 198
Lymphomas	29	206	28	147	+ 60
Birth Trauma	30	179	11	616	- 437
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	162	3	2,292	- 2,130
Drownings	32	150	33	118	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	33	146	39	81	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	34	130	32	123	+ 7
Liver Cancer	35	128	45	69	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	121	24	310	- 188
Skin Disease	37	121	50	45	+ 77
Oral Cancer	38	113	44	71	+ 42
Asthma	39	107	22	326	- 219
Skin Cancers	40	105	56	30	+ 75
Parkinson's Disease	41	103	37	85	+ 18
Syphilis	42	100	54	35	+ 65
Falls	43	85	26	168	- 83
Epilepsy	44	83	38	81	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	45	72	40	79	- 8
Anemia	46	69	81	0	+ 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	58	27	147	- 89
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	55	64	12	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	49	54	13	544	- 489
Fires	50	54	31	132	- 78
Bladder Cancer	51	48	51	42	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	44	84	0	+ 44
Meningitis	53	44	19	404	- 360
Uterin Cancer	54	38	61	18	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	36	41	77	- 40
Drug Use	56	32	53	36	- 4
Appendicitis	57	31	55	31	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	58	26	85	0	+ 26
Pertussis	59	25	36	90	- 64
Chagas disease	60	16	77	0	+ 16
Leishmaniasis	61	14	59	19	- 5
Dengue	62	14	73	0	+ 14
Poisonings	63	12	34	114	- 103
Tetanus	64	10	52	37	- 27
Leprosy	65	10	78	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	66	9	62	16	- 6
Hepatitis B	67	8	57	28	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	68	7	67	4	+ 3
Schizophrenia	69	7	83	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	70	4	60	18	- 14
War	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	72	2	65	6	- 4
Oral conditions	73	2	86	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	74	1	69	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	68	2	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	63	13	- 13
Chlamydia	79	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	81	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Paraguay

Eritrea

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.