FIJI VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	547	2	1,481	- 934
Stroke	2	380	3	583	- 202
Diabetes Mellitus	3	299	1	1,628	- 1,329
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	210	5	228	- 18
Kidney Disease	5	201	4	277	- 75
Road Traffic Accidents	6	196	11	120	+ 76
Lung Disease	7	149	9	141	+ 9
Hypertension	8	113	7	170	- 57
Other Injuries	9	107	17	77	+ 30
Lung Cancers	10	93	22	48	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	11	84	10	129	- 46
Low Birth Weight	12	82	14	86	- 4
Violence	13	72	40	19	+ 52
Endocrine Disorders	14	71	34	28	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	15	69	25	41	+ 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	69	24	45	+ 23
Liver Disease	17	66	15	82	- 15
Cervical Cancer	18	65	13	86	- 21
Other Neoplasms	19	62	53	3	+ 58
Breast Cancer	20	61	8	162	- 102
HIV/AIDS	21	57	31	30	+ 27
Suicide	22	54	16	80	- 26
Alcohol	23	52	57	2	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	24	45	37	23	+ 22
Malnutrition	25	42	45	14	+ 27
Tuberculosis	26	34	27	39	- 5
Leukemia	27	34	30	31	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	28	33	38	21	+ 12
Lymphomas	29	31	35	27	+ 4
Birth Trauma	30	27	28	36	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	24	12	96	- 72
Drownings	32	23	21	60	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	33	22	42	18	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	34	19	23	45	- 26
Liver Cancer	35	19	18	68	- 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	18	19	63	- 45
Skin Disease	37	18	41	19	- 1
Oral Cancer	38	17	46	13	+ 4
Asthma	39	16	6	226	- 210
Skin Cancers	40	16	61	1	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	41	15	26	40	- 25
Syphilis	42	15	47	11	+ 4
Falls	43	13	36	27	- 14
Epilepsy	44	12	44	16	- 4
Ovary Cancer	45	11	32	29	- 18
Anemia	46	10	82	0	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	9	29	34	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	8	62	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	49	8	49	9	- 0
Fires	50	8	33	28	- 20
Bladder Cancer	51	7	50	8	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	7	84	0	+ 7
Meningitis	53	7	43	17	- 11
Uterin Cancer	54	6	39	20	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	5	20	62	- 57
Drug Use	56	5	52	4	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	5	54	3	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	4	85	0	+ 4
Pertussis	59	4	48	10	- 6
Chagas disease	60	2	76	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	61	2	73	0	+ 2
Dengue	62	2	55	3	- 1
Poisonings	63	2	56	2	- 1
Tetanus	64	2	58	1	+ 0
Leprosy	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	51	7	- 6
Hepatitis B	67	1	59	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	60	1	+ 0
Schizophrenia	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	69	0	+ 1
War	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	72	0	65	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	73	0	86	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	64	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	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	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Paraguay

Fiji

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.