FINLAND VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,237	2	9,831	- 6,594
Stroke	2	2,249	3	4,115	- 1,866
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,766	22	418	+ 1,348
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,243	21	436	+ 806
Kidney Disease	5	1,191	26	342	+ 849
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,161	33	215	+ 946
Lung Disease	7	883	8	1,289	- 406
Hypertension	8	670	5	2,030	- 1,360
Other Injuries	9	631	20	437	+ 194
Lung Cancers	10	552	4	2,312	- 1,760
Congenital Anomalies	11	495	35	192	+ 303
Low Birth Weight	12	482	48	26	+ 456
Violence	13	423	43	64	+ 359
Endocrine Disorders	14	420	31	257	+ 164
Prostate Cancer	15	409	11	970	- 561
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	406	6	1,433	- 1,027
Liver Disease	17	392	10	1,068	- 676
Cervical Cancer	18	386	44	62	+ 323
Other Neoplasms	19	364	23	377	- 13
Breast Cancer	20	360	12	948	- 589
HIV/AIDS	21	335	59	6	+ 330
Suicide	22	318	15	846	- 528
Alcohol	23	306	18	464	- 158
Stomach Cancer	24	266	19	447	- 181
Malnutrition	25	247	57	7	+ 240
Tuberculosis	26	204	46	32	+ 172
Leukemia	27	204	24	371	- 167
Pancreas Cancer	28	193	9	1,247	- 1,054
Lymphomas	29	183	14	851	- 668
Birth Trauma	30	159	56	8	+ 151
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	144	52	15	+ 128
Drownings	32	133	37	106	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	33	130	27	320	- 190
Inflammatory/Heart	34	115	17	518	- 403
Liver Cancer	35	114	16	545	- 431
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	108	1	11,120	- 11,013
Skin Disease	37	107	47	27	+ 80
Oral Cancer	38	100	34	207	- 107
Asthma	39	95	40	85	+ 10
Skin Cancers	40	93	29	297	- 204
Parkinson's Disease	41	91	13	853	- 762
Syphilis	42	89	67	0	+ 88
Falls	43	75	7	1,325	- 1,250
Epilepsy	44	74	38	104	- 31
Ovary Cancer	45	64	25	344	- 281
Anemia	46	61	58	6	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	51	36	151	- 100
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	49	41	83	- 34
Maternal Conditions	49	48	64	2	+ 47
Fires	50	47	45	62	- 14
Bladder Cancer	51	42	28	308	- 266
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	39	53	11	+ 28
Meningitis	53	39	55	9	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	54	34	32	225	- 191
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	32	50	19	+ 13
Drug Use	56	28	30	269	- 241
Appendicitis	57	28	54	10	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	58	23	51	17	+ 6
Pertussis	59	22	69	0	+ 22
Chagas disease	60	14	76	0	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	61	13	75	0	+ 13
Dengue	62	12	82	0	+ 12
Poisonings	63	10	49	25	- 15
Tetanus	64	9	70	0	+ 9
Leprosy	65	9	83	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	66	8	66	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	67	7	63	2	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	42	80	- 74
Schizophrenia	69	6	39	93	- 87
Upper Respiratory	70	3	62	2	+ 1
War	71	2	65	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	72	2	60	5	- 2
Oral conditions	73	2	61	4	- 2
Otitis Media	74	1	68	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Paraguay

Finland

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.