GABON VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,412	3	1,019	+ 393
Stroke	2	982	5	896	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	3	771	6	643	+ 128
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	542	4	966	- 424
Kidney Disease	5	520	12	384	+ 136
Road Traffic Accidents	6	506	8	518	- 12
Lung Disease	7	385	16	215	+ 170
Hypertension	8	292	11	412	- 120
Other Injuries	9	275	22	140	+ 136
Lung Cancers	10	241	29	87	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	11	216	15	285	- 69
Low Birth Weight	12	210	9	494	- 284
Violence	13	185	17	184	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	14	183	25	98	+ 85
Prostate Cancer	15	178	32	80	+ 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	177	37	43	+ 134
Liver Disease	17	171	10	416	- 246
Cervical Cancer	18	168	26	96	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	19	159	64	5	+ 154
Breast Cancer	20	157	27	92	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	21	146	2	1,128	- 982
Suicide	22	139	18	183	- 44
Alcohol	23	134	56	19	+ 114
Stomach Cancer	24	116	48	32	+ 83
Malnutrition	25	108	33	78	+ 30
Tuberculosis	26	89	1	1,819	- 1,730
Leukemia	27	89	57	17	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	28	84	53	21	+ 64
Lymphomas	29	80	49	32	+ 48
Birth Trauma	30	69	13	362	- 293
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	63	14	318	- 255
Drownings	32	58	38	42	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	33	57	44	35	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	34	50	24	101	- 51
Liver Cancer	35	50	35	53	- 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	47	19	152	- 105
Skin Disease	37	47	52	22	+ 25
Oral Cancer	38	44	34	69	- 26
Asthma	39	41	28	90	- 49
Skin Cancers	40	41	46	34	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	41	40	36	47	- 7
Syphilis	42	39	47	33	+ 6
Falls	43	33	30	84	- 52
Epilepsy	44	32	40	37	- 5
Ovary Cancer	45	28	51	27	+ 1
Anemia	46	27	82	0	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	22	41	36	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	21	63	6	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	49	21	21	145	- 124
Fires	50	21	39	39	- 18
Bladder Cancer	51	18	43	35	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	17	85	0	+ 17
Meningitis	53	17	23	113	- 96
Uterin Cancer	54	15	55	19	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	14	54	20	- 6
Drug Use	56	12	45	34	- 22
Appendicitis	57	12	61	7	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	58	10	86	0	+ 10
Pertussis	59	10	31	81	- 71
Chagas disease	60	6	77	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	61	5	76	0	+ 5
Dengue	62	5	73	0	+ 5
Poisonings	63	4	50	28	- 23
Tetanus	64	4	59	8	- 4
Leprosy	65	4	78	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	66	4	60	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	67	3	62	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	67	2	+ 1
Schizophrenia	69	3	81	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	70	1	66	3	- 1
War	71	1	65	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	72	1	68	1	- 0
Oral conditions	73	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	20	146	- 146
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	81	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	42	35	- 35
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Paraguay

Gabon

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.