GHANA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,897	3	14,103	+ 5,794
Stroke	2	13,828	2	15,163	- 1,335
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,858	12	5,929	+ 4,928
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,639	1	16,262	- 8,623
Kidney Disease	5	7,321	13	4,161	+ 3,160
Road Traffic Accidents	6	7,135	7	7,808	- 673
Lung Disease	7	5,429	15	3,120	+ 2,309
Hypertension	8	4,117	19	2,231	+ 1,886
Other Injuries	9	3,878	18	2,433	+ 1,446
Lung Cancers	10	3,392	55	237	+ 3,154
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,042	14	3,935	- 893
Low Birth Weight	12	2,963	8	6,662	- 3,699
Violence	13	2,600	27	1,857	+ 743
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,584	24	1,965	+ 619
Prostate Cancer	15	2,512	31	1,031	+ 1,482
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,496	34	803	+ 1,693
Liver Disease	17	2,409	11	6,053	- 3,645
Cervical Cancer	18	2,370	20	2,161	+ 209
Other Neoplasms	19	2,238	63	48	+ 2,190
Breast Cancer	20	2,210	25	1,937	+ 273
HIV/AIDS	21	2,060	4	13,565	- 11,505
Suicide	22	1,955	21	1,993	- 39
Alcohol	23	1,883	54	244	+ 1,639
Stomach Cancer	24	1,633	33	870	+ 762
Malnutrition	25	1,517	26	1,868	- 351
Tuberculosis	26	1,253	6	10,214	- 8,961
Leukemia	27	1,252	45	340	+ 912
Pancreas Cancer	28	1,187	46	334	+ 853
Lymphomas	29	1,125	32	875	+ 250
Birth Trauma	30	978	10	6,194	- 5,217
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	883	9	6,538	- 5,655
Drownings	32	819	36	740	+ 79
Oesophagus Cancer	33	797	49	285	+ 512
Inflammatory/Heart	34	708	28	1,615	- 907
Liver Cancer	35	700	17	2,851	- 2,151
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	662	29	1,294	- 632
Skin Disease	37	661	50	264	+ 397
Oral Cancer	38	614	42	483	+ 131
Asthma	39	581	23	1,979	- 1,398
Skin Cancers	40	574	58	214	+ 359
Parkinson's Disease	41	560	43	387	+ 173
Syphilis	42	546	41	483	+ 63
Falls	43	461	30	1,168	- 706
Epilepsy	44	453	47	329	+ 123
Ovary Cancer	45	391	38	698	- 307
Anemia	46	375	83	0	+ 375
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	315	48	321	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	302	67	16	+ 286
Maternal Conditions	49	296	22	1,991	- 1,695
Fires	50	292	37	729	- 438
Bladder Cancer	51	260	53	245	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	241	85	0	+ 241
Meningitis	53	240	16	2,983	- 2,743
Uterin Cancer	54	209	57	219	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	199	52	256	- 57
Drug Use	56	173	39	630	- 457
Appendicitis	57	171	59	146	+ 26
Osteoarthritis	58	140	84	0	+ 140
Pertussis	59	137	35	744	- 607
Chagas disease	60	88	76	0	+ 88
Leishmaniasis	61	77	77	0	+ 77
Dengue	62	75	71	0	+ 75
Poisonings	63	63	40	522	- 459
Tetanus	64	56	56	220	- 164
Leprosy	65	54	73	0	+ 54
Encephalitis	66	50	44	357	- 307
Hepatitis B	67	44	62	101	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	68	39	61	113	- 74
Schizophrenia	69	36	81	0	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	70	20	66	16	+ 3
War	71	13	64	29	- 16
Hepatitis C	72	13	65	28	- 15
Oral conditions	73	10	86	0	+ 10
Otitis Media	74	7	72	0	+ 6
Iodine Deficiency	75	5	79	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	76	2	68	12	- 10
Diphtheria	77	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	78	0	60	135	- 135
Chlamydia	79	0	70	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	257	- 257
Malaria	81	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Paraguay

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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.