GUATEMALA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,501	1	9,825	+ 676
Stroke	2	7,298	6	4,849	+ 2,450
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,730	3	6,932	- 1,201
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,032	2	9,245	- 5,213
Kidney Disease	5	3,864	4	6,277	- 2,413
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,766	8	4,026	- 261
Lung Disease	7	2,865	13	1,901	+ 964
Hypertension	8	2,173	26	679	+ 1,493
Other Injuries	9	2,047	10	2,466	- 419
Lung Cancers	10	1,790	35	391	+ 1,399
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,606	18	1,517	+ 89
Low Birth Weight	12	1,564	16	1,658	- 95
Violence	13	1,372	7	4,411	- 3,038
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,364	29	486	+ 878
Prostate Cancer	15	1,326	24	846	+ 480
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,317	31	464	+ 853
Liver Disease	17	1,271	5	5,684	- 4,413
Cervical Cancer	18	1,251	25	808	+ 443
Other Neoplasms	19	1,181	56	42	+ 1,139
Breast Cancer	20	1,166	28	495	+ 671
HIV/AIDS	21	1,087	21	1,173	- 85
Suicide	22	1,032	22	1,039	- 8
Alcohol	23	994	14	1,799	- 805
Stomach Cancer	24	862	17	1,570	- 709
Malnutrition	25	801	11	1,981	- 1,180
Tuberculosis	26	661	37	301	+ 360
Leukemia	27	661	27	601	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	28	626	38	282	+ 344
Lymphomas	29	594	43	229	+ 365
Birth Trauma	30	516	19	1,466	- 950
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	466	9	2,617	- 2,151
Drownings	32	432	32	463	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	33	421	48	144	+ 277
Inflammatory/Heart	34	374	44	225	+ 148
Liver Cancer	35	369	15	1,765	- 1,396
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	349	12	1,957	- 1,608
Skin Disease	37	349	42	232	+ 117
Oral Cancer	38	324	49	142	+ 182
Asthma	39	307	36	335	- 28
Skin Cancers	40	303	46	195	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	41	295	34	393	- 97
Syphilis	42	288	64	3	+ 285
Falls	43	244	20	1,371	- 1,128
Epilepsy	44	239	33	463	- 224
Ovary Cancer	45	207	50	133	+ 74
Anemia	46	198	83	0	+ 198
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	166	23	1,029	- 863
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	159	52	82	+ 77
Maternal Conditions	49	156	30	468	- 312
Fires	50	154	45	207	- 53
Bladder Cancer	51	137	55	57	+ 80
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	127	85	0	+ 127
Meningitis	53	127	41	271	- 144
Uterin Cancer	54	110	59	27	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	105	54	62	+ 43
Drug Use	56	91	40	272	- 180
Appendicitis	57	90	47	164	- 73
Osteoarthritis	58	74	84	0	+ 74
Pertussis	59	73	53	70	+ 3
Chagas disease	60	47	61	19	+ 28
Leishmaniasis	61	41	69	1	+ 40
Dengue	62	40	58	33	+ 7
Poisonings	63	33	39	275	- 242
Tetanus	64	30	62	10	+ 20
Leprosy	65	29	77	0	+ 29
Encephalitis	66	26	51	104	- 77
Hepatitis B	67	23	65	2	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	68	20	60	21	- 0
Schizophrenia	69	19	80	0	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	70	10	57	34	- 24
War	71	7	68	2	+ 5
Hepatitis C	72	7	66	2	+ 5
Oral conditions	73	5	86	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	74	3	70	0	+ 3
Iodine Deficiency	75	3	76	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	1	63	7	- 6
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	67	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Paraguay

Guatemala

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.