ICELAND VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	209	1	403	- 194
Stroke	2	146	3	141	+ 5
Diabetes Mellitus	3	114	16	30	+ 85
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	80	6	82	- 2
Kidney Disease	5	77	15	33	+ 44
Road Traffic Accidents	6	75	35	7	+ 68
Lung Disease	7	57	5	129	- 72
Hypertension	8	43	17	24	+ 19
Other Injuries	9	41	11	50	- 9
Lung Cancers	10	36	4	134	- 98
Congenital Anomalies	11	32	34	7	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	12	31	43	3	+ 28
Violence	13	27	39	4	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	14	27	27	16	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	15	26	8	61	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	26	7	73	- 47
Liver Disease	17	25	31	9	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	18	25	32	9	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	19	24	30	10	+ 14
Breast Cancer	20	23	9	53	- 30
HIV/AIDS	21	22	59	0	+ 21
Suicide	22	21	13	40	- 20
Alcohol	23	20	28	14	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	24	17	23	18	- 0
Malnutrition	25	16	57	1	+ 15
Tuberculosis	26	13	82	0	+ 13
Leukemia	27	13	22	19	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	28	12	12	43	- 31
Lymphomas	29	12	14	37	- 25
Birth Trauma	30	10	46	2	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	9	55	1	+ 8
Drownings	32	9	56	1	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	33	8	19	23	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	34	7	26	16	- 8
Liver Cancer	35	7	20	22	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	7	2	295	- 288
Skin Disease	37	7	45	3	+ 4
Oral Cancer	38	6	33	9	- 2
Asthma	39	6	48	2	+ 4
Skin Cancers	40	6	29	13	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	41	6	10	53	- 47
Syphilis	42	6	80	0	+ 6
Falls	43	5	18	24	- 19
Epilepsy	44	5	37	5	- 1
Ovary Cancer	45	4	25	16	- 12
Anemia	46	4	40	4	+ 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	3	41	3	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	3	38	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	49	3	60	0	+ 3
Fires	50	3	58	1	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	51	3	21	20	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	3	53	1	+ 1
Meningitis	53	3	50	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	54	2	36	7	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	2	54	1	+ 1
Drug Use	56	2	24	17	- 15
Appendicitis	57	2	86	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	1	47	2	- 1
Pertussis	59	1	62	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	60	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	61	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	62	1	72	0	+ 1
Poisonings	63	1	42	3	- 3
Tetanus	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Leprosy	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	67	0	63	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	44	3	- 2
Schizophrenia	69	0	49	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	51	1	- 1
War	71	0	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	72	0	52	1	- 1
Oral conditions	73	0	85	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	64	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Paraguay

Iceland

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.