IRELAND VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,010	1	4,762	- 1,751
Stroke	2	2,092	5	1,770	+ 323
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,643	16	414	+ 1,229
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,156	6	1,298	- 142
Kidney Disease	5	1,108	10	566	+ 541
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,080	33	153	+ 927
Lung Disease	7	821	4	1,915	- 1,094
Hypertension	8	623	29	175	+ 448
Other Injuries	9	587	30	171	+ 416
Lung Cancers	10	513	3	1,916	- 1,403
Congenital Anomalies	11	460	32	153	+ 307
Low Birth Weight	12	448	44	56	+ 393
Violence	13	393	47	38	+ 355
Endocrine Disorders	14	391	24	249	+ 142
Prostate Cancer	15	380	9	585	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	378	7	1,095	- 717
Liver Disease	17	364	19	279	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	18	359	35	103	+ 256
Other Neoplasms	19	339	27	218	+ 121
Breast Cancer	20	334	8	760	- 425
HIV/AIDS	21	312	57	9	+ 303
Suicide	22	296	14	470	- 174
Alcohol	23	285	39	64	+ 221
Stomach Cancer	24	247	17	357	- 110
Malnutrition	25	229	63	2	+ 228
Tuberculosis	26	190	50	23	+ 167
Leukemia	27	189	20	274	- 84
Pancreas Cancer	28	180	11	530	- 351
Lymphomas	29	170	13	513	- 343
Birth Trauma	30	148	56	10	+ 138
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	134	45	53	+ 81
Drownings	32	124	43	57	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	33	121	15	419	- 298
Inflammatory/Heart	34	107	26	240	- 133
Liver Cancer	35	106	18	318	- 212
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	100	2	3,209	- 3,109
Skin Disease	37	100	42	58	+ 42
Oral Cancer	38	93	28	183	- 90
Asthma	39	88	41	58	+ 30
Skin Cancers	40	87	23	252	- 165
Parkinson's Disease	41	85	12	530	- 445
Syphilis	42	83	68	0	+ 83
Falls	43	70	25	247	- 177
Epilepsy	44	68	36	85	- 17
Ovary Cancer	45	59	21	273	- 214
Anemia	46	57	49	29	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	48	38	67	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	46	40	59	- 13
Maternal Conditions	49	45	61	3	+ 42
Fires	50	44	48	30	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	51	39	22	256	- 217
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	36	54	14	+ 23
Meningitis	53	36	58	7	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	54	32	34	126	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	30	46	50	- 20
Drug Use	56	26	31	167	- 141
Appendicitis	57	26	60	3	+ 23
Osteoarthritis	58	21	51	20	+ 2
Pertussis	59	21	67	0	+ 21
Chagas disease	60	13	73	0	+ 13
Leishmaniasis	61	12	76	0	+ 12
Dengue	62	11	78	0	+ 11
Poisonings	63	10	53	14	- 5
Tetanus	64	9	81	0	+ 9
Leprosy	65	8	70	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	66	8	66	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	67	7	59	6	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	37	83	- 77
Schizophrenia	69	5	55	12	- 6
Upper Respiratory	70	3	64	1	+ 2
War	71	2	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	2	52	19	- 17
Oral conditions	73	2	62	2	- 1
Otitis Media	74	1	71	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	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 IRELAND

Paraguay

Ireland

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.