JAMAICA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,624	3	1,726	- 102
Stroke	2	1,129	1	2,415	- 1,286
Diabetes Mellitus	3	886	2	2,077	- 1,191
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	624	15	393	+ 231
Kidney Disease	5	598	6	793	- 195
Road Traffic Accidents	6	582	12	444	+ 138
Lung Disease	7	443	11	452	- 9
Hypertension	8	336	8	651	- 315
Other Injuries	9	317	31	91	+ 226
Lung Cancers	10	277	10	472	- 196
Congenital Anomalies	11	248	23	139	+ 110
Low Birth Weight	12	242	18	241	+ 1
Violence	13	212	4	1,484	- 1,272
Endocrine Disorders	14	211	20	176	+ 35
Prostate Cancer	15	205	5	883	- 678
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	204	13	436	- 233
Liver Disease	17	197	21	155	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	18	194	16	358	- 164
Other Neoplasms	19	183	45	19	+ 164
Breast Cancer	20	180	14	413	- 233
HIV/AIDS	21	168	7	757	- 589
Suicide	22	160	35	70	+ 89
Alcohol	23	154	55	7	+ 146
Stomach Cancer	24	133	19	231	- 97
Malnutrition	25	124	40	48	+ 76
Tuberculosis	26	102	54	8	+ 95
Leukemia	27	102	26	129	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	28	97	27	119	- 22
Lymphomas	29	92	17	251	- 159
Birth Trauma	30	80	37	65	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	72	42	35	+ 38
Drownings	32	67	51	10	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	33	65	34	74	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	34	58	24	133	- 75
Liver Cancer	35	57	29	101	- 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	54	9	587	- 533
Skin Disease	37	54	22	145	- 91
Oral Cancer	38	50	39	59	- 9
Asthma	39	47	36	65	- 18
Skin Cancers	40	47	52	10	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	41	46	25	132	- 87
Syphilis	42	45	60	1	+ 44
Falls	43	38	33	82	- 44
Epilepsy	44	37	41	46	- 9
Ovary Cancer	45	32	30	97	- 65
Anemia	46	31	83	0	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	26	32	82	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	25	50	11	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	49	24	43	35	- 10
Fires	50	24	46	16	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	51	21	38	60	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	20	81	0	+ 20
Meningitis	53	20	47	16	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	17	28	106	- 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	16	44	27	- 10
Drug Use	56	14	48	13	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	14	53	9	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	11	82	0	+ 11
Pertussis	59	11	67	0	+ 11
Chagas disease	60	7	73	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	61	6	71	0	+ 6
Dengue	62	6	58	1	+ 5
Poisonings	63	5	57	2	+ 3
Tetanus	64	5	63	0	+ 4
Leprosy	65	4	70	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	66	4	49	13	- 9
Hepatitis B	67	4	59	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	56	3	- 0
Schizophrenia	69	3	85	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	70	2	65	0	+ 1
War	71	1	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	1	64	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	73	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	1	69	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	62	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.