LAOS VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,575	2	5,190	- 615
Stroke	2	3,180	1	5,769	- 2,590
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,497	8	1,466	+ 1,030
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,757	3	2,820	- 1,063
Kidney Disease	5	1,683	5	1,646	+ 38
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,641	9	1,281	+ 360
Lung Disease	7	1,248	6	1,626	- 378
Hypertension	8	947	15	890	+ 57
Other Injuries	9	892	21	519	+ 373
Lung Cancers	10	780	14	919	- 139
Congenital Anomalies	11	700	18	647	+ 53
Low Birth Weight	12	681	11	1,156	- 474
Violence	13	598	22	475	+ 123
Endocrine Disorders	14	594	38	186	+ 408
Prostate Cancer	15	578	53	37	+ 541
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	574	26	422	+ 152
Liver Disease	17	554	10	1,171	- 617
Cervical Cancer	18	545	37	187	+ 358
Other Neoplasms	19	515	61	12	+ 503
Breast Cancer	20	508	25	437	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	21	474	29	313	+ 161
Suicide	22	449	27	390	+ 60
Alcohol	23	433	47	61	+ 372
Stomach Cancer	24	375	20	530	- 155
Malnutrition	25	349	39	166	+ 183
Tuberculosis	26	288	4	1,949	- 1,660
Leukemia	27	288	31	290	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	28	273	48	61	+ 212
Lymphomas	29	259	34	211	+ 48
Birth Trauma	30	225	12	1,116	- 891
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	203	7	1,552	- 1,348
Drownings	32	188	19	568	- 380
Oesophagus Cancer	33	183	33	214	- 31
Inflammatory/Heart	34	163	36	206	- 43
Liver Cancer	35	161	13	1,104	- 943
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	152	23	458	- 306
Skin Disease	37	152	45	89	+ 63
Oral Cancer	38	141	28	349	- 208
Asthma	39	134	16	840	- 707
Skin Cancers	40	132	49	59	+ 72
Parkinson's Disease	41	129	41	139	- 10
Syphilis	42	126	58	28	+ 97
Falls	43	106	24	440	- 334
Epilepsy	44	104	50	58	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	45	90	43	101	- 11
Anemia	46	86	86	0	+ 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	72	17	651	- 579
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	69	64	7	+ 62
Maternal Conditions	49	68	32	218	- 150
Fires	50	67	42	108	- 41
Bladder Cancer	51	60	51	49	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	55	81	0	+ 55
Meningitis	53	55	40	154	- 98
Uterin Cancer	54	48	55	29	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	46	35	207	- 161
Drug Use	56	40	54	33	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	39	57	29	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	58	32	80	0	+ 32
Pertussis	59	32	30	304	- 273
Chagas disease	60	20	76	0	+ 20
Leishmaniasis	61	18	75	0	+ 18
Dengue	62	17	59	17	- 0
Poisonings	63	14	52	41	- 27
Tetanus	64	13	44	96	- 83
Leprosy	65	12	73	0	+ 12
Encephalitis	66	12	46	69	- 57
Hepatitis B	67	10	60	17	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	68	9	65	6	+ 3
Schizophrenia	69	8	84	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	70	5	66	5	- 0
War	71	3	68	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	72	3	67	4	- 1
Oral conditions	73	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	74	2	72	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	56	29	- 29
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	62	11	- 11
Malaria	81	0	63	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

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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.