LATVIA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,036	1	8,099	- 7,063
Stroke	2	720	2	5,893	- 5,173
Diabetes Mellitus	3	565	8	529	+ 36
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	398	9	501	- 103
Kidney Disease	5	381	17	356	+ 25
Road Traffic Accidents	6	372	27	154	+ 218
Lung Disease	7	283	18	346	- 64
Hypertension	8	214	3	1,194	- 979
Other Injuries	9	202	16	362	- 160
Lung Cancers	10	177	4	956	- 780
Congenital Anomalies	11	158	43	46	+ 112
Low Birth Weight	12	154	56	11	+ 143
Violence	13	135	37	94	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	14	135	41	59	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	15	131	12	464	- 333
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	130	6	722	- 592
Liver Disease	17	125	15	365	- 239
Cervical Cancer	18	123	33	128	- 4
Other Neoplasms	19	117	28	153	- 36
Breast Cancer	20	115	10	472	- 357
HIV/AIDS	21	107	39	74	+ 33
Suicide	22	102	14	384	- 282
Alcohol	23	98	21	227	- 129
Stomach Cancer	24	85	11	470	- 385
Malnutrition	25	79	64	2	+ 77
Tuberculosis	26	65	40	71	- 6
Leukemia	27	65	25	186	- 121
Pancreas Cancer	28	62	13	436	- 374
Lymphomas	29	59	19	245	- 187
Birth Trauma	30	51	55	12	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	46	54	14	+ 32
Drownings	32	43	34	127	- 84
Oesophagus Cancer	33	41	32	131	- 90
Inflammatory/Heart	34	37	5	921	- 884
Liver Cancer	35	36	26	157	- 120
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	34	7	664	- 629
Skin Disease	37	34	38	76	- 42
Oral Cancer	38	32	22	214	- 182
Asthma	39	30	46	42	- 11
Skin Cancers	40	30	30	144	- 115
Parkinson's Disease	41	29	35	125	- 96
Syphilis	42	28	65	1	+ 27
Falls	43	24	23	201	- 177
Epilepsy	44	24	45	44	- 21
Ovary Cancer	45	20	24	196	- 176
Anemia	46	20	53	14	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	16	31	142	- 125
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	16	51	20	- 4
Maternal Conditions	49	15	60	5	+ 11
Fires	50	15	36	103	- 88
Bladder Cancer	51	14	20	228	- 214
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	13	44	45	- 33
Meningitis	53	13	52	15	- 2
Uterin Cancer	54	11	29	148	- 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	10	47	41	- 30
Drug Use	56	9	48	41	- 32
Appendicitis	57	9	59	5	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	58	7	58	7	+ 0
Pertussis	59	7	70	0	+ 7
Chagas disease	60	5	80	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	61	4	77	0	+ 4
Dengue	62	4	83	0	+ 4
Poisonings	63	3	49	23	- 20
Tetanus	64	3	71	0	+ 3
Leprosy	65	3	74	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	66	3	69	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	67	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	50	20	- 18
Schizophrenia	69	2	57	7	- 6
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	4	- 3
War	71	1	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	72	1	42	53	- 52
Oral conditions	73	1	61	4	- 3
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Paraguay

Latvia

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.