LIBERIA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,128	7	1,885	+ 1,243
Stroke	2	2,174	11	1,578	+ 596
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,707	15	650	+ 1,057
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,201	2	2,693	- 1,492
Kidney Disease	5	1,151	16	609	+ 542
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,122	5	1,920	- 799
Lung Disease	7	853	26	294	+ 560
Hypertension	8	647	23	371	+ 276
Other Injuries	9	610	22	380	+ 229
Lung Cancers	10	533	44	66	+ 467
Congenital Anomalies	11	478	14	833	- 355
Low Birth Weight	12	466	8	1,652	- 1,186
Violence	13	409	18	477	- 68
Endocrine Disorders	14	406	28	245	+ 161
Prostate Cancer	15	395	25	297	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	392	40	90	+ 303
Liver Disease	17	379	13	858	- 480
Cervical Cancer	18	373	19	474	- 101
Other Neoplasms	19	352	62	6	+ 346
Breast Cancer	20	347	27	246	+ 102
HIV/AIDS	21	324	6	1,919	- 1,595
Suicide	22	307	30	220	+ 88
Alcohol	23	296	57	25	+ 271
Stomach Cancer	24	257	37	122	+ 135
Malnutrition	25	238	24	353	- 115
Tuberculosis	26	197	1	2,766	- 2,569
Leukemia	27	197	58	23	+ 174
Pancreas Cancer	28	187	53	38	+ 149
Lymphomas	29	177	39	93	+ 83
Birth Trauma	30	154	9	1,601	- 1,448
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	139	10	1,592	- 1,453
Drownings	32	129	35	127	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	33	125	60	16	+ 110
Inflammatory/Heart	34	111	38	115	- 4
Liver Cancer	35	110	20	439	- 329
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	104	29	235	- 131
Skin Disease	37	104	51	41	+ 63
Oral Cancer	38	96	48	50	+ 46
Asthma	39	91	31	200	- 108
Skin Cancers	40	90	46	51	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	41	88	43	72	+ 16
Syphilis	42	86	21	394	- 308
Falls	43	73	33	155	- 83
Epilepsy	44	71	42	81	- 10
Ovary Cancer	45	62	47	50	+ 11
Anemia	46	59	83	0	+ 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	50	36	126	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	47	64	4	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	49	46	12	870	- 823
Fires	50	46	34	153	- 107
Bladder Cancer	51	41	59	19	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	38	84	0	+ 38
Meningitis	53	38	17	552	- 514
Uterin Cancer	54	33	55	28	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	31	49	50	- 19
Drug Use	56	27	50	42	- 15
Appendicitis	57	27	61	12	+ 15
Osteoarthritis	58	22	85	0	+ 22
Pertussis	59	22	32	197	- 176
Chagas disease	60	14	78	0	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	61	12	77	0	+ 12
Dengue	62	12	72	0	+ 12
Poisonings	63	10	41	82	- 72
Tetanus	64	9	54	31	- 22
Leprosy	65	9	75	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	66	8	56	27	- 20
Hepatitis B	67	7	52	39	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	63	4	+ 2
Schizophrenia	69	6	80	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	70	3	67	3	+ 0
War	71	2	70	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	72	2	65	4	- 2
Oral conditions	73	2	86	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	74	1	71	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	66	4	- 3
Diphtheria	77	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Chlamydia	79	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	45	51	- 51
Malaria	81	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Paraguay

Liberia

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.