MALAWI VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,519	7	4,929	+ 7,590
Stroke	2	8,701	5	5,939	+ 2,762
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,832	14	2,267	+ 4,565
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,807	2	7,739	- 2,932
Kidney Disease	5	4,606	19	1,567	+ 3,039
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,489	4	6,221	- 1,732
Lung Disease	7	3,416	21	1,340	+ 2,075
Hypertension	8	2,590	17	1,797	+ 794
Other Injuries	9	2,440	22	1,266	+ 1,174
Lung Cancers	10	2,134	51	131	+ 2,004
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,914	13	2,509	- 595
Low Birth Weight	12	1,864	8	4,339	- 2,475
Violence	13	1,636	32	406	+ 1,230
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,626	42	257	+ 1,370
Prostate Cancer	15	1,581	40	271	+ 1,310
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,571	44	234	+ 1,336
Liver Disease	17	1,515	10	3,259	- 1,743
Cervical Cancer	18	1,491	12	2,876	- 1,385
Other Neoplasms	19	1,408	63	17	+ 1,391
Breast Cancer	20	1,391	27	600	+ 791
HIV/AIDS	21	1,296	1	12,839	- 11,543
Suicide	22	1,230	23	1,007	+ 223
Alcohol	23	1,185	52	114	+ 1,071
Stomach Cancer	24	1,027	45	206	+ 821
Malnutrition	25	954	20	1,499	- 545
Tuberculosis	26	788	11	2,992	- 2,204
Leukemia	27	788	56	82	+ 706
Pancreas Cancer	28	747	60	38	+ 709
Lymphomas	29	708	24	839	- 130
Birth Trauma	30	615	9	3,563	- 2,948
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	556	6	5,782	- 5,226
Drownings	32	515	30	458	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	33	501	16	1,842	- 1,340
Inflammatory/Heart	34	446	35	370	+ 75
Liver Cancer	35	440	38	317	+ 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	416	25	782	- 366
Skin Disease	37	416	53	101	+ 314
Oral Cancer	38	386	43	251	+ 135
Asthma	39	366	26	705	- 339
Skin Cancers	40	361	36	331	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	41	352	46	200	+ 152
Syphilis	42	343	29	480	- 137
Falls	43	290	28	562	- 271
Epilepsy	44	285	41	260	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	45	246	48	158	+ 89
Anemia	46	236	81	0	+ 236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	198	39	280	- 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	190	61	29	+ 161
Maternal Conditions	49	186	15	1,854	- 1,668
Fires	50	184	34	380	- 196
Bladder Cancer	51	164	33	388	- 224
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	152	85	0	+ 152
Meningitis	53	151	18	1,792	- 1,641
Uterin Cancer	54	132	62	23	+ 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	125	49	154	- 29
Drug Use	56	109	59	48	+ 61
Appendicitis	57	108	54	94	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	58	88	84	0	+ 88
Pertussis	59	86	31	436	- 350
Chagas disease	60	56	75	0	+ 56
Leishmaniasis	61	49	74	0	+ 49
Dengue	62	47	65	9	+ 38
Poisonings	63	40	37	325	- 285
Tetanus	64	36	47	178	- 142
Leprosy	65	34	76	0	+ 34
Encephalitis	66	32	58	48	- 16
Hepatitis B	67	28	55	88	- 60
Multiple Sclerosis	68	24	66	9	+ 16
Schizophrenia	69	22	80	0	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	70	12	57	60	- 47
War	71	8	71	2	+ 6
Hepatitis C	72	8	64	15	- 6
Oral conditions	73	6	86	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	74	4	68	5	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	3	77	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	1	69	4	- 3
Diphtheria	77	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	67	6	- 6
Chlamydia	79	0	70	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	80	0	50	143	- 143
Malaria	81	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Paraguay

Malawi

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.