MALTA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	270	1	876	- 606
Stroke	2	188	2	291	- 104
Diabetes Mellitus	3	147	6	163	- 15
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	104	3	213	- 109
Kidney Disease	5	99	11	79	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	6	97	31	18	+ 79
Lung Disease	7	74	8	127	- 53
Hypertension	8	56	20	33	+ 23
Other Injuries	9	53	33	16	+ 36
Lung Cancers	10	46	5	197	- 151
Congenital Anomalies	11	41	32	17	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	12	40	35	11	+ 29
Violence	13	35	40	4	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	14	35	30	19	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	15	34	13	53	- 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	34	7	147	- 113
Liver Disease	17	33	24	23	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	18	32	39	4	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	19	30	26	22	+ 8
Breast Cancer	20	30	10	85	- 55
HIV/AIDS	21	28	41	4	+ 24
Suicide	22	27	22	27	- 0
Alcohol	23	26	47	3	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	24	22	15	50	- 28
Malnutrition	25	21	60	0	+ 20
Tuberculosis	26	17	52	2	+ 15
Leukemia	27	17	21	28	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	28	16	9	90	- 74
Lymphomas	29	15	12	53	- 38
Birth Trauma	30	13	44	3	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	12	55	1	+ 11
Drownings	32	11	48	2	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	33	11	29	20	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	34	10	27	22	- 12
Liver Cancer	35	10	18	34	- 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	9	4	207	- 198
Skin Disease	37	9	25	23	- 14
Oral Cancer	38	8	23	25	- 17
Asthma	39	8	36	8	- 0
Skin Cancers	40	8	34	14	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	41	8	16	50	- 42
Syphilis	42	7	81	0	+ 7
Falls	43	6	14	52	- 45
Epilepsy	44	6	43	3	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	45	5	17	34	- 29
Anemia	46	5	46	3	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	4	37	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	4	51	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	49	4	64	0	+ 4
Fires	50	4	62	0	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	51	4	19	33	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	3	42	3	- 0
Meningitis	53	3	56	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	54	3	28	21	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	3	49	2	+ 1
Drug Use	56	2	38	7	- 5
Appendicitis	57	2	63	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	2	50	2	- 0
Pertussis	59	2	72	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	60	1	68	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	61	1	66	0	+ 1
Dengue	62	1	78	0	+ 1
Poisonings	63	1	58	1	+ 0
Tetanus	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Leprosy	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	67	1	61	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	45	3	- 2
Schizophrenia	69	0	57	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	59	0	- 0
War	71	0	54	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	72	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	73	0	86	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Paraguay

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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.