NEPAL VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,903	2	19,677	- 1,774
Stroke	2	12,442	4	12,909	- 466
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,769	14	2,929	+ 6,840
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,874	6	6,237	+ 637
Kidney Disease	5	6,587	10	4,284	+ 2,303
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,420	9	4,654	+ 1,765
Lung Disease	7	4,885	1	27,027	- 22,142
Hypertension	8	3,704	18	2,092	+ 1,612
Other Injuries	9	3,490	22	1,655	+ 1,835
Lung Cancers	10	3,052	12	3,586	- 534
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,737	21	1,949	+ 789
Low Birth Weight	12	2,666	11	3,822	- 1,156
Violence	13	2,340	35	704	+ 1,636
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,325	45	257	+ 2,068
Prostate Cancer	15	2,261	58	85	+ 2,175
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,246	26	1,167	+ 1,079
Liver Disease	17	2,167	5	6,383	- 4,216
Cervical Cancer	18	2,133	20	1,969	+ 163
Other Neoplasms	19	2,014	61	50	+ 1,964
Breast Cancer	20	1,989	27	1,038	+ 951
HIV/AIDS	21	1,854	34	737	+ 1,117
Suicide	22	1,759	16	2,571	- 812
Alcohol	23	1,695	52	168	+ 1,527
Stomach Cancer	24	1,469	25	1,379	+ 90
Malnutrition	25	1,365	31	845	+ 520
Tuberculosis	26	1,128	3	16,535	- 15,407
Leukemia	27	1,127	36	668	+ 459
Pancreas Cancer	28	1,068	41	445	+ 623
Lymphomas	29	1,013	32	768	+ 245
Birth Trauma	30	880	15	2,676	- 1,796
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	795	7	6,071	- 5,276
Drownings	32	737	23	1,505	- 768
Oesophagus Cancer	33	717	38	491	+ 226
Inflammatory/Heart	34	637	48	217	+ 420
Liver Cancer	35	630	46	256	+ 374
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	595	19	2,022	- 1,427
Skin Disease	37	595	67	17	+ 578
Oral Cancer	38	552	24	1,389	- 836
Asthma	39	523	8	5,930	- 5,407
Skin Cancers	40	516	42	400	+ 117
Parkinson's Disease	41	503	33	760	- 256
Syphilis	42	491	54	134	+ 357
Falls	43	415	13	3,321	- 2,906
Epilepsy	44	407	30	874	- 467
Ovary Cancer	45	352	37	585	- 232
Anemia	46	338	86	0	+ 338
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	283	49	191	+ 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	272	51	173	+ 99
Maternal Conditions	49	266	28	977	- 711
Fires	50	262	50	184	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	51	234	44	325	- 91
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	217	80	0	+ 217
Meningitis	53	216	43	377	- 161
Uterin Cancer	54	188	60	56	+ 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	179	17	2,320	- 2,141
Drug Use	56	156	57	93	+ 62
Appendicitis	57	154	47	220	- 66
Osteoarthritis	58	126	81	0	+ 126
Pertussis	59	124	40	453	- 329
Chagas disease	60	80	74	0	+ 80
Leishmaniasis	61	70	62	39	+ 31
Dengue	62	68	55	120	- 52
Poisonings	63	57	39	474	- 417
Tetanus	64	51	53	134	- 84
Leprosy	65	49	76	0	+ 49
Encephalitis	66	45	29	882	- 837
Hepatitis B	67	40	56	117	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	68	35	63	38	- 3
Schizophrenia	69	32	84	0	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	70	18	66	24	- 6
War	71	12	65	24	- 12
Hepatitis C	72	12	64	29	- 17
Oral conditions	73	9	82	0	+ 9
Otitis Media	74	6	70	4	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	5	79	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	76	2	69	4	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	59	60	- 60
Chlamydia	79	0	68	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	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 NEPAL

Paraguay

Nepal

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.