NEW GUINEA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,779	1	6,835	- 1,056
Stroke	2	4,016	2	5,095	- 1,078
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,154	4	4,533	- 1,379
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,219	6	2,595	- 376
Kidney Disease	5	2,126	18	687	+ 1,440
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,072	12	1,105	+ 967
Lung Disease	7	1,577	3	4,538	- 2,961
Hypertension	8	1,196	13	1,096	+ 100
Other Injuries	9	1,126	20	647	+ 480
Lung Cancers	10	985	23	622	+ 363
Congenital Anomalies	11	884	16	951	- 67
Low Birth Weight	12	861	10	1,661	- 801
Violence	13	755	15	969	- 213
Endocrine Disorders	14	751	47	153	+ 598
Prostate Cancer	15	730	36	285	+ 445
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	725	29	445	+ 280
Liver Disease	17	700	22	624	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	18	688	19	665	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	19	650	60	15	+ 635
Breast Cancer	20	642	17	764	- 122
HIV/AIDS	21	598	24	611	- 13
Suicide	22	568	37	259	+ 309
Alcohol	23	547	53	93	+ 454
Stomach Cancer	24	474	28	447	+ 27
Malnutrition	25	441	48	134	+ 306
Tuberculosis	26	364	5	3,969	- 3,605
Leukemia	27	364	38	253	+ 111
Pancreas Cancer	28	345	52	107	+ 238
Lymphomas	29	327	32	353	- 26
Birth Trauma	30	284	11	1,504	- 1,220
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	257	8	2,295	- 2,038
Drownings	32	238	40	240	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	33	231	44	199	+ 32
Inflammatory/Heart	34	206	43	229	- 23
Liver Cancer	35	203	21	644	- 441
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	192	33	343	- 151
Skin Disease	37	192	49	126	+ 66
Oral Cancer	38	178	25	580	- 402
Asthma	39	169	9	1,842	- 1,673
Skin Cancers	40	167	31	417	- 250
Parkinson's Disease	41	163	45	185	- 22
Syphilis	42	159	42	234	- 75
Falls	43	134	26	502	- 368
Epilepsy	44	131	51	111	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	45	114	46	179	- 66
Anemia	46	109	82	0	+ 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	92	35	302	- 210
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	88	65	5	+ 82
Maternal Conditions	49	86	30	421	- 335
Fires	50	85	27	488	- 403
Bladder Cancer	51	76	54	82	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	70	84	0	+ 70
Meningitis	53	70	34	324	- 254
Uterin Cancer	54	61	55	81	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	58	14	1,072	- 1,014
Drug Use	56	50	61	13	+ 38
Appendicitis	57	50	59	20	+ 30
Osteoarthritis	58	41	85	0	+ 41
Pertussis	59	40	39	248	- 208
Chagas disease	60	26	75	0	+ 26
Leishmaniasis	61	22	74	0	+ 22
Dengue	62	22	64	6	+ 15
Poisonings	63	18	50	121	- 103
Tetanus	64	16	56	48	- 31
Leprosy	65	16	72	0	+ 16
Encephalitis	66	15	57	31	- 16
Hepatitis B	67	13	58	27	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	68	11	66	5	+ 6
Schizophrenia	69	10	80	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	70	6	68	2	+ 4
War	71	4	69	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	72	4	62	8	- 4
Oral conditions	73	3	86	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	74	2	71	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	2	77	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	63	7	- 6
Diphtheria	77	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	41	238	- 238
Chlamydia	79	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Paraguay

New Guinea

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.