NEW ZEALAND VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,969	1	5,095	- 2,126
Stroke	2	2,063	3	2,378	- 315
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,620	8	769	+ 852
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,140	7	920	+ 220
Kidney Disease	5	1,092	17	432	+ 660
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,065	16	458	+ 607
Lung Disease	7	810	5	1,815	- 1,005
Hypertension	8	614	20	327	+ 287
Other Injuries	9	579	28	218	+ 361
Lung Cancers	10	506	4	1,873	- 1,367
Congenital Anomalies	11	454	30	176	+ 278
Low Birth Weight	12	442	38	78	+ 364
Violence	13	388	42	57	+ 331
Endocrine Disorders	14	386	21	325	+ 61
Prostate Cancer	15	375	9	739	- 364
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	372	6	1,495	- 1,122
Liver Disease	17	359	32	158	+ 202
Cervical Cancer	18	354	41	61	+ 293
Other Neoplasms	19	334	27	245	+ 89
Breast Cancer	20	330	10	737	- 407
HIV/AIDS	21	307	57	10	+ 297
Suicide	22	292	15	528	- 237
Alcohol	23	281	45	51	+ 230
Stomach Cancer	24	244	22	323	- 79
Malnutrition	25	226	55	14	+ 212
Tuberculosis	26	187	52	17	+ 170
Leukemia	27	187	18	391	- 204
Pancreas Cancer	28	177	14	543	- 366
Lymphomas	29	168	13	608	- 440
Birth Trauma	30	146	54	15	+ 131
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	132	37	81	+ 51
Drownings	32	122	44	54	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	33	119	25	279	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	34	106	23	313	- 207
Liver Cancer	35	104	24	288	- 183
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	99	2	3,032	- 2,933
Skin Disease	37	99	34	118	- 19
Oral Cancer	38	92	31	164	- 72
Asthma	39	87	36	91	- 4
Skin Cancers	40	86	12	612	- 526
Parkinson's Disease	41	83	19	353	- 270
Syphilis	42	81	70	0	+ 81
Falls	43	69	11	627	- 558
Epilepsy	44	68	43	55	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	45	58	29	207	- 148
Anemia	46	56	51	17	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	47	39	70	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	45	46	47	- 2
Maternal Conditions	49	44	63	5	+ 39
Fires	50	44	53	17	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	51	39	26	267	- 228
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	36	50	22	+ 14
Meningitis	53	36	59	9	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	54	31	33	145	- 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	30	35	113	- 83
Drug Use	56	26	40	69	- 43
Appendicitis	57	26	62	6	+ 20
Osteoarthritis	58	21	49	24	- 3
Pertussis	59	21	65	1	+ 20
Chagas disease	60	13	79	0	+ 13
Leishmaniasis	61	12	80	0	+ 12
Dengue	62	11	75	0	+ 11
Poisonings	63	9	58	9	+ 0
Tetanus	64	8	69	0	+ 8
Leprosy	65	8	72	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	66	7	66	1	+ 7
Hepatitis B	67	7	56	14	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	47	43	- 38
Schizophrenia	69	5	60	8	- 3
Upper Respiratory	70	3	64	4	- 1
War	71	2	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	2	48	30	- 28
Oral conditions	73	2	61	8	- 6
Otitis Media	74	1	67	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Paraguay

New Zealand

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.