NICARAGUA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,841	1	5,843	- 2,003
Stroke	2	2,669	3	2,225	+ 445
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,096	4	2,068	+ 28
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,475	7	1,152	+ 323
Kidney Disease	5	1,413	2	3,533	- 2,120
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,377	8	1,109	+ 269
Lung Disease	7	1,048	5	1,570	- 522
Hypertension	8	795	9	1,103	- 308
Other Injuries	9	749	17	358	+ 391
Lung Cancers	10	655	23	274	+ 381
Congenital Anomalies	11	587	11	571	+ 17
Low Birth Weight	12	572	13	490	+ 82
Violence	13	502	10	619	- 117
Endocrine Disorders	14	499	28	164	+ 335
Prostate Cancer	15	485	15	386	+ 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	482	18	315	+ 166
Liver Disease	17	465	6	1,203	- 738
Cervical Cancer	18	458	16	374	+ 83
Other Neoplasms	19	432	26	192	+ 240
Breast Cancer	20	427	20	283	+ 144
HIV/AIDS	21	398	35	139	+ 258
Suicide	22	377	19	285	+ 93
Alcohol	23	364	21	279	+ 85
Stomach Cancer	24	315	14	478	- 162
Malnutrition	25	293	30	163	+ 130
Tuberculosis	26	242	37	115	+ 127
Leukemia	27	242	24	227	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	28	229	27	178	+ 51
Lymphomas	29	217	29	164	+ 54
Birth Trauma	30	189	25	198	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	171	36	122	+ 48
Drownings	32	158	32	157	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	33	154	47	42	+ 112
Inflammatory/Heart	34	137	34	139	- 3
Liver Cancer	35	135	12	509	- 374
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	128	33	149	- 21
Skin Disease	37	128	31	162	- 34
Oral Cancer	38	118	43	64	+ 54
Asthma	39	112	38	105	+ 7
Skin Cancers	40	111	45	59	+ 52
Parkinson's Disease	41	108	42	67	+ 41
Syphilis	42	105	60	9	+ 96
Falls	43	89	22	276	- 187
Epilepsy	44	87	41	74	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	45	76	44	61	+ 14
Anemia	46	72	53	28	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	61	40	85	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	58	50	31	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	49	57	39	88	- 31
Fires	50	56	57	16	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	51	50	52	28	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	47	56	17	+ 30
Meningitis	53	46	51	29	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	54	40	48	39	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	38	54	20	+ 18
Drug Use	56	33	46	50	- 17
Appendicitis	57	33	49	32	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	58	27	59	10	+ 17
Pertussis	59	27	67	3	+ 24
Chagas disease	60	17	65	4	+ 13
Leishmaniasis	61	15	76	0	+ 15
Dengue	62	14	64	4	+ 10
Poisonings	63	12	55	18	- 5
Tetanus	64	11	79	0	+ 11
Leprosy	65	10	71	1	+ 10
Encephalitis	66	10	58	10	- 1
Hepatitis B	67	8	62	5	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	7	61	7	+ 1
Schizophrenia	69	7	66	3	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	70	4	72	1	+ 3
War	71	3	70	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	72	3	68	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	73	2	63	5	- 3
Otitis Media	74	1	75	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Paraguay

Nicaragua

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.