NORWAY VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,169	1	5,321	- 2,151
Stroke	2	2,203	4	2,475	- 273
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,730	16	560	+ 1,170
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,217	6	1,797	- 580
Kidney Disease	5	1,166	14	611	+ 555
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,136	42	114	+ 1,022
Lung Disease	7	865	3	2,723	- 1,858
Hypertension	8	656	28	230	+ 426
Other Injuries	9	618	15	583	+ 35
Lung Cancers	10	540	5	2,320	- 1,780
Congenital Anomalies	11	485	34	136	+ 348
Low Birth Weight	12	472	52	23	+ 449
Violence	13	414	50	32	+ 382
Endocrine Disorders	14	412	19	359	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	15	400	8	1,172	- 772
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	398	7	1,787	- 1,389
Liver Disease	17	384	30	214	+ 170
Cervical Cancer	18	378	39	125	+ 253
Other Neoplasms	19	356	23	324	+ 32
Breast Cancer	20	352	11	698	- 346
HIV/AIDS	21	328	61	10	+ 318
Suicide	22	311	13	633	- 322
Alcohol	23	300	31	205	+ 95
Stomach Cancer	24	260	22	343	- 83
Malnutrition	25	242	35	135	+ 106
Tuberculosis	26	200	56	15	+ 185
Leukemia	27	199	21	354	- 154
Pancreas Cancer	28	189	10	770	- 581
Lymphomas	29	179	12	646	- 466
Birth Trauma	30	156	54	17	+ 138
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	141	37	128	+ 13
Drownings	32	130	45	65	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	33	127	27	248	- 121
Inflammatory/Heart	34	113	29	221	- 108
Liver Cancer	35	111	26	259	- 148
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	105	2	4,464	- 4,359
Skin Disease	37	105	38	128	- 22
Oral Cancer	38	98	32	168	- 70
Asthma	39	93	43	85	+ 8
Skin Cancers	40	91	18	407	- 316
Parkinson's Disease	41	89	17	554	- 465
Syphilis	42	87	67	1	+ 86
Falls	43	74	9	777	- 704
Epilepsy	44	72	40	119	- 47
Ovary Cancer	45	62	24	309	- 247
Anemia	46	60	44	75	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	50	33	160	- 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	48	47	60	- 12
Maternal Conditions	49	47	66	1	+ 46
Fires	50	46	48	45	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	51	41	20	356	- 315
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	38	49	32	+ 6
Meningitis	53	38	58	14	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	54	33	36	134	- 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	32	46	61	- 30
Drug Use	56	28	25	264	- 236
Appendicitis	57	27	59	12	+ 15
Osteoarthritis	58	22	51	27	- 5
Pertussis	59	22	64	1	+ 21
Chagas disease	60	14	80	0	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	61	12	81	0	+ 12
Dengue	62	12	75	0	+ 12
Poisonings	63	10	57	14	- 4
Tetanus	64	9	69	0	+ 9
Leprosy	65	9	78	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	66	8	70	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	67	7	63	3	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	68	6	41	119	- 113
Schizophrenia	69	6	53	23	- 17
Upper Respiratory	70	3	60	12	- 8
War	71	2	68	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	72	2	55	17	- 15
Oral conditions	73	2	62	9	- 7
Otitis Media	74	1	65	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Paraguay

Norway

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.