PANAMA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,571	1	2,624	- 53
Stroke	2	1,787	2	2,006	- 219
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,403	4	1,070	+ 333
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	987	7	697	+ 290
Kidney Disease	5	946	3	1,106	- 160
Road Traffic Accidents	6	922	9	591	+ 331
Lung Disease	7	702	5	815	- 113
Hypertension	8	532	10	510	+ 22
Other Injuries	9	501	35	100	+ 401
Lung Cancers	10	438	16	303	+ 136
Congenital Anomalies	11	393	13	378	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	12	383	22	238	+ 145
Violence	13	336	6	730	- 394
Endocrine Disorders	14	334	18	279	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	15	325	12	390	- 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	323	14	352	- 30
Liver Disease	17	311	15	325	- 14
Cervical Cancer	18	306	26	185	+ 122
Other Neoplasms	19	289	21	256	+ 33
Breast Cancer	20	286	19	279	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	21	266	8	653	- 387
Suicide	22	253	32	121	+ 131
Alcohol	23	243	49	30	+ 213
Stomach Cancer	24	211	11	397	- 186
Malnutrition	25	196	31	122	+ 74
Tuberculosis	26	162	23	223	- 61
Leukemia	27	162	25	189	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	28	153	29	135	+ 18
Lymphomas	29	145	24	205	- 59
Birth Trauma	30	126	36	94	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	114	28	163	- 49
Drownings	32	106	34	103	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	33	103	45	52	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	34	92	20	270	- 178
Liver Cancer	35	90	27	182	- 91
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	85	17	296	- 211
Skin Disease	37	85	30	127	- 42
Oral Cancer	38	79	38	78	+ 1
Asthma	39	75	43	56	+ 19
Skin Cancers	40	74	44	56	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	41	72	33	115	- 42
Syphilis	42	71	65	1	+ 69
Falls	43	60	37	92	- 32
Epilepsy	44	58	39	66	- 8
Ovary Cancer	45	51	41	64	- 13
Anemia	46	48	42	63	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	41	50	30	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	39	55	14	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	49	38	48	32	+ 6
Fires	50	38	57	11	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	51	34	46	33	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	31	51	28	+ 3
Meningitis	53	31	52	27	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	27	40	66	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	26	53	25	+ 1
Drug Use	56	22	47	33	- 10
Appendicitis	57	22	56	11	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	58	18	60	4	+ 14
Pertussis	59	18	74	0	+ 18
Chagas disease	60	11	73	0	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	61	10	70	0	+ 10
Dengue	62	10	64	2	+ 8
Poisonings	63	8	61	4	+ 4
Tetanus	64	7	69	0	+ 7
Leprosy	65	7	83	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	66	6	63	3	+ 4
Hepatitis B	67	6	59	7	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	5	62	3	+ 2
Schizophrenia	69	5	58	10	- 5
Upper Respiratory	70	3	54	14	- 11
War	71	2	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	2	66	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	1	68	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Paraguay

Panama

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.