PERU VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,753	2	13,769	+ 4,984
Stroke	2	13,033	3	7,722	+ 5,311
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,233	8	4,437	+ 5,797
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,200	1	15,326	- 8,126
Kidney Disease	5	6,900	4	7,234	- 334
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,724	9	4,414	+ 2,310
Lung Disease	7	5,117	15	2,519	+ 2,598
Hypertension	8	3,880	28	1,061	+ 2,819
Other Injuries	9	3,655	13	2,876	+ 780
Lung Cancers	10	3,197	10	3,169	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,867	19	1,997	+ 871
Low Birth Weight	12	2,793	24	1,475	+ 1,318
Violence	13	2,451	12	3,013	- 562
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,436	40	474	+ 1,961
Prostate Cancer	15	2,368	11	3,167	- 799
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,353	14	2,642	- 289
Liver Disease	17	2,270	5	6,375	- 4,105
Cervical Cancer	18	2,234	21	1,924	+ 310
Other Neoplasms	19	2,109	58	54	+ 2,055
Breast Cancer	20	2,083	20	1,969	+ 114
HIV/AIDS	21	1,942	31	849	+ 1,093
Suicide	22	1,842	30	903	+ 939
Alcohol	23	1,775	44	321	+ 1,454
Stomach Cancer	24	1,539	7	5,072	- 3,533
Malnutrition	25	1,430	29	1,006	+ 424
Tuberculosis	26	1,181	17	2,377	- 1,196
Leukemia	27	1,180	22	1,850	- 670
Pancreas Cancer	28	1,119	23	1,607	- 488
Lymphomas	29	1,061	18	2,254	- 1,193
Birth Trauma	30	921	37	537	+ 384
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	833	27	1,108	- 275
Drownings	32	772	36	584	+ 188
Oesophagus Cancer	33	751	42	394	+ 357
Inflammatory/Heart	34	667	39	494	+ 174
Liver Cancer	35	660	16	2,476	- 1,817
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	624	6	5,811	- 5,188
Skin Disease	37	623	54	156	+ 467
Oral Cancer	38	579	38	519	+ 59
Asthma	39	548	50	208	+ 340
Skin Cancers	40	541	32	786	- 245
Parkinson's Disease	41	527	26	1,270	- 742
Syphilis	42	515	52	182	+ 332
Falls	43	435	25	1,285	- 850
Epilepsy	44	426	47	262	+ 165
Ovary Cancer	45	369	33	713	- 344
Anemia	46	354	82	0	+ 354
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	297	35	609	- 312
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	284	57	107	+ 177
Maternal Conditions	49	279	43	345	- 66
Fires	50	275	49	239	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	51	245	41	463	- 218
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	227	84	0	+ 227
Meningitis	53	227	56	118	+ 109
Uterin Cancer	54	197	45	304	- 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	187	51	198	- 11
Drug Use	56	163	34	635	- 472
Appendicitis	57	161	53	170	- 9
Osteoarthritis	58	132	85	0	+ 132
Pertussis	59	130	48	260	- 131
Chagas disease	60	83	59	49	+ 35
Leishmaniasis	61	73	76	0	+ 73
Dengue	62	71	66	4	+ 67
Poisonings	63	59	55	126	- 66
Tetanus	64	53	60	48	+ 6
Leprosy	65	51	72	0	+ 51
Encephalitis	66	47	46	281	- 233
Hepatitis B	67	41	64	10	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	68	37	62	35	+ 2
Schizophrenia	69	34	83	0	+ 34
Upper Respiratory	70	19	63	11	+ 7
War	71	12	67	3	+ 9
Hepatitis C	72	12	65	4	+ 8
Oral conditions	73	10	86	0	+ 10
Otitis Media	74	6	71	0	+ 6
Iodine Deficiency	75	5	79	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	76	2	69	2	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	68	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	61	35	- 35
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

Paraguay

Peru

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.