SIERRA LEONE VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,247	4	4,027	+ 1,220
Stroke	2	3,646	5	3,769	- 123
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,863	14	1,190	+ 1,674
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,015	1	7,420	- 5,405
Kidney Disease	5	1,931	15	1,082	+ 848
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,881	8	2,581	- 700
Lung Disease	7	1,432	20	791	+ 640
Hypertension	8	1,086	21	623	+ 462
Other Injuries	9	1,023	16	1,040	- 18
Lung Cancers	10	894	49	85	+ 809
Congenital Anomalies	11	802	11	1,532	- 730
Low Birth Weight	12	781	7	2,791	- 2,010
Violence	13	686	22	618	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	14	681	19	798	- 116
Prostate Cancer	15	663	34	274	+ 389
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	658	39	192	+ 466
Liver Disease	17	635	13	1,312	- 677
Cervical Cancer	18	625	35	264	+ 361
Other Neoplasms	19	590	66	10	+ 580
Breast Cancer	20	583	23	615	- 33
HIV/AIDS	21	543	9	2,546	- 2,003
Suicide	22	515	25	521	- 6
Alcohol	23	497	55	52	+ 445
Stomach Cancer	24	431	36	232	+ 199
Malnutrition	25	400	17	924	- 524
Tuberculosis	26	330	10	2,414	- 2,084
Leukemia	27	330	59	37	+ 293
Pancreas Cancer	28	313	54	62	+ 251
Lymphomas	29	297	42	132	+ 165
Birth Trauma	30	258	6	2,888	- 2,630
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	233	3	5,275	- 5,042
Drownings	32	216	29	366	- 150
Oesophagus Cancer	33	210	57	37	+ 173
Inflammatory/Heart	34	187	32	288	- 101
Liver Cancer	35	185	27	400	- 215
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	174	28	373	- 199
Skin Disease	37	174	51	81	+ 94
Oral Cancer	38	162	50	82	+ 79
Asthma	39	153	24	613	- 460
Skin Cancers	40	151	48	86	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	41	148	44	117	+ 31
Syphilis	42	144	41	180	- 36
Falls	43	122	30	324	- 202
Epilepsy	44	119	37	230	- 111
Ovary Cancer	45	103	53	77	+ 26
Anemia	46	99	85	0	+ 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	83	31	308	- 225
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	80	68	7	+ 72
Maternal Conditions	49	78	18	880	- 802
Fires	50	77	33	275	- 198
Bladder Cancer	51	69	52	78	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	64	81	0	+ 64
Meningitis	53	63	12	1,415	- 1,351
Uterin Cancer	54	55	60	31	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	52	43	127	- 74
Drug Use	56	46	40	185	- 140
Appendicitis	57	45	61	27	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	58	37	80	0	+ 37
Pertussis	59	36	26	469	- 432
Chagas disease	60	23	77	0	+ 23
Leishmaniasis	61	20	79	0	+ 20
Dengue	62	20	72	0	+ 20
Poisonings	63	17	38	218	- 202
Tetanus	64	15	45	103	- 88
Leprosy	65	14	75	0	+ 14
Encephalitis	66	13	56	50	- 37
Hepatitis B	67	12	47	92	- 80
Multiple Sclerosis	68	10	65	10	- 0
Schizophrenia	69	9	84	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	70	5	64	10	- 5
War	71	3	67	8	- 5
Hepatitis C	72	3	63	13	- 10
Oral conditions	73	3	82	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	74	2	71	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	62	15	- 14
Diphtheria	77	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	78	0	58	37	- 37
Chlamydia	79	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	46	101	- 101
Malaria	81	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Paraguay

Sierra Leone

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.