SPAIN VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	PARAGUAY		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,197	1	51,684	- 24,486
Stroke	2	18,902	3	29,004	- 10,102
Diabetes Mellitus	3	14,842	10	7,773	+ 7,068
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,443	7	13,717	- 3,274
Kidney Disease	5	10,008	8	9,725	+ 283
Road Traffic Accidents	6	9,753	31	1,829	+ 7,923
Lung Disease	7	7,421	5	18,926	- 11,506
Hypertension	8	5,627	9	9,115	- 3,487
Other Injuries	9	5,302	15	5,536	- 235
Lung Cancers	10	4,636	4	22,131	- 17,494
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,158	38	863	+ 3,295
Low Birth Weight	12	4,050	52	253	+ 3,798
Violence	13	3,554	51	262	+ 3,293
Endocrine Disorders	14	3,533	21	4,863	- 1,331
Prostate Cancer	15	3,434	13	6,420	- 2,985
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,412	6	16,957	- 13,545
Liver Disease	17	3,292	23	4,231	- 939
Cervical Cancer	18	3,240	39	855	+ 2,385
Other Neoplasms	19	3,059	22	4,748	- 1,689
Breast Cancer	20	3,021	11	7,067	- 4,046
HIV/AIDS	21	2,816	43	538	+ 2,278
Suicide	22	2,672	25	3,609	- 938
Alcohol	23	2,574	46	333	+ 2,241
Stomach Cancer	24	2,232	14	5,796	- 3,564
Malnutrition	25	2,073	47	302	+ 1,771
Tuberculosis	26	1,713	50	270	+ 1,443
Leukemia	27	1,712	24	3,772	- 2,060
Pancreas Cancer	28	1,622	12	6,752	- 5,130
Lymphomas	29	1,538	16	5,335	- 3,796
Birth Trauma	30	1,336	60	113	+ 1,223
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	1,208	36	1,064	+ 144
Drownings	32	1,120	45	446	+ 674
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,089	29	2,011	- 922
Inflammatory/Heart	34	968	19	4,984	- 4,016
Liver Cancer	35	957	18	5,098	- 4,142
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	904	2	42,339	- 41,434
Skin Disease	37	903	30	1,840	- 937
Oral Cancer	38	839	27	2,583	- 1,744
Asthma	39	794	35	1,133	- 339
Skin Cancers	40	784	32	1,803	- 1,019
Parkinson's Disease	41	765	20	4,943	- 4,178
Syphilis	42	746	67	9	+ 737
Falls	43	631	26	3,246	- 2,616
Epilepsy	44	619	40	824	- 205
Ovary Cancer	45	535	28	2,026	- 1,491
Anemia	46	513	37	914	- 402
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	431	44	475	- 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	412	48	294	+ 119
Maternal Conditions	49	404	64	14	+ 390
Fires	50	399	55	185	+ 214
Bladder Cancer	51	355	17	5,222	- 4,867
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	329	54	204	+ 125
Meningitis	53	329	59	129	+ 200
Uterin Cancer	54	286	34	1,612	- 1,326
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	272	33	1,612	- 1,340
Drug Use	56	237	41	776	- 540
Appendicitis	57	234	61	79	+ 155
Osteoarthritis	58	191	53	212	- 21
Pertussis	59	188	73	2	+ 186
Chagas disease	60	121	71	3	+ 118
Leishmaniasis	61	106	65	11	+ 95
Dengue	62	103	77	0	+ 103
Poisonings	63	86	57	170	- 84
Tetanus	64	77	72	2	+ 75
Leprosy	65	74	75	0	+ 74
Encephalitis	66	69	70	4	+ 65
Hepatitis B	67	60	58	162	- 102
Multiple Sclerosis	68	53	49	287	- 234
Schizophrenia	69	49	56	181	- 132
Upper Respiratory	70	27	62	47	- 20
War	71	18	68	6	+ 12
Hepatitis C	72	18	42	652	- 634
Oral conditions	73	14	63	44	- 30
Otitis Media	74	9	66	9	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	7	69	4	+ 4
Ascariasis	76	3	78	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Paraguay

Spain

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.