SRI LANKA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,645	1	26,304	- 13,659
Stroke	2	8,788	6	6,805	+ 1,983
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,900	2	12,460	- 5,560
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,855	8	5,117	- 262
Kidney Disease	5	4,653	5	6,858	- 2,205
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,534	9	4,200	+ 335
Lung Disease	7	3,450	3	9,456	- 6,006
Hypertension	8	2,616	20	1,055	+ 1,561
Other Injuries	9	2,465	14	1,529	+ 936
Lung Cancers	10	2,156	12	1,775	+ 381
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,933	22	989	+ 944
Low Birth Weight	12	1,883	29	536	+ 1,347
Violence	13	1,653	31	499	+ 1,154
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,642	32	462	+ 1,180
Prostate Cancer	15	1,597	30	507	+ 1,090
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,586	24	911	+ 675
Liver Disease	17	1,531	17	1,303	+ 228
Cervical Cancer	18	1,506	26	762	+ 744
Other Neoplasms	19	1,422	50	86	+ 1,337
Breast Cancer	20	1,405	15	1,383	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	21	1,309	55	39	+ 1,270
Suicide	22	1,242	10	2,977	- 1,735
Alcohol	23	1,197	51	82	+ 1,115
Stomach Cancer	24	1,038	16	1,321	- 283
Malnutrition	25	964	54	43	+ 921
Tuberculosis	26	796	25	769	+ 27
Leukemia	27	796	18	1,155	- 359
Pancreas Cancer	28	754	43	214	+ 541
Lymphomas	29	715	21	1,027	- 312
Birth Trauma	30	621	44	193	+ 428
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	561	28	605	- 43
Drownings	32	521	27	731	- 210
Oesophagus Cancer	33	506	13	1,544	- 1,038
Inflammatory/Heart	34	450	35	425	+ 25
Liver Cancer	35	445	19	1,090	- 646
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	420	4	6,939	- 6,518
Skin Disease	37	420	36	293	+ 127
Oral Cancer	38	390	11	2,893	- 2,503
Asthma	39	369	7	6,471	- 6,102
Skin Cancers	40	365	52	58	+ 306
Parkinson's Disease	41	356	45	168	+ 188
Syphilis	42	347	58	15	+ 332
Falls	43	293	23	964	- 671
Epilepsy	44	288	39	269	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	45	249	37	281	- 32
Anemia	46	238	33	445	- 207
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	200	56	38	+ 162
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	192	60	11	+ 181
Maternal Conditions	49	188	48	96	+ 92
Fires	50	185	41	239	- 53
Bladder Cancer	51	165	34	432	- 267
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	153	70	2	+ 151
Meningitis	53	153	46	146	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	54	133	42	218	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	126	53	49	+ 77
Drug Use	56	110	40	257	- 147
Appendicitis	57	109	64	5	+ 104
Osteoarthritis	58	89	67	3	+ 85
Pertussis	59	87	59	15	+ 73
Chagas disease	60	56	83	0	+ 56
Leishmaniasis	61	49	73	0	+ 49
Dengue	62	48	47	131	- 83
Poisonings	63	40	49	93	- 53
Tetanus	64	36	57	27	+ 8
Leprosy	65	34	63	6	+ 29
Encephalitis	66	32	61	10	+ 21
Hepatitis B	67	28	62	6	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	68	25	69	2	+ 22
Schizophrenia	69	23	65	5	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	70	13	66	5	+ 8
War	71	8	38	280	- 271
Hepatitis C	72	8	75	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	73	6	68	3	+ 3
Otitis Media	74	4	76	0	+ 4
Iodine Deficiency	75	3	78	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Paraguay

Sri Lanka

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.