SWAZILAND VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	655	5	755	- 100
Stroke	2	455	4	800	- 345
Diabetes Mellitus	3	357	3	892	- 535
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	251	2	921	- 669
Kidney Disease	5	241	8	381	- 140
Road Traffic Accidents	6	235	7	384	- 150
Lung Disease	7	179	12	264	- 86
Hypertension	8	135	10	292	- 157
Other Injuries	9	128	17	190	- 63
Lung Cancers	10	112	46	17	+ 95
Congenital Anomalies	11	100	19	160	- 60
Low Birth Weight	12	97	14	233	- 136
Violence	13	86	16	212	- 127
Endocrine Disorders	14	85	28	74	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	15	83	31	45	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	82	43	19	+ 63
Liver Disease	17	79	11	274	- 194
Cervical Cancer	18	78	15	215	- 137
Other Neoplasms	19	74	61	4	+ 70
Breast Cancer	20	73	35	37	+ 36
HIV/AIDS	21	68	1	2,314	- 2,246
Suicide	22	64	9	338	- 273
Alcohol	23	62	48	16	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	24	54	53	7	+ 47
Malnutrition	25	50	22	106	- 56
Tuberculosis	26	41	13	256	- 215
Leukemia	27	41	47	16	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	28	39	56	6	+ 33
Lymphomas	29	37	36	31	+ 6
Birth Trauma	30	32	18	166	- 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	29	6	517	- 488
Drownings	32	27	25	87	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	33	26	44	18	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	34	23	24	94	- 70
Liver Cancer	35	23	37	29	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	22	27	77	- 55
Skin Disease	37	22	40	25	- 4
Oral Cancer	38	20	51	10	+ 10
Asthma	39	19	20	150	- 130
Skin Cancers	40	19	42	20	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	41	18	41	24	- 5
Syphilis	42	18	45	17	+ 1
Falls	43	15	32	41	- 26
Epilepsy	44	15	30	46	- 31
Ovary Cancer	45	13	52	10	+ 3
Anemia	46	12	84	0	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	10	29	51	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	10	58	5	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	49	10	21	116	- 106
Fires	50	10	26	84	- 74
Bladder Cancer	51	9	55	6	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	8	80	0	+ 8
Meningitis	53	8	23	97	- 90
Uterin Cancer	54	7	50	11	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	7	39	26	- 20
Drug Use	56	6	38	27	- 21
Appendicitis	57	6	54	7	- 1
Osteoarthritis	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Pertussis	59	5	33	39	- 34
Chagas disease	60	3	79	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	61	3	77	0	+ 3
Dengue	62	2	72	0	+ 2
Poisonings	63	2	34	37	- 35
Tetanus	64	2	62	4	- 2
Leprosy	65	2	76	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	2	59	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	67	1	57	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	63	1	- 0
Schizophrenia	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	60	4	- 4
War	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	72	0	65	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	81	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Paraguay

Swaziland

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.