UGANDA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,349	9	8,784	+ 19,565
Stroke	2	19,702	6	11,181	+ 8,521
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,470	14	4,794	+ 10,676
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,885	2	18,865	- 7,980
Kidney Disease	5	10,431	19	3,168	+ 7,263
Road Traffic Accidents	6	10,166	4	13,012	- 2,847
Lung Disease	7	7,735	22	3,051	+ 4,684
Hypertension	8	5,865	21	3,120	+ 2,745
Other Injuries	9	5,526	20	3,130	+ 2,396
Lung Cancers	10	4,833	46	441	+ 4,392
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,335	11	6,641	- 2,306
Low Birth Weight	12	4,222	8	9,673	- 5,452
Violence	13	3,705	12	6,175	- 2,470
Endocrine Disorders	14	3,682	38	761	+ 2,921
Prostate Cancer	15	3,580	34	950	+ 2,630
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,557	35	919	+ 2,638
Liver Disease	17	3,432	13	5,122	- 1,690
Cervical Cancer	18	3,377	15	4,378	- 1,000
Other Neoplasms	19	3,188	66	37	+ 3,151
Breast Cancer	20	3,149	32	1,128	+ 2,021
HIV/AIDS	21	2,935	1	21,188	- 18,253
Suicide	22	2,785	24	2,033	+ 752
Alcohol	23	2,683	54	256	+ 2,427
Stomach Cancer	24	2,326	45	515	+ 1,811
Malnutrition	25	2,161	18	3,317	- 1,156
Tuberculosis	26	1,785	10	7,255	- 5,469
Leukemia	27	1,784	42	599	+ 1,186
Pancreas Cancer	28	1,691	47	358	+ 1,333
Lymphomas	29	1,603	26	1,762	- 158
Birth Trauma	30	1,393	7	10,405	- 9,012
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	1,259	5	12,103	- 10,845
Drownings	32	1,167	31	1,238	- 70
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,135	28	1,674	- 539
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,009	37	859	+ 150
Liver Cancer	35	997	29	1,522	- 525
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	943	30	1,286	- 344
Skin Disease	37	941	55	242	+ 699
Oral Cancer	38	875	40	731	+ 144
Asthma	39	828	27	1,745	- 917
Skin Cancers	40	818	49	349	+ 469
Parkinson's Disease	41	797	48	351	+ 446
Syphilis	42	778	23	2,235	- 1,458
Falls	43	657	33	1,127	- 469
Epilepsy	44	645	43	599	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	45	558	44	519	+ 39
Anemia	46	534	84	0	+ 534
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	449	41	687	- 238
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	430	64	55	+ 375
Maternal Conditions	49	421	17	3,641	- 3,220
Fires	50	416	36	872	- 457
Bladder Cancer	51	371	59	181	+ 190
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	343	81	0	+ 343
Meningitis	53	343	16	3,718	- 3,375
Uterin Cancer	54	298	56	234	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	283	50	348	- 65
Drug Use	56	247	57	233	+ 14
Appendicitis	57	244	58	211	+ 33
Osteoarthritis	58	199	80	0	+ 199
Pertussis	59	196	25	1,909	- 1,713
Chagas disease	60	126	79	0	+ 126
Leishmaniasis	61	110	68	28	+ 82
Dengue	62	107	74	1	+ 106
Poisonings	63	90	39	745	- 655
Tetanus	64	80	53	271	- 190
Leprosy	65	77	77	0	+ 77
Encephalitis	66	71	62	122	- 51
Hepatitis B	67	63	61	123	- 61
Multiple Sclerosis	68	55	69	16	+ 39
Schizophrenia	69	51	86	0	+ 51
Upper Respiratory	70	28	60	144	- 115
War	71	19	63	88	- 69
Hepatitis C	72	18	67	30	- 12
Oral conditions	73	14	82	0	+ 14
Otitis Media	74	9	71	11	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	8	78	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	76	3	70	16	- 13
Diphtheria	77	0	72	11	- 11
Measles	78	0	51	343	- 343
Chlamydia	79	0	73	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	80	0	52	286	- 286
Malaria	81	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	50	- 50
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Paraguay

Uganda

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.