URUGUAY VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,970	1	4,265	- 2,294
Stroke	2	1,369	2	2,850	- 1,480
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,075	11	747	+ 328
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	757	6	1,370	- 614
Kidney Disease	5	725	8	1,040	- 315
Road Traffic Accidents	6	707	16	512	+ 195
Lung Disease	7	538	4	1,706	- 1,168
Hypertension	8	408	15	648	- 241
Other Injuries	9	384	10	774	- 390
Lung Cancers	10	336	5	1,463	- 1,127
Congenital Anomalies	11	301	30	170	+ 131
Low Birth Weight	12	293	42	73	+ 220
Violence	13	258	23	295	- 38
Endocrine Disorders	14	256	17	487	- 231
Prostate Cancer	15	249	13	707	- 458
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	247	7	1,245	- 998
Liver Disease	17	239	27	206	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	18	235	29	172	+ 63
Other Neoplasms	19	222	19	464	- 242
Breast Cancer	20	219	9	848	- 629
HIV/AIDS	21	204	28	195	+ 9
Suicide	22	194	12	735	- 542
Alcohol	23	187	39	104	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	24	162	18	480	- 319
Malnutrition	25	150	43	73	+ 77
Tuberculosis	26	124	41	81	+ 44
Leukemia	27	124	25	280	- 156
Pancreas Cancer	28	118	14	656	- 538
Lymphomas	29	111	20	457	- 346
Birth Trauma	30	97	53	22	+ 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	87	35	134	- 47
Drownings	32	81	45	65	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	33	79	24	286	- 207
Inflammatory/Heart	34	70	22	314	- 244
Liver Cancer	35	69	34	147	- 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	66	3	1,899	- 1,833
Skin Disease	37	65	36	130	- 64
Oral Cancer	38	61	31	167	- 106
Asthma	39	58	37	127	- 69
Skin Cancers	40	57	33	149	- 92
Parkinson's Disease	41	55	21	320	- 265
Syphilis	42	54	66	3	+ 51
Falls	43	46	47	55	- 9
Epilepsy	44	45	40	86	- 41
Ovary Cancer	45	39	32	160	- 122
Anemia	46	37	44	71	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	31	46	57	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	30	51	35	- 5
Maternal Conditions	49	29	60	9	+ 20
Fires	50	29	48	54	- 26
Bladder Cancer	51	26	26	276	- 250
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	24	57	12	+ 11
Meningitis	53	24	58	10	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	54	21	38	115	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	20	50	39	- 19
Drug Use	56	17	49	41	- 23
Appendicitis	57	17	59	9	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	58	14	52	32	- 19
Pertussis	59	14	72	0	+ 13
Chagas disease	60	9	61	5	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	61	8	78	0	+ 8
Dengue	62	7	83	0	+ 7
Poisonings	63	6	55	17	- 10
Tetanus	64	6	71	0	+ 5
Leprosy	65	5	69	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	66	5	64	4	+ 1
Hepatitis B	67	4	63	4	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	56	13	- 9
Schizophrenia	69	4	54	18	- 14
Upper Respiratory	70	2	62	5	- 3
War	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	1	65	3	- 2
Oral conditions	73	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	74	1	67	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Paraguay

Uruguay

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.