ZAMBIA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,964	10	4,432	+ 7,533
Stroke	2	8,315	3	7,948	+ 367
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,529	14	2,395	+ 4,134
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,594	2	9,517	- 4,923
Kidney Disease	5	4,402	18	1,760	+ 2,642
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,290	11	3,654	+ 636
Lung Disease	7	3,264	21	1,273	+ 1,992
Hypertension	8	2,475	13	2,616	- 141
Other Injuries	9	2,332	19	1,729	+ 604
Lung Cancers	10	2,040	41	226	+ 1,814
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,829	12	3,146	- 1,316
Low Birth Weight	12	1,782	8	4,857	- 3,075
Violence	13	1,564	23	1,153	+ 410
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,554	37	354	+ 1,200
Prostate Cancer	15	1,511	30	561	+ 949
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,501	43	203	+ 1,298
Liver Disease	17	1,448	9	4,501	- 3,052
Cervical Cancer	18	1,425	17	1,799	- 373
Other Neoplasms	19	1,346	65	20	+ 1,326
Breast Cancer	20	1,329	35	366	+ 963
HIV/AIDS	21	1,239	1	17,234	- 15,996
Suicide	22	1,175	20	1,303	- 127
Alcohol	23	1,133	49	140	+ 993
Stomach Cancer	24	982	42	206	+ 775
Malnutrition	25	912	15	2,303	- 1,391
Tuberculosis	26	754	6	5,941	- 5,188
Leukemia	27	753	39	261	+ 492
Pancreas Cancer	28	714	62	42	+ 671
Lymphomas	29	677	31	548	+ 129
Birth Trauma	30	588	7	5,062	- 4,474
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	531	5	6,275	- 5,744
Drownings	32	493	27	689	- 196
Oesophagus Cancer	33	479	36	359	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	34	426	33	501	- 75
Liver Cancer	35	421	46	177	+ 244
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	398	29	590	- 192
Skin Disease	37	397	52	126	+ 272
Oral Cancer	38	369	48	155	+ 214
Asthma	39	349	26	741	- 391
Skin Cancers	40	345	54	108	+ 237
Parkinson's Disease	41	336	47	164	+ 173
Syphilis	42	328	24	885	- 556
Falls	43	277	28	596	- 319
Epilepsy	44	272	38	332	- 60
Ovary Cancer	45	235	57	82	+ 153
Anemia	46	226	83	0	+ 226
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	189	40	246	- 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	181	63	30	+ 152
Maternal Conditions	49	178	22	1,188	- 1,010
Fires	50	175	32	546	- 371
Bladder Cancer	51	156	50	132	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	145	84	0	+ 145
Meningitis	53	145	16	1,976	- 1,831
Uterin Cancer	54	126	64	30	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	120	45	190	- 70
Drug Use	56	104	53	122	- 18
Appendicitis	57	103	56	84	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	58	84	85	0	+ 84
Pertussis	59	83	25	743	- 660
Chagas disease	60	53	79	0	+ 53
Leishmaniasis	61	47	58	72	- 26
Dengue	62	45	74	1	+ 44
Poisonings	63	38	34	456	- 418
Tetanus	64	34	44	190	- 156
Leprosy	65	33	77	0	+ 33
Encephalitis	66	30	59	70	- 40
Hepatitis B	67	26	55	104	- 78
Multiple Sclerosis	68	23	67	13	+ 10
Schizophrenia	69	21	81	0	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	70	12	60	68	- 56
War	71	8	69	6	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	8	66	18	- 10
Oral conditions	73	6	86	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	74	4	70	5	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	3	78	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	1	68	9	- 7
Diphtheria	77	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	61	48	- 48
Chlamydia	79	0	71	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	128	- 128
Malaria	81	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Paraguay

Zambia

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.