ZIMBABWE VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,866	3	8,493	+ 1,373
Stroke	2	6,856	5	5,126	+ 1,730
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,384	9	3,344	+ 2,040
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,788	2	10,779	- 6,992
Kidney Disease	5	3,630	12	2,214	+ 1,417
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,538	4	6,037	- 2,500
Lung Disease	7	2,692	23	1,163	+ 1,528
Hypertension	8	2,041	24	1,146	+ 895
Other Injuries	9	1,923	20	1,656	+ 267
Lung Cancers	10	1,682	43	286	+ 1,396
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,508	11	2,217	- 709
Low Birth Weight	12	1,469	7	4,038	- 2,568
Violence	13	1,289	18	1,916	- 627
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,281	34	553	+ 728
Prostate Cancer	15	1,246	32	628	+ 618
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,238	40	505	+ 733
Liver Disease	17	1,194	17	1,941	- 747
Cervical Cancer	18	1,175	14	2,023	- 848
Other Neoplasms	19	1,110	62	37	+ 1,072
Breast Cancer	20	1,096	28	839	+ 257
HIV/AIDS	21	1,021	1	19,988	- 18,967
Suicide	22	969	13	2,069	- 1,099
Alcohol	23	934	61	48	+ 886
Stomach Cancer	24	810	33	559	+ 251
Malnutrition	25	752	10	2,396	- 1,644
Tuberculosis	26	621	16	1,999	- 1,378
Leukemia	27	621	45	244	+ 377
Pancreas Cancer	28	589	47	217	+ 372
Lymphomas	29	558	26	960	- 402
Birth Trauma	30	485	8	3,405	- 2,921
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	438	6	4,595	- 4,157
Drownings	32	406	27	956	- 550
Oesophagus Cancer	33	395	29	801	- 406
Inflammatory/Heart	34	351	25	1,047	- 696
Liver Cancer	35	347	38	510	- 163
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	328	31	768	- 440
Skin Disease	37	328	52	173	+ 155
Oral Cancer	38	304	49	208	+ 97
Asthma	39	288	21	1,531	- 1,242
Skin Cancers	40	285	44	264	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	41	277	46	226	+ 52
Syphilis	42	271	55	124	+ 146
Falls	43	229	41	465	- 236
Epilepsy	44	224	39	508	- 283
Ovary Cancer	45	194	51	173	+ 21
Anemia	46	186	84	0	+ 186
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	156	35	548	- 392
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	150	64	26	+ 123
Maternal Conditions	49	147	19	1,749	- 1,603
Fires	50	145	30	793	- 648
Bladder Cancer	51	129	54	125	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	119	80	0	+ 119
Meningitis	53	119	22	1,325	- 1,206
Uterin Cancer	54	104	50	182	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	99	36	542	- 443
Drug Use	56	86	48	213	- 127
Appendicitis	57	85	58	66	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	58	69	81	0	+ 69
Pertussis	59	68	42	419	- 351
Chagas disease	60	44	76	0	+ 44
Leishmaniasis	61	38	77	0	+ 38
Dengue	62	37	73	0	+ 37
Poisonings	63	31	37	515	- 484
Tetanus	64	28	57	102	- 74
Leprosy	65	27	78	0	+ 27
Encephalitis	66	25	56	117	- 93
Hepatitis B	67	22	60	57	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	68	19	67	14	+ 5
Schizophrenia	69	18	86	0	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	70	10	59	65	- 55
War	71	6	65	26	- 20
Hepatitis C	72	6	66	14	- 8
Oral conditions	73	5	82	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	74	3	68	3	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	3	79	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	63	30	- 30
Chlamydia	79	0	69	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	80	0	53	172	- 172
Malaria	81	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Paraguay

Zimbabwe

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.