PARAGUAY VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,915	4	1,661	+ 1,254
Stroke	2	2,794	2	3,007	- 213
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,053	6	1,552	+ 502
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,991	1	4,327	- 2,336
Malaria	5	1,821	81	0	+ 1,821
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,723	31	192	+ 1,531
HIV/AIDS	7	1,560	21	448	+ 1,112
Liver Disease	8	1,407	17	524	+ 883
Low Birth Weight	9	1,211	12	644	+ 566
Birth Trauma	10	1,043	30	213	+ 830
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,026	3	2,361	- 1,335
Congenital Anomalies	12	981	11	662	+ 320
Lung Disease	13	858	7	1,181	- 322
Hypertension	14	750	8	895	- 146
Kidney Disease	15	666	5	1,592	- 926
Malnutrition	16	645	25	330	+ 315
Other Injuries	17	521	9	843	- 322
Cervical Cancer	18	519	18	516	+ 4
Meningitis	19	468	53	52	+ 416
Stomach Cancer	20	431	24	355	+ 76
Maternal Conditions	21	399	49	64	+ 335
Asthma	22	396	39	126	+ 270
Liver Cancer	23	390	35	152	+ 238
Suicide	24	389	22	425	- 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	363	36	144	+ 219
Tuberculosis	26	345	26	273	+ 72
Breast Cancer	27	331	20	481	- 150
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	326	16	543	- 216
Violence	29	303	13	566	- 263
Lymphomas	30	248	29	245	+ 4
Falls	31	228	43	100	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	32	219	15	546	- 328
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	200	47	69	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	34	192	34	154	+ 37
Leukemia	35	175	27	272	- 97
Drownings	36	157	32	178	- 21
Oral Cancer	37	150	38	134	+ 17
Fires	38	149	50	63	+ 85
Lung Cancers	39	129	10	738	- 608
Poisonings	40	122	63	14	+ 108
Endocrine Disorders	41	121	14	562	- 441
Pertussis	42	120	59	30	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	43	118	28	258	- 140
Oesophagus Cancer	44	118	33	173	- 56
Epilepsy	45	106	44	98	+ 7
Syphilis	46	95	42	119	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	47	81	41	122	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	75	55	43	+ 32
Alcohol	49	69	23	410	- 340
Skin Cancers	50	62	40	125	- 63
Schistosomiasis	51	61	80	0	+ 61
Skin Disease	52	57	37	144	- 87
Ovary Cancer	53	51	45	85	- 34
Appendicitis	54	39	57	37	+ 1
Hepatitis B	55	38	67	10	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	56	32	54	45	- 13
Upper Respiratory	57	32	70	4	+ 28
Tetanus	58	29	64	12	+ 17
Measles	59	28	78	0	+ 28
Drug Use	60	25	56	38	- 13
Encephalitis	61	21	66	11	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	62	19	51	57	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	13	48	66	- 53
Other Neoplasms	64	9	19	487	- 478
Hepatitis C	65	7	72	3	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	68	8	- 4
Ascariasis	67	3	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	74	1	+ 1
War	69	1	71	3	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	62	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	65	12	- 12
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	17	- 17
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	60	19	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	52	- 52
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	82	0	73	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	69	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	82	- 82
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

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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.