PARAGUAY VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,960	21	448	+ 8,512
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,896	4	1,661	+ 3,235
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,075	1	4,327	- 253
Stroke	4	3,820	2	3,007	+ 813
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,757	3	2,361	+ 1,396
Tuberculosis	6	2,734	26	273	+ 2,461
Violence	7	2,614	13	566	+ 2,048
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,972	31	192	+ 1,780
Kidney Disease	9	1,904	5	1,592	+ 312
Suicide	10	1,714	22	425	+ 1,289
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,620	6	1,552	+ 68
Hypertension	12	1,592	8	895	+ 696
Lung Disease	13	1,480	7	1,181	+ 300
Liver Disease	14	1,122	17	524	+ 598
Lung Cancers	15	959	10	738	+ 221
Low Birth Weight	16	778	12	644	+ 133
Other Injuries	17	748	9	843	- 95
Asthma	18	743	39	126	+ 616
Endocrine Disorders	19	733	14	562	+ 171
Cervical Cancer	20	691	18	516	+ 176
Inflammatory/Heart	21	673	34	154	+ 519
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	582	36	144	+ 438
Breast Cancer	23	564	20	481	+ 84
Prostate Cancer	24	544	15	546	- 2
Congenital Anomalies	25	541	11	662	- 120
Meningitis	26	456	53	52	+ 403
Fires	27	450	50	63	+ 387
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	446	16	543	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	29	434	33	173	+ 261
Birth Trauma	30	374	30	213	+ 161
Lymphomas	31	351	29	245	+ 106
Drownings	32	299	32	178	+ 121
Liver Cancer	33	297	35	152	+ 144
Malnutrition	34	296	25	330	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	35	250	28	258	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	236	47	69	+ 167
Epilepsy	37	233	44	98	+ 134
Maternal Conditions	38	212	49	64	+ 147
Stomach Cancer	39	191	24	355	- 164
Leukemia	40	182	27	272	- 90
Oral Cancer	41	175	38	134	+ 41
Falls	42	174	43	100	+ 74
Pertussis	43	142	59	30	+ 112
Syphilis	44	141	42	119	+ 22
Skin Disease	45	137	37	144	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	46	134	41	122	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	126	55	43	+ 83
Skin Cancers	48	124	40	125	- 1
Alcohol	49	123	23	410	- 287
Poisonings	50	121	63	14	+ 108
Ovary Cancer	51	118	45	85	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	52	103	51	57	+ 47
Drug Use	53	96	56	38	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	54	64	54	45	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	47	48	66	- 19
Appendicitis	56	34	57	37	- 3
Measles	57	34	78	0	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	58	33	19	487	- 453
Encephalitis	59	29	66	11	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	60	28	70	4	+ 23
Hepatitis B	61	17	67	10	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	68	8	+ 6
Malaria	63	10	81	0	+ 10
War	64	8	71	3	+ 5
Tetanus	65	5	64	12	- 8
Schistosomiasis	66	4	80	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	2	74	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	2	79	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	70	1	72	3	- 2
Ascariasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	62	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	65	12	- 12
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	17	- 17
Chagas disease	78	0	60	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	80	0	69	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	46	82	- 82
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	73	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	30	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	52	52	- 52
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

South Africa

Paraguay

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.