PARAGUAY VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,001	1	4,327	+ 4,674
Diabetes Mellitus	2	4,264	3	2,361	+ 1,903
Lung Disease	3	3,236	7	1,181	+ 2,055
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	2,374	36	144	+ 2,231
Kidney Disease	5	2,347	5	1,592	+ 755
Stroke	6	2,329	2	3,007	- 679
Asthma	7	2,214	39	126	+ 2,088
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,751	4	1,661	+ 90
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,437	6	1,552	- 115
Suicide	10	1,019	22	425	+ 594
Oral Cancer	11	990	38	134	+ 857
Lung Cancers	12	607	10	738	- 130
Oesophagus Cancer	13	528	33	173	+ 355
Other Injuries	14	523	9	843	- 320
Breast Cancer	15	473	20	481	- 7
Stomach Cancer	16	452	24	355	+ 97
Liver Disease	17	446	17	524	- 78
Leukemia	18	395	27	272	+ 123
Liver Cancer	19	373	35	152	+ 221
Hypertension	20	361	8	895	- 534
Lymphomas	21	352	29	245	+ 107
Congenital Anomalies	22	339	11	662	- 323
Falls	23	330	43	100	+ 230
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	312	16	543	- 231
Tuberculosis	25	263	26	273	- 9
Cervical Cancer	26	261	18	516	- 255
Drownings	27	250	32	178	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	207	31	192	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	29	183	12	644	- 461
Prostate Cancer	30	173	15	546	- 373
Violence	31	171	13	566	- 395
Endocrine Disorders	32	158	14	562	- 404
Anemia	33	152	46	82	+ 71
Bladder Cancer	34	148	51	57	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	35	145	34	154	- 9
Skin Disease	36	100	37	144	- 44
Ovary Cancer	37	96	45	85	+ 11
War	38	96	71	3	+ 93
Epilepsy	39	92	44	98	- 6
Drug Use	40	88	56	38	+ 50
Fires	41	82	50	63	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	42	75	54	45	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	43	73	28	258	- 185
Birth Trauma	44	66	30	213	- 147
Parkinson's Disease	45	57	41	122	- 64
Meningitis	46	50	53	52	- 2
Dengue	47	45	62	16	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	48	33	49	64	- 31
Poisonings	49	32	63	14	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	50	29	19	487	- 457
Alcohol	51	28	23	410	- 381
Skin Cancers	52	20	40	125	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	17	55	43	- 26
Malnutrition	54	15	25	330	- 315
HIV/AIDS	55	13	21	448	- 435
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	13	47	69	- 55
Tetanus	57	9	64	12	- 3
Syphilis	58	5	42	119	- 114
Pertussis	59	5	59	30	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	48	66	- 62
Encephalitis	61	4	66	11	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	2	67	10	- 8
Leprosy	63	2	65	12	- 10
Appendicitis	64	2	57	37	- 35
Schizophrenia	65	2	69	8	- 6
Upper Respiratory	66	2	70	4	- 3
Osteoarthritis	67	1	58	30	- 29
Oral conditions	68	1	73	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	68	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	52	52	- 52
Hookworm Disease	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	61	17	- 17
Diphtheria	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	72	3	- 3
Otitis Media	76	0	74	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	60	19	- 19
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Sri Lanka

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.