PARAGUAY VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,767	21	448	+ 8,319
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,728	4	1,661	+ 3,067
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,725	1	4,327	- 602
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,648	6	1,552	+ 1,096
Stroke	5	2,248	2	3,007	- 759
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,015	31	192	+ 1,823
Low Birth Weight	7	1,771	12	644	+ 1,127
Birth Trauma	8	1,494	30	213	+ 1,281
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,467	3	2,361	- 895
Malnutrition	10	1,051	25	330	+ 721
Congenital Anomalies	11	973	11	662	+ 311
Kidney Disease	12	971	5	1,592	- 621
Suicide	13	907	22	425	+ 482
Cervical Cancer	14	887	18	516	+ 372
Malaria	15	879	81	0	+ 879
Tuberculosis	16	877	26	273	+ 604
Liver Disease	17	851	17	524	+ 328
Violence	18	840	13	566	+ 275
Maternal Conditions	19	767	49	64	+ 703
Other Injuries	20	726	9	843	- 117
Asthma	21	671	39	126	+ 545
Meningitis	22	581	53	52	+ 529
Lung Disease	23	510	7	1,181	- 670
Hypertension	24	503	8	895	- 393
Inflammatory/Heart	25	459	34	154	+ 305
Lymphomas	26	421	29	245	+ 176
Drownings	27	419	32	178	+ 241
Breast Cancer	28	368	20	481	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	29	352	33	173	+ 178
Fires	30	348	50	63	+ 284
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	337	36	144	+ 193
Prostate Cancer	32	275	15	546	- 271
Stomach Cancer	33	245	24	355	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	34	243	14	562	- 319
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	240	47	69	+ 172
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	238	55	43	+ 194
Poisonings	37	226	63	14	+ 212
Liver Cancer	38	224	35	152	+ 71
Epilepsy	39	223	44	98	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	222	16	543	- 321
Falls	41	204	43	100	+ 104
Pertussis	42	184	59	30	+ 154
Lung Cancers	43	125	10	738	- 612
Skin Cancers	44	116	40	125	- 9
Leukemia	45	107	27	272	- 166
Parkinson's Disease	46	99	41	122	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	47	95	28	258	- 163
Drug Use	48	93	56	38	+ 56
Oral Cancer	49	91	38	134	- 42
Uterin Cancer	50	80	54	45	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	51	76	45	85	- 9
Skin Disease	52	76	37	144	- 68
Schistosomiasis	53	75	80	0	+ 75
Bladder Cancer	54	55	51	57	- 2
Syphilis	55	55	42	119	- 64
Encephalitis	56	52	66	11	+ 41
Tetanus	57	45	64	12	+ 32
Appendicitis	58	29	57	37	- 8
Upper Respiratory	59	29	70	4	+ 24
Hepatitis B	60	25	67	10	+ 15
Alcohol	61	21	23	410	- 388
Other Neoplasms	62	16	19	487	- 470
Measles	63	13	78	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	12	48	66	- 54
War	65	11	71	3	+ 9
Hepatitis C	66	6	72	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	68	8	- 2
Otitis Media	68	1	74	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	62	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	60	19	- 19
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	17	- 17
Leprosy	78	0	65	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	52	- 52
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	82	0	73	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	69	8	- 8
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.