CUBA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,308	1	22,079	- 15,771
Stroke	2	4,384	2	10,725	- 6,341
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,442	13	1,791	+ 1,651
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,422	3	8,564	- 6,142
Kidney Disease	5	2,321	14	1,700	+ 621
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,262	19	1,007	+ 1,254
Lung Disease	7	1,721	6	5,492	- 3,771
Hypertension	8	1,305	7	3,469	- 2,164
Other Injuries	9	1,230	12	1,869	- 640
Lung Cancers	10	1,075	4	5,985	- 4,909
Congenital Anomalies	11	964	37	368	+ 597
Low Birth Weight	12	939	48	98	+ 841
Violence	13	824	32	584	+ 241
Endocrine Disorders	14	819	36	412	+ 407
Prostate Cancer	15	797	8	3,365	- 2,569
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	791	9	2,958	- 2,166
Liver Disease	17	764	11	1,873	- 1,110
Cervical Cancer	18	752	29	666	+ 86
Other Neoplasms	19	709	25	769	- 59
Breast Cancer	20	701	15	1,673	- 972
HIV/AIDS	21	653	34	471	+ 182
Suicide	22	620	16	1,638	- 1,018
Alcohol	23	597	28	675	- 78
Stomach Cancer	24	518	20	991	- 473
Malnutrition	25	481	55	64	+ 417
Tuberculosis	26	397	60	45	+ 353
Leukemia	27	397	30	633	- 236
Pancreas Cancer	28	376	21	905	- 528
Lymphomas	29	357	18	1,089	- 733
Birth Trauma	30	310	59	49	+ 261
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	280	43	206	+ 74
Drownings	32	260	42	231	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	33	253	22	879	- 627
Inflammatory/Heart	34	225	17	1,156	- 932
Liver Cancer	35	222	24	815	- 593
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	210	5	5,841	- 5,632
Skin Disease	37	209	41	258	- 49
Oral Cancer	38	195	23	876	- 682
Asthma	39	184	40	301	- 117
Skin Cancers	40	182	33	514	- 332
Parkinson's Disease	41	177	27	691	- 513
Syphilis	42	173	69	1	+ 172
Falls	43	146	10	2,810	- 2,664
Epilepsy	44	143	46	108	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	45	124	39	323	- 199
Anemia	46	119	52	77	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	100	35	420	- 320
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	96	49	87	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	49	94	61	43	+ 50
Fires	50	92	58	55	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	51	82	26	734	- 652
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	76	53	75	+ 1
Meningitis	53	76	50	83	- 6
Uterin Cancer	54	66	31	602	- 536
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	63	44	162	- 99
Drug Use	56	55	51	82	- 27
Appendicitis	57	54	47	104	- 50
Osteoarthritis	58	44	38	326	- 282
Pertussis	59	44	73	0	+ 44
Chagas disease	60	28	79	0	+ 28
Leishmaniasis	61	25	83	0	+ 25
Dengue	62	24	74	0	+ 24
Poisonings	63	20	62	17	+ 3
Tetanus	64	18	71	1	+ 17
Leprosy	65	17	67	2	+ 15
Encephalitis	66	16	66	6	+ 10
Hepatitis B	67	14	56	59	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	68	12	57	55	- 43
Schizophrenia	69	11	54	68	- 57
Upper Respiratory	70	6	65	6	+ 1
War	71	4	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	72	4	45	112	- 108
Oral conditions	73	3	64	6	- 3
Otitis Media	74	2	63	11	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	75	2	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Paraguay

Cuba

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.