LESOTHO VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,281	5	2,101	- 820
Stroke	2	891	3	2,817	- 1,926
Diabetes Mellitus	3	699	6	2,000	- 1,300
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	492	2	3,214	- 2,722
Kidney Disease	5	471	10	1,015	- 543
Road Traffic Accidents	6	459	16	678	- 219
Lung Disease	7	350	9	1,102	- 752
Hypertension	8	265	11	990	- 725
Other Injuries	9	250	18	533	- 283
Lung Cancers	10	218	43	51	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	11	196	19	389	- 193
Low Birth Weight	12	191	12	957	- 766
Violence	13	167	13	924	- 756
Endocrine Disorders	14	166	27	235	- 68
Prostate Cancer	15	162	35	81	+ 81
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	161	48	40	+ 121
Liver Disease	17	155	14	792	- 637
Cervical Cancer	18	153	20	372	- 220
Other Neoplasms	19	144	62	9	+ 135
Breast Cancer	20	142	34	97	+ 45
HIV/AIDS	21	133	1	4,767	- 4,635
Suicide	22	126	7	1,539	- 1,414
Alcohol	23	121	38	71	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	24	105	60	11	+ 94
Malnutrition	25	98	21	357	- 259
Tuberculosis	26	81	8	1,208	- 1,128
Leukemia	27	81	49	39	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	28	76	58	12	+ 64
Lymphomas	29	72	36	78	- 5
Birth Trauma	30	63	15	717	- 654
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	57	4	2,354	- 2,297
Drownings	32	53	28	200	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	33	51	37	73	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	34	46	23	305	- 259
Liver Cancer	35	45	39	71	- 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	43	29	194	- 152
Skin Disease	37	43	40	70	- 27
Oral Cancer	38	40	42	52	- 12
Asthma	39	37	17	678	- 640
Skin Cancers	40	37	46	46	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	41	36	41	55	- 19
Syphilis	42	35	45	50	- 15
Falls	43	30	31	128	- 98
Epilepsy	44	29	30	143	- 114
Ovary Cancer	45	25	53	24	+ 1
Anemia	46	24	83	0	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	20	25	279	- 258
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	19	56	18	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	49	19	24	292	- 273
Fires	50	19	26	269	- 250
Bladder Cancer	51	17	61	10	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	16	85	0	+ 16
Meningitis	53	15	22	318	- 302
Uterin Cancer	54	13	54	23	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	13	32	126	- 113
Drug Use	56	11	50	32	- 20
Appendicitis	57	11	52	25	- 14
Osteoarthritis	58	9	84	0	+ 9
Pertussis	59	9	44	51	- 42
Chagas disease	60	6	78	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	61	5	75	0	+ 5
Dengue	62	5	70	0	+ 5
Poisonings	63	4	33	111	- 107
Tetanus	64	4	47	45	- 42
Leprosy	65	3	74	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	66	3	57	14	- 10
Hepatitis B	67	3	51	27	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	63	6	- 3
Schizophrenia	69	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	70	1	55	18	- 17
War	71	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	1	64	2	- 2
Oral conditions	73	1	86	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Chlamydia	79	0	65	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Paraguay

Lesotho

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.