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Paraguay
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Paraguay and Malaysia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Malaysia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Paraguay Population Pyramid
9,101,631
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Malaysia Population Pyramid
40,550,371
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Paraguay PARAGUAY   Malaysia MALAYSIA
  Paraguay PARAGUAY   Malaysia MALAYSIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.0
65.9
63.9
44
45
44
 
52.8
55.9
54.3
80
81
81
1970
63.5
67.7
65.5
58
58
58
 
60.0
63.2
61.6
71
74
76
1980
64.7
69.1
66.8
61
72
69
 
65.0
68.8
66.9
60
76
68
1990
65.9
70.4
68.1
78
91
89
 
68.2
72.5
70.3
53
74
60
2000
69.0
73.0
70.9
69
93
82
 
70.2
74.9
72.4
55
66
63
2010
71.4
75.2
73.2
68
92
84
 
71.9
76.5
74.1
62
77
67
2019
73.1
78.8
75.8
70
65
71
 
72.6
77.1
74.7
74
90
80
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Paraguay PARAGUAY   Malaysia MALAYSIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.1
78.8
70
65
72.6
77.1
74
90
Age 5
74.6
80.2
61
55
73.3
77.7
81
92
Age 10
74.7
80.3
62
55
73.4
77.8
83
92
Age 15
74.8
80.4
61
55
73.5
77.8
80
92
Age 20
75.1
80.5
58
55
73.7
77.9
80
92
Age 25
75.6
80.7
58
55
74.1
78.0
80
92
Age 30
76.0
80.8
57
55
74.4
78.2
79
93
Age 35
76.4
81.0
57
54
74.8
78.3
80
93
Age 40
76.8
81.3
56
53
75.2
78.5
79
93
Age 45
77.4
81.6
55
52
75.7
78.8
78
94
Age 50
78.1
82.1
53
51
76.4
79.2
81
96
Age 55
79.0
82.7
52
50
77.3
79.8
81
97
Age 60
80.2
83.5
53
48
78.5
80.6
81
99
Age 65
81.7
84.5
50
47
80.1
81.6
80
102
Age 70
83.4
85.8
50
44
82.0
83.1
76
101
Age 75
85.6
87.3
45
43
84.5
85.1
68
97
Age 80
88.1
89.2
38
38
87.4
87.5
60
94
Age 85
91.0
91.5
25
23
90.5
90.4
53
81
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Paraguay PARAGUAY   Malaysia MALAYSIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
76.66
137
136.21
61
2. Stroke
53.27
122
81.65
92
3. Diabetes Mellitus
41.85
56
14.82
126
4. Kidney Disease
27.94
68
24.25
80
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.39
91
90.22
33
6. Road Traffic Accidents
22.60
62
22.76
60
7. Prostate Cancer
21.17
56
7.43
144
8. Lung Disease
20.96
97
25.89
74
9. Cervical Cancer
17.57
46
6.94
107
10. Breast Cancer
16.48
95
20.80
44
11. Hypertension
15.87
104
2.45
173
12. Other Injuries
13.54
32
7.39
95
13. Lung Cancers
13.04
90
15.25
77
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.58
82
14.27
31
15. Endocrine Disorders
9.48
22
2.86
117
16. Liver Disease
9.16
131
17.91
97
17. Other Neoplasms
8.44
2
1.00
61
18. Violence
7.96
62
2.62
118
19. Congenital Anomalies
7.21
47
4.04
136
20. Alcohol
7.18
11
0.58
139
21. HIV/AIDS
7.00
68
8.15
63
22. Stomach Cancer
6.25
88
5.36
101
23. Suicide
6.16
125
5.77
130
24. Low Birth Weight
5.80
83
2.57
134
25. Malnutrition
5.61
49
1.01
101
26. Pancreas Cancer
4.58
75
3.59
95
27. Tuberculosis
4.51
86
3.87
90
28. Leukemia
4.42
50
4.58
38
29. Lymphomas
4.16
113
4.55
95
30. Oesophagus Cancer
3.08
68
1.54
123
31. Ovary Cancer
2.93
148
5.57
48
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.78
96
6.63
73
33. Liver Cancer
2.68
172
6.96
57
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.60
149
4.18
108
35. Alzheimers & Dementia
2.56
176
16.95
108
36. Drownings
2.55
87
2.63
83
37. Skin Disease
2.45
41
7.90
7
38. Oral Cancer
2.34
111
6.32
27
39. Skin Cancers
2.19
70
0.91
139
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.17
157
4.52
69
41. Asthma
2.17
110
3.65
98
42. Birth Trauma
1.95
91
0.92
126
43. Falls
1.62
176
6.80
71
44. Uterin Cancer
1.57
133
2.44
84
45. Epilepsy
1.49
98
0.73
164
46. Anemia
1.43
11
0.00
129
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.20
143
5.55
52
48. Syphilis
1.17
31
0.05
113
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
1.16
6
0.10
161
50. Bladder Cancer
1.00
158
1.79
106
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Paraguay PARAGUAY   Malaysia MALAYSIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,327
14.50
36,729
21.86
2. Stroke
3,007
10.08
21,592
12.85
3. Diabetes Mellitus
2,361
7.91
4,107
2.44
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,661
5.57
23,477
13.97
5. Kidney Disease
1,592
5.34
6,629
3.95
6. Road Traffic Accidents
1,552
5.20
7,181
4.27
7. Lung Disease
1,181
3.96
6,633
3.95
8. Hypertension
895
3.00
649
0.39
9. Other Injuries
843
2.83
2,222
1.32
10. Lung Cancers
738
2.47
4,319
2.57
11. Congenital Anomalies
662
2.22
1,403
0.84
12. Low Birth Weight
644
2.16
1,020
0.61
13. Violence
566
1.90
869
0.52
14. Endocrine Disorders
562
1.88
809
0.48
15. Prostate Cancer
546
1.83
903
0.54
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
543
1.82
3,832
2.28
17. Liver Disease
524
1.76
5,125
3.05
18. Cervical Cancer
516
1.73
1,010
0.60
19. Other Neoplasms
487
1.63
265
0.16
20. Breast Cancer
481
1.61
3,071
1.83
21. HIV/AIDS
448
1.50
2,679
1.59
22. Suicide
425
1.42
1,823
1.09
23. Alcohol
410
1.37
181
0.11
24. Stomach Cancer
355
1.19
1,441
0.86
25. Malnutrition
330
1.11
249
0.15
26. Tuberculosis
273
0.92
1,227
0.73
27. Leukemia
272
0.91
1,412
0.84
28. Pancreas Cancer
258
0.86
994
0.59
29. Lymphomas
245
0.82
1,321
0.79
30. Birth Trauma
213
0.71
359
0.21
31. Diarrhoeal diseases
192
0.64
1,773
1.06
32. Drownings
178
0.60
820
0.49
33. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.58
435
0.26
34. Inflammatory/Heart
154
0.52
1,214
0.72
35. Liver Cancer
152
0.51
1,984
1.18
36. Alzheimers & Dementia
144
0.48
3,996
2.38
37. Skin Disease
144
0.48
2,066
1.23
38. Oral Cancer
134
0.45
1,865
1.11
39. Asthma
126
0.42
1,013
0.60
40. Skin Cancers
125
0.42
247
0.15
41. Parkinson's Disease
122
0.41
1,106
0.66
42. Syphilis
119
0.40
19
0.01
43. Falls
100
0.34
1,855
1.10
44. Epilepsy
98
0.33
226
0.13
45. Ovary Cancer
85
0.28
827
0.49
46. Anemia
82
0.27
0
0.00
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
69
0.23
1,424
0.85
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
66
0.22
27
0.02
49. Maternal Conditions
64
0.21
167
0.10
50. Fires
63
0.21
336
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Paraguay PARAGUAY   Malaysia MALAYSIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
21.17
56
7.43
144
2. Cervical Cancer
17.57
46
6.94
107
3. Breast Cancer
16.48
95
20.80
44
4. Lung Cancers
13.04
90
15.25
77
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.58
82
14.27
31
6. Stomach Cancer
6.25
88
5.36
101
7. Pancreas Cancer
4.58
75
3.59
95
8. Leukemia
4.42
50
4.58
38
9. Lymphomas
4.16
113
4.55
95
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.08
68
1.54
123
11. Ovary Cancer
2.93
148
5.57
48
12. Liver Cancer
2.68
172
6.96
57
13. Oral Cancer
2.34
111
6.32
27
14. Skin Cancers
2.19
70
0.91
139
15. Uterin Cancer
1.57
133
2.44
84
16. Bladder Cancer
1.00
158
1.79
106
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.