CENTRAL AFRICA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,317	7	2,900	+ 417
Stroke	2	2,536	5	3,284	- 748
Kidney Disease	3	1,398	21	710	+ 688
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,353	15	1,141	+ 211
Lung Disease	5	1,030	18	956	+ 74
Violence	6	922	17	1,009	- 86
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	881	1	5,231	- 4,350
HIV/AIDS	8	826	4	3,753	- 2,927
Road Traffic Accidents	9	747	10	1,790	- 1,043
Hypertension	10	645	12	1,252	- 608
Stomach Cancer	11	502	49	65	+ 436
Prostate Cancer	12	493	38	156	+ 336
Congenital Anomalies	13	477	19	776	- 298
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	445	45	116	+ 329
Liver Disease	15	411	14	1,153	- 742
Lung Cancers	16	383	55	47	+ 336
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	375	33	204	+ 171
Endocrine Disorders	18	353	25	423	- 70
Breast Cancer	19	352	26	344	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	20	341	30	270	+ 71
Other Neoplasms	21	324	70	5	+ 319
Low Birth Weight	22	301	8	2,228	- 1,927
Tuberculosis	23	282	2	4,704	- 4,422
Lymphomas	24	259	42	119	+ 140
Leukemia	25	239	47	88	+ 151
Cervical Cancer	26	233	32	230	+ 3
Liver Cancer	27	230	44	117	+ 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	206	3	4,684	- 4,478
Pancreas Cancer	29	171	60	37	+ 134
Skin Disease	30	161	54	48	+ 113
Malnutrition	31	155	22	691	- 536
Suicide	32	153	24	585	- 432
Parkinson's Disease	33	145	48	67	+ 78
Drownings	34	131	34	202	- 72
Other Injuries	35	126	23	621	- 494
Birth Trauma	36	118	9	2,192	- 2,073
Falls	37	116	36	181	- 65
Oral Cancer	38	99	46	91	+ 8
Epilepsy	39	84	43	119	- 35
Uterin Cancer	40	83	65	20	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	41	80	50	64	+ 16
Anemia	42	80	84	0	+ 80
Asthma	43	71	20	761	- 690
Skin Cancers	44	71	58	43	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	45	65	53	48	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	46	42	64	23	+ 18
Drug Use	47	41	57	44	- 2
Maternal Conditions	48	41	13	1,174	- 1,133
Alcohol	49	38	52	62	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	38	27	317	- 279
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	35	80	0	+ 35
Meningitis	52	34	16	1,015	- 980
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	31	35	194	- 163
Upper Respiratory	54	17	63	24	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	17	66	15	+ 2
Appendicitis	56	14	51	62	- 48
Fires	57	14	39	142	- 128
Schizophrenia	58	12	86	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	59	9	61	33	- 24
Osteoarthritis	60	5	81	0	+ 5
Poisonings	61	5	40	134	- 129
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	72	4	- 0
Encephalitis	63	3	62	28	- 25
Dengue	64	2	74	0	+ 2
Syphilis	65	2	41	120	- 118
Hepatitis C	66	1	69	6	- 5
War	67	1	28	314	- 313
Otitis Media	68	1	68	6	- 6
Tetanus	69	0	29	280	- 280
Leishmaniasis	70	0	56	46	- 45
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	31	265	- 265
Ascariasis	75	0	71	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	11	- 11
Measles	79	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Schistosomiasis	80	0	37	169	- 169
Malaria	81	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	59	40	- 40
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Panama

Central Africa

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.