PANAMA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,478	1	2,624	+ 1,854
War	2	2,854	67	0	+ 2,854
Stroke	3	2,124	2	2,006	+ 118
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,632	7	697	+ 935
Low Birth Weight	5	1,407	22	238	+ 1,169
Birth Trauma	6	1,195	36	94	+ 1,101
Tuberculosis	7	1,096	23	223	+ 873
Hypertension	8	891	10	510	+ 381
Maternal Conditions	9	870	48	32	+ 837
Kidney Disease	10	734	3	1,106	- 372
Road Traffic Accidents	11	672	9	591	+ 81
Diabetes Mellitus	12	641	4	1,070	- 429
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	619	28	163	+ 456
Congenital Anomalies	14	557	13	378	+ 180
Lung Disease	15	518	5	815	- 297
Liver Disease	16	512	15	325	+ 187
Asthma	17	379	43	56	+ 323
Other Injuries	18	361	35	100	+ 261
Violence	19	358	6	730	- 371
Meningitis	20	293	52	27	+ 265
Pertussis	21	235	74	0	+ 235
Breast Cancer	22	203	19	279	- 76
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	197	17	296	- 100
Suicide	24	175	32	121	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	168	50	30	+ 138
Stomach Cancer	26	167	11	397	- 230
Oral Cancer	27	163	38	78	+ 85
Endocrine Disorders	28	152	18	279	- 127
Oesophagus Cancer	29	146	45	52	+ 95
Tetanus	30	140	69	0	+ 139
Encephalitis	31	133	63	3	+ 130
Lung Cancers	32	120	16	303	- 183
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	116	53	25	+ 91
Drownings	34	111	34	103	+ 8
Epilepsy	35	111	39	66	+ 44
Lymphomas	36	105	24	205	- 99
Falls	37	101	37	92	+ 9
Hepatitis B	38	96	59	7	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	83	14	352	- 270
Liver Cancer	40	73	27	182	- 108
Parkinson's Disease	41	70	33	115	- 45
Leukemia	42	68	25	189	- 121
Malnutrition	43	66	31	122	- 57
Cervical Cancer	44	60	26	185	- 124
Inflammatory/Heart	45	59	20	270	- 211
HIV/AIDS	46	52	8	653	- 601
Poisonings	47	43	61	4	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	48	41	41	64	- 23
Measles	49	39	79	0	+ 39
Fires	50	39	57	11	+ 28
Drug Use	51	37	47	33	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	33	56	11	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	53	32	40	66	- 33
Bladder Cancer	54	30	46	33	- 3
Prostate Cancer	55	29	12	390	- 361
Pancreas Cancer	56	26	29	135	- 109
Malaria	57	21	81	0	+ 21
Alcohol	58	17	49	30	- 14
Skin Cancers	59	16	44	56	- 40
Syphilis	60	10	65	1	+ 9
Skin Disease	61	10	30	127	- 117
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	62	3	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	3	21	256	- 253
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	55	14	- 11
Ascariasis	66	2	75	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	54	14	- 13
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Afghanistan

Panama

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.