PANAMA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,104	7	697	+ 2,407
Malaria	2	2,140	81	0	+ 2,140
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,078	28	163	+ 1,915
Stroke	4	1,781	2	2,006	- 225
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,642	1	2,624	- 982
Low Birth Weight	6	1,493	22	238	+ 1,255
Birth Trauma	7	1,201	36	94	+ 1,108
Road Traffic Accidents	8	962	9	591	+ 371
Liver Disease	9	744	15	325	+ 419
Congenital Anomalies	10	689	13	378	+ 311
HIV/AIDS	11	688	8	653	+ 35
Meningitis	12	598	52	27	+ 571
Kidney Disease	13	587	3	1,106	- 520
Diabetes Mellitus	14	581	4	1,070	- 489
Other Injuries	15	466	35	100	+ 366
Endocrine Disorders	16	442	18	279	+ 163
Lung Disease	17	371	5	815	- 444
Pertussis	18	355	74	0	+ 355
Hypertension	19	331	10	510	- 179
Maternal Conditions	20	316	48	32	+ 284
Malnutrition	21	282	31	122	+ 160
Suicide	22	280	32	121	+ 159
Tuberculosis	23	279	23	223	+ 57
Asthma	24	271	43	56	+ 215
Prostate Cancer	25	264	12	390	- 126
Measles	26	240	79	0	+ 240
Breast Cancer	27	239	19	279	- 40
Violence	28	221	6	730	- 509
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	218	17	296	- 79
Cervical Cancer	30	203	26	185	+ 19
Drownings	31	173	34	103	+ 70
Falls	32	165	37	92	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	33	139	20	270	- 131
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	135	50	30	+ 105
Fires	35	131	57	11	+ 120
Lymphomas	36	118	24	205	- 87
Epilepsy	37	112	39	66	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	38	110	11	397	- 287
Oesophagus Cancer	39	99	45	52	+ 48
Liver Cancer	40	98	27	182	- 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	95	14	352	- 258
Poisonings	42	93	61	4	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	43	64	33	115	- 50
Drug Use	44	60	47	33	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	60	53	25	+ 35
Leukemia	46	59	25	189	- 129
Schistosomiasis	47	56	80	0	+ 56
Pancreas Cancer	48	54	29	135	- 81
Oral Cancer	49	48	38	78	- 31
Tetanus	50	47	69	0	+ 47
Syphilis	51	46	65	1	+ 44
Skin Disease	52	44	30	127	- 84
Hepatitis B	53	43	59	7	+ 36
Skin Cancers	54	31	44	56	- 25
Uterin Cancer	55	30	40	66	- 35
Ovary Cancer	56	26	41	64	- 38
Encephalitis	57	26	63	3	+ 23
Alcohol	58	26	49	30	- 4
Lung Cancers	59	20	16	303	- 283
Appendicitis	60	14	56	11	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	61	13	46	33	- 20
Ascariasis	62	12	75	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	63	6	21	256	- 250
Upper Respiratory	64	5	54	14	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	5	66	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	62	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	55	14	- 10
Diphtheria	68	3	78	0	+ 3
War	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	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
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Benin

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.