PANAMA VS COMOROS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COMOROS		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,952	7	697	+ 2,255
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,804	28	163	+ 1,641
Stroke	3	1,766	2	2,006	- 240
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,731	1	2,624	- 893
Low Birth Weight	5	1,631	22	238	+ 1,393
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,123	9	591	+ 532
Birth Trauma	7	1,047	36	94	+ 953
Liver Disease	8	793	15	325	+ 467
Diabetes Mellitus	9	677	4	1,070	- 393
Congenital Anomalies	10	649	13	378	+ 271
Meningitis	11	574	52	27	+ 546
Hypertension	12	571	10	510	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	13	519	26	185	+ 334
Kidney Disease	14	503	3	1,106	- 603
Malnutrition	15	476	31	122	+ 354
Other Injuries	16	448	35	100	+ 348
Lung Disease	17	415	5	815	- 400
Pertussis	18	397	74	0	+ 397
Tuberculosis	19	392	23	223	+ 169
Violence	20	314	6	730	- 416
Asthma	21	243	43	56	+ 187
Maternal Conditions	22	233	48	32	+ 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	231	17	296	- 66
Suicide	24	228	32	121	+ 106
Drownings	25	173	34	103	+ 69
Oesophagus Cancer	26	167	45	52	+ 116
Prostate Cancer	27	163	12	390	- 227
Liver Cancer	28	144	27	182	- 37
Malaria	29	144	81	0	+ 144
Fires	30	134	57	11	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	31	130	20	270	- 139
Falls	32	130	37	92	+ 38
Breast Cancer	33	112	19	279	- 167
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	104	50	30	+ 74
Poisonings	35	100	61	4	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	36	97	18	279	- 182
Lymphomas	37	96	24	205	- 109
Syphilis	38	95	65	1	+ 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	93	14	352	- 260
Epilepsy	40	86	39	66	+ 20
Oral Cancer	41	77	38	78	- 1
Skin Cancers	42	62	44	56	+ 6
Tetanus	43	59	69	0	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	44	57	33	115	- 58
Stomach Cancer	45	56	11	397	- 341
Bladder Cancer	46	51	46	33	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	51	53	25	+ 26
Skin Disease	48	46	30	127	- 82
Drug Use	49	33	47	33	+ 0
Appendicitis	50	29	56	11	+ 18
Alcohol	51	29	49	30	- 2
Hepatitis B	52	26	59	7	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	53	21	54	14	+ 7
Encephalitis	54	21	63	3	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	55	15	40	66	- 50
Ovary Cancer	56	15	41	64	- 48
Leukemia	57	15	25	189	- 174
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	8	55	14	- 5
Other Neoplasms	59	5	21	256	- 251
Lung Cancers	60	5	16	303	- 298
Hepatitis C	61	5	66	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	62	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	64	2	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	84	0	+ 1
War	67	1	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	76	0	8	653	- 653
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	79	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	63	- 63
Pancreas Cancer	82	0	29	135	- 135
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
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

Comoros

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.