PANAMA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,306	8	653	+ 2,653
Tuberculosis	2	2,039	23	223	+ 1,816
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,889	7	697	+ 1,192
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,829	1	2,624	- 795
Stroke	5	1,662	2	2,006	- 344
Malaria	6	1,449	81	0	+ 1,449
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,172	9	591	+ 581
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	956	28	163	+ 793
Low Birth Weight	9	941	22	238	+ 703
Diabetes Mellitus	10	769	4	1,070	- 301
Birth Trauma	11	731	36	94	+ 638
Hypertension	12	684	10	510	+ 174
Liver Disease	13	682	15	325	+ 357
Congenital Anomalies	14	534	13	378	+ 157
Kidney Disease	15	449	3	1,106	- 657
Maternal Conditions	16	423	48	32	+ 391
Lung Disease	17	396	5	815	- 419
Violence	18	395	6	730	- 335
Suicide	19	256	32	121	+ 134
Other Injuries	20	244	35	100	+ 144
Pertussis	21	241	74	0	+ 241
Meningitis	22	219	52	27	+ 192
Asthma	23	213	43	56	+ 157
Malnutrition	24	199	31	122	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	169	17	296	- 127
Inflammatory/Heart	26	161	20	270	- 109
Endocrine Disorders	27	152	18	279	- 127
Prostate Cancer	28	145	12	390	- 245
Cervical Cancer	29	144	26	185	- 41
Liver Cancer	30	124	27	182	- 57
Measles	31	117	79	0	+ 117
Breast Cancer	32	116	19	279	- 162
Falls	33	109	37	92	+ 17
Syphilis	34	78	65	1	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	77	50	30	+ 47
Drownings	36	76	34	103	- 27
Fires	37	66	57	11	+ 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	65	14	352	- 287
Stomach Cancer	39	64	11	397	- 332
Epilepsy	40	56	39	66	- 11
Poisonings	41	52	61	4	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	42	51	33	115	- 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	49	53	25	+ 24
Drug Use	44	48	47	33	+ 15
Lymphomas	45	45	24	205	- 160
Leukemia	46	42	25	189	- 147
Lung Cancers	47	39	16	303	- 264
Ovary Cancer	48	36	41	64	- 27
Alcohol	49	34	49	30	+ 4
Skin Disease	50	34	30	127	- 94
Schistosomiasis	51	33	80	0	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	52	31	29	135	- 104
Skin Cancers	53	26	44	56	- 29
Oral Cancer	54	24	38	78	- 54
Tetanus	55	17	69	0	+ 17
Encephalitis	56	15	63	3	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	57	14	45	52	- 37
Appendicitis	58	14	56	11	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	55	14	- 3
Uterin Cancer	60	11	40	66	- 55
Bladder Cancer	61	11	46	33	- 22
Hepatitis B	62	11	59	7	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	6	21	256	- 251
Upper Respiratory	64	5	54	14	- 9
Trypanosomiasis	65	5	82	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	62	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	2	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
War	72	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
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

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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.