PANAMA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,309	7	697	+ 1,612
Stroke	2	1,807	2	2,006	- 199
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,615	28	163	+ 1,452
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,518	1	2,624	- 1,106
Road Traffic Accidents	5	934	9	591	+ 343
Liver Disease	6	856	15	325	+ 530
Diabetes Mellitus	7	665	4	1,070	- 405
Hypertension	8	652	10	510	+ 142
Lung Disease	9	466	5	815	- 349
Malnutrition	10	465	31	122	+ 343
Birth Trauma	11	434	36	94	+ 341
Kidney Disease	12	407	3	1,106	- 699
Maternal Conditions	13	383	48	32	+ 351
Tuberculosis	14	383	23	223	+ 160
Other Injuries	15	381	35	100	+ 281
Low Birth Weight	16	374	22	238	+ 136
Malaria	17	308	81	0	+ 308
Congenital Anomalies	18	304	13	378	- 73
Meningitis	19	285	52	27	+ 258
Violence	20	271	6	730	- 459
Suicide	21	269	32	121	+ 148
Asthma	22	230	43	56	+ 174
Breast Cancer	23	219	19	279	- 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	218	17	296	- 78
HIV/AIDS	25	217	8	653	- 436
Falls	26	118	37	92	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	104	50	30	+ 74
Lymphomas	28	103	24	205	- 101
Leukemia	29	102	25	189	- 87
Cervical Cancer	30	93	26	185	- 91
Fires	31	93	57	11	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	32	87	20	270	- 183
Drownings	33	83	34	103	- 20
Poisonings	34	80	61	4	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	80	14	352	- 273
Pertussis	36	63	74	0	+ 63
Parkinson's Disease	37	60	33	115	- 55
Epilepsy	38	57	39	66	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	39	57	45	52	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	40	56	41	64	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	54	53	25	+ 29
Schistosomiasis	42	51	80	0	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	43	50	18	279	- 229
Oral Cancer	44	50	38	78	- 28
Liver Cancer	45	49	27	182	- 133
Lung Cancers	46	43	16	303	- 259
Prostate Cancer	47	38	12	390	- 352
Stomach Cancer	48	34	11	397	- 363
Alcohol	49	32	49	30	+ 2
Skin Disease	50	31	30	127	- 96
Bladder Cancer	51	30	46	33	- 3
Tetanus	52	26	69	0	+ 26
Drug Use	53	25	47	33	- 7
Syphilis	54	25	65	1	+ 23
Appendicitis	55	22	56	11	+ 11
Skin Cancers	56	21	44	56	- 35
Hepatitis B	57	19	59	7	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	58	14	29	135	- 121
Leishmaniasis	59	13	70	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	60	13	54	14	- 1
Uterin Cancer	61	12	40	66	- 53
Encephalitis	62	11	63	3	+ 8
Measles	63	9	79	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	55	14	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	5	66	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	4	21	256	- 252
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	62	3	- 0
Ascariasis	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
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

Eritrea

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.