PANAMA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,260	7	697	+ 1,563
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,673	28	163	+ 1,510
Stroke	3	1,484	2	2,006	- 522
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,377	1	2,624	- 1,247
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,190	9	591	+ 599
Birth Trauma	6	1,173	36	94	+ 1,079
Low Birth Weight	7	1,057	22	238	+ 819
Liver Disease	8	1,028	15	325	+ 703
Tuberculosis	9	809	23	223	+ 586
Diabetes Mellitus	10	613	4	1,070	- 457
Congenital Anomalies	11	590	13	378	+ 212
Hypertension	12	508	10	510	- 2
Kidney Disease	13	456	3	1,106	- 650
Meningitis	14	453	52	27	+ 426
Lung Disease	15	448	5	815	- 368
Other Injuries	16	442	35	100	+ 343
HIV/AIDS	17	433	8	653	- 221
Maternal Conditions	18	335	48	32	+ 303
Malnutrition	19	326	31	122	+ 204
Breast Cancer	20	320	19	279	+ 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	311	17	296	+ 15
Violence	22	305	6	730	- 425
Pertussis	23	260	74	0	+ 260
Measles	24	238	79	0	+ 238
Suicide	25	227	32	121	+ 106
Malaria	26	212	81	0	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	27	189	26	185	+ 5
Falls	28	170	37	92	+ 78
Asthma	29	169	43	56	+ 113
Leukemia	30	159	25	189	- 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	142	14	352	- 211
Poisonings	32	138	61	4	+ 134
Lymphomas	33	135	24	205	- 69
Fires	34	123	57	11	+ 111
Drownings	35	118	34	103	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	36	91	41	64	+ 28
Tetanus	37	83	69	0	+ 83
Lung Cancers	38	83	16	303	- 220
Inflammatory/Heart	39	82	20	270	- 188
Oesophagus Cancer	40	69	45	52	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	66	50	30	+ 36
Liver Cancer	42	65	27	182	- 116
Syphilis	43	64	65	1	+ 63
Epilepsy	44	61	39	66	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	45	61	18	279	- 218
Parkinson's Disease	46	59	33	115	- 55
Stomach Cancer	47	57	11	397	- 340
Oral Cancer	48	56	38	78	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	50	53	25	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	50	47	12	390	- 343
Bladder Cancer	51	41	46	33	+ 8
Skin Cancers	52	38	44	56	- 18
Skin Disease	53	34	30	127	- 93
Schistosomiasis	54	32	80	0	+ 32
Alcohol	55	28	49	30	- 2
Hepatitis B	56	28	59	7	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	57	27	54	14	+ 13
Appendicitis	58	26	56	11	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	59	22	70	0	+ 21
Drug Use	60	19	47	33	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	61	18	29	135	- 117
Uterin Cancer	62	16	40	66	- 50
Encephalitis	63	15	63	3	+ 12
War	64	11	67	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	8	55	14	- 5
Other Neoplasms	66	6	21	256	- 251
Diphtheria	67	5	78	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	68	5	75	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	69	4	66	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	70	2	62	3	- 0
Otitis Media	71	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	64	2	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Ethiopia

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.