PANAMA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,131	1	2,624	+ 1,507
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,475	17	296	+ 3,179
Stroke	3	2,377	2	2,006	+ 371
Lung Cancers	4	2,331	16	303	+ 2,028
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,429	14	352	+ 1,076
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,293	7	697	+ 596
Lung Disease	7	1,192	5	815	+ 377
Breast Cancer	8	1,016	19	279	+ 737
Other Injuries	9	988	35	100	+ 889
Pancreas Cancer	10	808	29	135	+ 673
Kidney Disease	11	750	3	1,106	- 356
Diabetes Mellitus	12	713	4	1,070	- 357
Prostate Cancer	13	711	12	390	+ 321
Lymphomas	14	658	24	205	+ 454
Liver Cancer	15	626	27	182	+ 444
Suicide	16	586	32	121	+ 465
Other Neoplasms	17	573	21	256	+ 317
Falls	18	542	37	92	+ 450
Endocrine Disorders	19	529	18	279	+ 250
Parkinson's Disease	20	495	33	115	+ 380
Leukemia	21	488	25	189	+ 299
Liver Disease	22	483	15	325	+ 157
Hypertension	23	465	10	510	- 45
Bladder Cancer	24	429	46	33	+ 396
Inflammatory/Heart	25	397	20	270	+ 127
Stomach Cancer	26	362	11	397	- 35
Oral Cancer	27	306	38	78	+ 227
Oesophagus Cancer	28	306	45	52	+ 254
Malnutrition	29	275	31	122	+ 153
Ovary Cancer	30	259	41	64	+ 195
Road Traffic Accidents	31	218	9	591	- 373
Skin Cancers	32	213	44	56	+ 157
Alcohol	33	208	49	30	+ 178
Uterin Cancer	34	178	40	66	+ 112
Congenital Anomalies	35	132	13	378	- 246
Drug Use	36	123	47	33	+ 90
Epilepsy	37	122	39	66	+ 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	118	28	163	- 45
Skin Disease	39	104	30	127	- 23
Cervical Cancer	40	103	26	185	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	90	53	25	+ 66
Asthma	42	68	43	56	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	64	50	30	+ 34
Anemia	44	64	42	63	+ 1
Drownings	45	57	34	103	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	46	49	62	3	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	47	43	22	238	- 195
Schizophrenia	48	42	58	10	+ 33
Violence	49	35	6	730	- 695
Tuberculosis	50	28	23	223	- 195
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	28	55	14	+ 14
Hepatitis C	52	27	66	1	+ 27
Fires	53	26	57	11	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	54	24	8	653	- 629
Birth Trauma	55	20	36	94	- 73
Osteoarthritis	56	16	60	4	+ 12
Poisonings	57	15	61	4	+ 11
Meningitis	58	11	52	27	- 16
Hepatitis B	59	9	59	7	+ 2
Oral conditions	60	8	72	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	61	6	56	11	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	5	51	28	- 23
Upper Respiratory	63	4	54	14	- 10
Maternal Conditions	64	3	48	32	- 29
Otitis Media	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	63	3	- 2
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	65	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	64	2	- 2
Measles	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.