PANAMA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,102	7	697	+ 1,405
Stroke	2	1,960	2	2,006	- 46
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,823	1	2,624	- 801
HIV/AIDS	4	1,753	8	653	+ 1,100
Malaria	5	1,443	81	0	+ 1,443
Tuberculosis	6	1,320	23	223	+ 1,097
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,009	9	591	+ 418
Low Birth Weight	8	861	22	238	+ 623
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	845	28	163	+ 682
Birth Trauma	10	801	36	94	+ 707
Liver Disease	11	782	15	325	+ 457
Diabetes Mellitus	12	766	4	1,070	- 304
Kidney Disease	13	538	3	1,106	- 568
Congenital Anomalies	14	509	13	378	+ 131
Lung Disease	15	403	5	815	- 412
Meningitis	16	386	52	27	+ 358
Liver Cancer	17	368	27	182	+ 187
Other Injuries	18	314	35	100	+ 215
Hypertension	19	288	10	510	- 222
Cervical Cancer	20	279	26	185	+ 95
Suicide	21	258	32	121	+ 136
Maternal Conditions	22	257	48	32	+ 225
Asthma	23	256	43	56	+ 200
Endocrine Disorders	24	254	18	279	- 25
Breast Cancer	25	250	19	279	- 28
Malnutrition	26	241	31	122	+ 119
Violence	27	240	6	730	- 490
Inflammatory/Heart	28	209	20	270	- 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	167	17	296	- 129
Falls	30	151	37	92	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	31	133	12	390	- 257
Lymphomas	32	113	24	205	- 92
Stomach Cancer	33	112	11	397	- 285
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	104	14	352	- 249
Pertussis	35	96	74	0	+ 96
Drownings	36	96	34	103	- 8
Fires	37	94	57	11	+ 83
Ovary Cancer	38	90	41	64	+ 27
Drug Use	39	81	47	33	+ 49
Poisonings	40	67	61	4	+ 63
Syphilis	41	62	65	1	+ 61
Oral Cancer	42	62	38	78	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	43	50	33	115	- 65
Encephalitis	44	46	63	3	+ 44
Leukemia	45	44	25	189	- 145
Pancreas Cancer	46	43	29	135	- 92
Epilepsy	47	43	39	66	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	41	50	30	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	49	37	45	52	- 15
Skin Disease	50	34	30	127	- 93
Schistosomiasis	51	33	80	0	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	33	53	25	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	53	32	46	33	- 1
Alcohol	54	32	49	30	+ 1
Lung Cancers	55	31	16	303	- 272
Tetanus	56	28	69	0	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	57	28	40	66	- 37
Skin Cancers	58	28	44	56	- 28
Appendicitis	59	19	56	11	+ 8
Measles	60	18	79	0	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	61	15	62	3	+ 12
Hepatitis B	62	13	59	7	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	63	6	21	256	- 250
War	64	4	67	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	4	66	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	54	14	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	55	14	- 12
Ascariasis	68	2	75	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	64	2	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
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

Ghana

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.