PANAMA VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,088	7	697	+ 3,391
Malaria	2	2,614	81	0	+ 2,614
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,170	28	163	+ 2,007
Measles	4	1,926	79	0	+ 1,926
Stroke	5	1,846	2	2,006	- 159
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,811	1	2,624	- 813
Birth Trauma	7	1,533	36	94	+ 1,439
Low Birth Weight	8	1,380	22	238	+ 1,143
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,211	9	591	+ 620
HIV/AIDS	10	965	8	653	+ 312
Meningitis	11	842	52	27	+ 814
Liver Disease	12	815	15	325	+ 490
Tuberculosis	13	757	23	223	+ 534
Congenital Anomalies	14	697	13	378	+ 319
Diabetes Mellitus	15	683	4	1,070	- 387
Kidney Disease	16	620	3	1,106	- 486
Maternal Conditions	17	573	48	32	+ 541
Other Injuries	18	481	35	100	+ 381
Cervical Cancer	19	477	26	185	+ 292
Lung Disease	20	439	5	815	- 376
Hypertension	21	431	10	510	- 79
Asthma	22	377	43	56	+ 321
Liver Cancer	23	373	27	182	+ 192
Pertussis	24	372	74	0	+ 372
Endocrine Disorders	25	364	18	279	+ 85
Violence	26	361	6	730	- 369
Trypanosomiasis	27	343	82	0	+ 343
Malnutrition	28	330	31	122	+ 208
Suicide	29	285	32	121	+ 164
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	185	17	296	- 111
Drownings	31	169	34	103	+ 66
Prostate Cancer	32	168	12	390	- 222
Falls	33	153	37	92	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	143	50	30	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	35	140	20	270	- 129
Fires	36	131	57	11	+ 120
Epilepsy	37	112	39	66	+ 45
Breast Cancer	38	110	19	279	- 168
Syphilis	39	105	65	1	+ 103
Poisonings	40	94	61	4	+ 90
Stomach Cancer	41	78	11	397	- 319
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	76	53	25	+ 51
Schistosomiasis	43	74	80	0	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	44	68	33	115	- 47
Tetanus	45	54	69	0	+ 54
Drug Use	46	54	47	33	+ 21
Hepatitis B	47	52	59	7	+ 45
Lymphomas	48	50	24	205	- 154
Skin Cancers	49	49	44	56	- 7
Lung Cancers	50	41	16	303	- 262
Skin Disease	51	41	30	127	- 87
Oral Cancer	52	39	38	78	- 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	32	14	352	- 320
Ovary Cancer	54	30	41	64	- 34
Alcohol	55	27	49	30	- 4
Encephalitis	56	26	63	3	+ 23
Appendicitis	57	13	56	11	+ 2
Diphtheria	58	13	78	0	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	59	12	40	66	- 54
Bladder Cancer	60	10	46	33	- 23
Hepatitis C	61	7	66	1	+ 6
Ascariasis	62	7	75	0	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	63	6	45	52	- 45
War	64	6	67	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	65	6	29	135	- 129
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	62	3	+ 3
Leukemia	67	5	25	189	- 183
Other Neoplasms	68	5	21	256	- 251
Upper Respiratory	69	5	54	14	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	4	55	14	- 10
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	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
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.