PANAMA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,887	1	2,624	+ 1,263
Stroke	2	2,209	2	2,006	+ 203
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,139	9	591	+ 548
Diabetes Mellitus	4	786	4	1,070	- 285
Low Birth Weight	5	698	22	238	+ 460
Kidney Disease	6	672	3	1,106	- 435
Violence	7	601	6	730	- 129
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	590	7	697	- 107
Congenital Anomalies	9	511	13	378	+ 134
Birth Trauma	10	449	36	94	+ 355
War	11	313	67	0	+ 312
Hypertension	12	260	10	510	- 250
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	258	17	296	- 38
Other Injuries	14	235	35	100	+ 135
Lung Cancers	15	230	16	303	- 73
Liver Disease	16	226	15	325	- 100
Breast Cancer	17	189	19	279	- 89
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	168	28	163	+ 5
Suicide	19	151	32	121	+ 29
Lung Disease	20	141	5	815	- 674
Leukemia	21	140	25	189	- 49
Inflammatory/Heart	22	126	20	270	- 143
Asthma	23	97	43	56	+ 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	90	14	352	- 262
Tuberculosis	25	87	23	223	- 136
Lymphomas	26	86	24	205	- 118
Maternal Conditions	27	83	48	32	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	28	82	11	397	- 315
Fires	29	79	57	11	+ 68
Falls	30	75	37	92	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	31	70	33	115	- 45
Drownings	32	70	34	103	- 33
Pertussis	33	68	74	0	+ 67
Bladder Cancer	34	67	46	33	+ 34
Liver Cancer	35	59	27	182	- 123
Pancreas Cancer	36	56	29	135	- 79
Endocrine Disorders	37	49	18	279	- 230
Drug Use	38	47	47	33	+ 14
Oral Cancer	39	44	38	78	- 35
Encephalitis	40	40	63	3	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	41	40	41	64	- 24
Meningitis	42	40	52	27	+ 12
Skin Cancers	43	36	44	56	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	30	53	25	+ 5
Epilepsy	45	27	39	66	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	46	18	45	52	- 33
Prostate Cancer	47	18	12	390	- 372
Cervical Cancer	48	17	26	185	- 167
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	17	50	30	- 13
Syphilis	50	15	65	1	+ 13
Tetanus	51	12	69	0	+ 11
Poisonings	52	10	61	4	+ 6
Malnutrition	53	10	31	122	- 113
Uterin Cancer	54	6	40	66	- 59
Measles	55	6	79	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	6	59	7	- 1
Skin Disease	57	5	30	127	- 122
Alcohol	58	4	49	30	- 26
Schistosomiasis	59	4	80	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	62	3	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	61	3	21	256	- 253
Leishmaniasis	62	2	70	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	55	14	- 11
Appendicitis	64	2	56	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	65	1	54	14	- 13
Diphtheria	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	8	653	- 653
Malaria	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.