PANAMA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,732	7	697	+ 1,035
HIV/AIDS	2	1,603	8	653	+ 950
Tuberculosis	3	1,508	23	223	+ 1,286
Stroke	4	1,220	2	2,006	- 786
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,183	28	163	+ 1,020
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,142	9	591	+ 551
Liver Disease	7	1,029	15	325	+ 703
Malaria	8	971	81	0	+ 971
Coronary Heart Disease	9	919	1	2,624	- 1,705
Birth Trauma	10	764	36	94	+ 671
Low Birth Weight	11	734	22	238	+ 496
Congenital Anomalies	12	469	13	378	+ 92
Maternal Conditions	13	434	48	32	+ 401
Diabetes Mellitus	14	434	4	1,070	- 636
Meningitis	15	412	52	27	+ 385
Kidney Disease	16	343	3	1,106	- 764
Hypertension	17	339	10	510	- 171
Oesophagus Cancer	18	336	45	52	+ 284
Other Injuries	19	333	35	100	+ 233
Lung Disease	20	328	5	815	- 487
Malnutrition	21	323	31	122	+ 201
Cervical Cancer	22	260	26	185	+ 76
Suicide	23	247	32	121	+ 125
Violence	24	226	6	730	- 504
Breast Cancer	25	204	19	279	- 75
Asthma	26	177	43	56	+ 120
Tetanus	27	163	69	0	+ 163
Stomach Cancer	28	154	11	397	- 243
Lymphomas	29	148	24	205	- 56
Oral Cancer	30	141	38	78	+ 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	140	17	296	- 156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	113	14	352	- 239
Falls	33	112	37	92	+ 21
Liver Cancer	34	104	27	182	- 78
Leukemia	35	102	25	189	- 87
Fires	36	101	57	11	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	37	99	12	390	- 291
Poisonings	38	97	61	4	+ 93
Drownings	39	92	34	103	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	40	86	20	270	- 184
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	84	50	30	+ 54
Pertussis	42	78	74	0	+ 78
Epilepsy	43	64	39	66	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	44	64	18	279	- 215
Ovary Cancer	45	61	41	64	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	46	55	29	135	- 80
Lung Cancers	47	51	16	303	- 252
Skin Cancers	48	49	44	56	- 7
Hepatitis B	49	40	59	7	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	50	36	33	115	- 78
Skin Disease	51	35	30	127	- 92
Syphilis	52	34	65	1	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	31	53	25	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	54	28	80	0	+ 28
Alcohol	55	27	49	30	- 3
Uterin Cancer	56	25	40	66	- 41
Bladder Cancer	57	24	46	33	- 8
Appendicitis	58	18	56	11	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	59	15	70	0	+ 15
Encephalitis	60	15	63	3	+ 12
Hepatitis C	61	12	66	1	+ 11
Drug Use	62	9	47	33	- 24
Measles	63	8	79	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	64	7	54	14	- 6
War	65	7	67	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	55	14	- 7
Other Neoplasms	67	5	21	256	- 251
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	62	3	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
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

Kenya

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.