PANAMA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,567	8	653	+ 8,914
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,450	7	697	+ 5,753
Stroke	3	5,653	2	2,006	+ 3,647
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	4,724	28	163	+ 4,561
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,216	1	2,624	+ 1,592
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,013	4	1,070	+ 2,943
Suicide	7	3,089	32	121	+ 2,968
Tuberculosis	8	2,425	23	223	+ 2,202
Lung Disease	9	2,211	5	815	+ 1,396
Kidney Disease	10	2,036	3	1,106	+ 930
Hypertension	11	1,987	10	510	+ 1,477
Low Birth Weight	12	1,920	22	238	+ 1,682
Violence	13	1,854	6	730	+ 1,124
Liver Disease	14	1,589	15	325	+ 1,264
Birth Trauma	15	1,439	36	94	+ 1,346
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,362	9	591	+ 770
Asthma	17	1,360	43	56	+ 1,304
Other Injuries	18	1,069	35	100	+ 969
Congenital Anomalies	19	781	13	378	+ 404
Cervical Cancer	20	747	26	185	+ 563
Malnutrition	21	717	31	122	+ 594
Meningitis	22	638	52	27	+ 611
Inflammatory/Heart	23	612	20	270	+ 342
Maternal Conditions	24	586	48	32	+ 554
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	559	50	30	+ 529
Fires	26	539	57	11	+ 528
Endocrine Disorders	27	471	18	279	+ 192
Drownings	28	401	34	103	+ 298
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	390	17	296	+ 93
Epilepsy	30	288	39	66	+ 221
Falls	31	256	37	92	+ 165
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	252	53	25	+ 227
Poisonings	33	223	61	4	+ 219
Breast Cancer	34	195	19	279	- 84
Prostate Cancer	35	162	12	390	- 228
Lymphomas	36	156	24	205	- 48
Oesophagus Cancer	37	147	45	52	+ 96
Alcohol	38	142	49	30	+ 112
Liver Cancer	39	142	27	182	- 40
Skin Disease	40	140	30	127	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	41	110	33	115	- 5
Oral Cancer	42	104	38	78	+ 25
Lung Cancers	43	102	16	303	- 200
Pertussis	44	102	74	0	+ 102
Syphilis	45	101	65	1	+ 100
Skin Cancers	46	93	44	56	+ 37
Tetanus	47	91	69	0	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	80	14	352	- 273
Leukemia	49	78	25	189	- 111
Drug Use	50	63	47	33	+ 31
Hepatitis B	51	54	59	7	+ 46
Appendicitis	52	50	56	11	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	53	49	41	64	- 15
Uterin Cancer	54	47	40	66	- 19
Upper Respiratory	55	36	54	14	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	36	55	14	+ 23
Encephalitis	57	27	63	3	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	58	24	29	135	- 111
Measles	59	23	79	0	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	60	22	11	397	- 375
Bladder Cancer	61	19	46	33	- 14
Other Neoplasms	62	18	21	256	- 238
Multiple Sclerosis	63	12	62	3	+ 9
Hepatitis C	64	5	66	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	65	3	84	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	2	68	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
War	68	1	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	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

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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.