PANAMA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,274	23	223	+ 2,051
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,214	7	697	+ 1,517
Measles	3	2,100	79	0	+ 2,100
Malaria	4	1,996	81	0	+ 1,996
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,579	9	591	+ 988
HIV/AIDS	6	1,578	8	653	+ 925
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,550	1	2,624	- 1,074
Low Birth Weight	8	1,358	22	238	+ 1,120
Birth Trauma	9	1,317	36	94	+ 1,223
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,309	28	163	+ 1,146
Stroke	11	1,297	2	2,006	- 708
Maternal Conditions	12	715	48	32	+ 682
Liver Disease	13	706	15	325	+ 380
Congenital Anomalies	14	685	13	378	+ 307
Diabetes Mellitus	15	534	4	1,070	- 536
Kidney Disease	16	500	3	1,106	- 606
Meningitis	17	454	52	27	+ 427
Violence	18	392	6	730	- 338
Cervical Cancer	19	389	26	185	+ 205
Liver Cancer	20	361	27	182	+ 180
Syphilis	21	324	65	1	+ 323
Other Injuries	22	313	35	100	+ 213
Hypertension	23	305	10	510	- 205
Malnutrition	24	291	31	122	+ 168
Prostate Cancer	25	244	12	390	- 145
Lung Disease	26	241	5	815	- 574
Breast Cancer	27	202	19	279	- 77
Endocrine Disorders	28	202	18	279	- 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	193	17	296	- 103
Suicide	30	181	32	121	+ 59
Asthma	31	164	43	56	+ 108
Pertussis	32	162	74	0	+ 162
Falls	33	128	37	92	+ 36
Fires	34	126	57	11	+ 115
Drownings	35	104	34	103	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	104	50	30	+ 74
Stomach Cancer	37	100	11	397	- 297
Inflammatory/Heart	38	95	20	270	- 175
Lymphomas	39	77	24	205	- 128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	74	14	352	- 279
Poisonings	41	67	61	4	+ 63
Epilepsy	42	66	39	66	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	43	59	33	115	- 55
Lung Cancers	44	54	16	303	- 249
Schistosomiasis	45	42	80	0	+ 42
Skin Cancers	46	42	44	56	- 14
Ovary Cancer	47	41	41	64	- 22
Oral Cancer	48	41	38	78	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	41	53	25	+ 16
Drug Use	50	35	47	33	+ 2
Skin Disease	51	34	30	127	- 94
Hepatitis B	52	32	59	7	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	53	31	29	135	- 104
Tetanus	54	26	69	0	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	55	23	40	66	- 42
Encephalitis	56	23	63	3	+ 20
Alcohol	57	21	49	30	- 9
Leukemia	58	19	25	189	- 170
Bladder Cancer	59	16	46	33	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	60	13	45	52	- 39
Appendicitis	61	10	56	11	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	5	21	256	- 251
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	62	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	55	14	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	3	75	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	67	2	54	14	- 11
Diphtheria	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
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

Liberia

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.