PANAMA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,014	1	2,624	+ 1,390
Stroke	2	1,581	2	2,006	- 425
Road Traffic Accidents	3	877	9	591	+ 285
Kidney Disease	4	720	3	1,106	- 386
War	5	640	67	0	+ 640
Hypertension	6	555	10	510	+ 46
Tuberculosis	7	493	23	223	+ 270
Diabetes Mellitus	8	488	4	1,070	- 582
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	452	7	697	- 245
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	451	17	296	+ 155
Liver Disease	11	383	15	325	+ 57
Lung Disease	12	369	5	815	- 446
Lung Cancers	13	360	16	303	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	14	299	13	378	- 78
Other Injuries	15	263	35	100	+ 163
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	259	14	352	- 93
Drug Use	17	225	47	33	+ 192
Low Birth Weight	18	218	22	238	- 20
Suicide	19	184	32	121	+ 63
Asthma	20	180	43	56	+ 124
HIV/AIDS	21	136	8	653	- 517
Leukemia	22	132	25	189	- 57
Pancreas Cancer	23	127	29	135	- 8
Falls	24	124	37	92	+ 32
Breast Cancer	25	115	19	279	- 163
Lymphomas	26	115	24	205	- 90
Parkinson's Disease	27	97	33	115	- 18
Liver Cancer	28	93	27	182	- 89
Endocrine Disorders	29	93	18	279	- 186
Violence	30	88	6	730	- 641
Bladder Cancer	31	82	46	33	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	32	82	26	185	- 103
Stomach Cancer	33	81	11	397	- 316
Birth Trauma	34	80	36	94	- 13
Maternal Conditions	35	75	48	32	+ 43
Fires	36	70	57	11	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	37	65	20	270	- 205
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	60	50	30	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	39	58	12	390	- 332
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	56	28	163	- 107
Oral Cancer	41	49	38	78	- 29
Ovary Cancer	42	46	41	64	- 18
Drownings	43	45	34	103	- 58
Epilepsy	44	40	39	66	- 26
Poisonings	45	34	61	4	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	30	53	25	+ 5
Meningitis	47	25	52	27	- 2
Hepatitis B	48	21	59	7	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	49	20	45	52	- 32
Alcohol	50	13	49	30	- 17
Skin Cancers	51	12	44	56	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	52	12	62	3	+ 9
Encephalitis	53	12	63	3	+ 9
Skin Disease	54	10	30	127	- 117
Pertussis	55	10	74	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	56	9	56	11	- 2
Malnutrition	57	6	31	122	- 116
Other Neoplasms	58	6	21	256	- 250
Schistosomiasis	59	5	80	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	60	5	40	66	- 61
Syphilis	61	3	65	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	55	14	- 11
Leishmaniasis	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	54	14	- 14
Diphtheria	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	63	- 63
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
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.