PANAMA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,669	8	653	+ 4,016
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,335	7	697	+ 1,638
Tuberculosis	3	2,258	23	223	+ 2,035
Stroke	4	2,125	2	2,006	+ 119
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,946	1	2,624	- 678
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,384	9	591	+ 793
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,155	4	1,070	+ 85
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,028	28	163	+ 865
Low Birth Weight	9	823	22	238	+ 585
Lung Disease	10	735	5	815	- 80
Violence	11	717	6	730	- 13
Hypertension	12	682	10	510	+ 172
Birth Trauma	13	549	36	94	+ 456
Liver Disease	14	535	15	325	+ 210
Kidney Disease	15	513	3	1,106	- 593
Congenital Anomalies	16	451	13	378	+ 74
Suicide	17	387	32	121	+ 266
Malnutrition	18	356	31	122	+ 234
Other Injuries	19	330	35	100	+ 230
Asthma	20	320	43	56	+ 264
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	280	17	296	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	22	258	20	270	- 12
Cervical Cancer	23	212	26	185	+ 27
Breast Cancer	24	193	19	279	- 85
Maternal Conditions	25	176	48	32	+ 143
Drownings	26	175	34	103	+ 71
Meningitis	27	173	52	27	+ 146
Fires	28	173	57	11	+ 162
Skin Cancers	29	172	44	56	+ 116
Oral Cancer	30	159	38	78	+ 81
Prostate Cancer	31	150	12	390	- 240
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	121	50	30	+ 91
Endocrine Disorders	33	116	18	279	- 163
Falls	34	99	37	92	+ 7
Lung Cancers	35	94	16	303	- 209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	87	14	352	- 266
Pertussis	37	86	74	0	+ 86
Epilepsy	38	78	39	66	+ 12
Poisonings	39	74	61	4	+ 70
Lymphomas	40	73	24	205	- 132
Liver Cancer	41	72	27	182	- 110
Parkinson's Disease	42	69	33	115	- 45
Syphilis	43	55	65	1	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	53	53	25	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	45	52	11	397	- 345
Drug Use	46	51	47	33	+ 18
Skin Disease	47	49	30	127	- 78
Alcohol	48	45	49	30	+ 15
Leukemia	49	38	25	189	- 151
Ovary Cancer	50	37	41	64	- 27
Malaria	51	34	81	0	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	52	33	45	52	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	53	28	29	135	- 107
Bladder Cancer	54	25	46	33	- 8
Schistosomiasis	55	22	80	0	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	56	18	40	66	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	15	55	14	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	14	56	11	+ 3
Encephalitis	59	13	63	3	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	60	12	21	256	- 244
Upper Respiratory	61	10	54	14	- 4
Tetanus	62	10	69	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	63	7	59	7	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	62	3	+ 1
Measles	65	3	79	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	1	+ 0
War	67	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	51	28	- 28
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Namibia

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.