PANAMA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	3,882	5	815	+ 3,067
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,826	1	2,624	+ 202
Tuberculosis	3	2,375	23	223	+ 2,152
Stroke	4	1,854	2	2,006	- 152
Liver Disease	5	917	15	325	+ 591
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	896	7	697	+ 199
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	872	28	163	+ 709
Asthma	8	852	43	56	+ 796
Road Traffic Accidents	9	669	9	591	+ 77
Kidney Disease	10	615	3	1,106	- 491
Low Birth Weight	11	549	22	238	+ 311
Lung Cancers	12	515	16	303	+ 212
Falls	13	477	37	92	+ 385
Diabetes Mellitus	14	421	4	1,070	- 649
Birth Trauma	15	384	36	94	+ 291
Suicide	16	369	32	121	+ 248
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	333	53	25	+ 308
Hypertension	18	300	10	510	- 209
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	290	17	296	- 6
Cervical Cancer	20	283	26	185	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	21	280	13	378	- 98
Other Injuries	22	238	35	100	+ 138
Drownings	23	216	34	103	+ 113
Oral Cancer	24	199	38	78	+ 121
Stomach Cancer	25	198	11	397	- 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	168	14	352	- 185
Breast Cancer	27	149	19	279	- 130
Maternal Conditions	28	140	48	32	+ 108
Encephalitis	29	127	63	3	+ 124
Epilepsy	30	126	39	66	+ 59
Malnutrition	31	121	31	122	- 1
Lymphomas	32	110	24	205	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	33	109	33	115	- 5
HIV/AIDS	34	106	8	653	- 547
Violence	35	101	6	730	- 629
Leukemia	36	96	25	189	- 93
Ovary Cancer	37	84	41	64	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	38	71	45	52	+ 19
Poisonings	39	68	61	4	+ 64
Pertussis	40	65	74	0	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	41	64	29	135	- 71
Skin Cancers	42	57	44	56	+ 2
Meningitis	43	54	52	27	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	44	47	46	33	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	45	37	18	279	- 242
Liver Cancer	46	37	27	182	- 145
Appendicitis	47	32	56	11	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	48	31	20	270	- 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	27	50	30	- 3
Fires	50	26	57	11	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	25	55	14	+ 11
Alcohol	52	24	49	30	- 6
Tetanus	53	19	69	0	+ 19
Syphilis	54	19	65	1	+ 18
Dengue	55	17	64	2	+ 15
Hepatitis B	56	17	59	7	+ 9
Drug Use	57	13	47	33	- 19
Prostate Cancer	58	12	12	390	- 378
Measles	59	9	79	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	60	8	40	66	- 58
Other Neoplasms	61	7	21	256	- 249
Leishmaniasis	62	6	70	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	62	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	4	66	1	+ 3
War	65	3	67	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	54	14	- 10
Skin Disease	67	2	30	127	- 125
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	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
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	63	- 63
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.