PANAMA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,579	7	697	+ 2,883
Malaria	2	2,889	81	0	+ 2,889
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,720	28	163	+ 2,557
Low Birth Weight	4	1,622	22	238	+ 1,384
Stroke	5	1,479	2	2,006	- 527
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,396	1	2,624	- 1,227
Birth Trauma	7	1,363	36	94	+ 1,269
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,009	9	591	+ 418
Meningitis	9	889	52	27	+ 862
Congenital Anomalies	10	737	13	378	+ 360
Liver Disease	11	699	15	325	+ 373
Other Injuries	12	649	35	100	+ 549
Tuberculosis	13	628	23	223	+ 405
Maternal Conditions	14	563	48	32	+ 530
Pertussis	15	485	74	0	+ 485
Kidney Disease	16	464	3	1,106	- 643
Diabetes Mellitus	17	446	4	1,070	- 624
Measles	18	410	79	0	+ 410
Violence	19	381	6	730	- 349
Lung Disease	20	369	5	815	- 447
Malnutrition	21	368	31	122	+ 246
Asthma	22	323	43	56	+ 267
Endocrine Disorders	23	306	18	279	+ 27
Drownings	24	268	34	103	+ 165
Hypertension	25	230	10	510	- 280
Falls	26	220	37	92	+ 128
Suicide	27	208	32	121	+ 87
Fires	28	190	57	11	+ 179
Breast Cancer	29	182	19	279	- 96
HIV/AIDS	30	178	8	653	- 475
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	177	50	30	+ 147
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	146	17	296	- 151
Poisonings	33	131	61	4	+ 127
Inflammatory/Heart	34	130	20	270	- 139
Liver Cancer	35	126	27	182	- 55
Epilepsy	36	115	39	66	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	89	14	352	- 264
Cervical Cancer	38	83	26	185	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	79	53	25	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	40	72	41	64	+ 8
War	41	69	67	0	+ 69
Tetanus	42	63	69	0	+ 63
Lymphomas	43	59	24	205	- 145
Stomach Cancer	44	51	11	397	- 346
Skin Cancers	45	49	44	56	- 7
Hepatitis B	46	47	59	7	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	47	47	33	115	- 68
Leukemia	48	44	25	189	- 145
Oral Cancer	49	41	38	78	- 37
Schistosomiasis	50	40	80	0	+ 40
Leishmaniasis	51	40	70	0	+ 40
Skin Disease	52	36	30	127	- 91
Bladder Cancer	53	27	46	33	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	54	23	29	135	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	55	22	45	52	- 29
Appendicitis	56	22	56	11	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	57	22	12	390	- 368
Drug Use	58	21	47	33	- 11
Ascariasis	59	21	75	0	+ 21
Alcohol	60	20	49	30	- 10
Encephalitis	61	19	63	3	+ 16
Syphilis	62	19	65	1	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	63	16	54	14	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	64	15	40	66	- 51
Diphtheria	65	10	78	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	66	8	66	1	+ 7
Lung Cancers	67	7	16	303	- 296
Other Neoplasms	68	4	21	256	- 252
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	62	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	3	55	14	- 11
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Depression	86	0	86	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.