PANAMA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,914	7	697	+ 3,217
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,733	28	163	+ 2,570
Tuberculosis	3	2,404	23	223	+ 2,181
Malaria	4	1,906	81	0	+ 1,906
Birth Trauma	5	1,892	36	94	+ 1,798
Low Birth Weight	6	1,812	22	238	+ 1,574
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,159	1	2,624	- 1,465
Stroke	8	1,090	2	2,006	- 916
Congenital Anomalies	9	938	13	378	+ 561
HIV/AIDS	10	833	8	653	+ 180
Meningitis	11	824	52	27	+ 797
Road Traffic Accidents	12	787	9	591	+ 196
Liver Disease	13	724	15	325	+ 398
Measles	14	556	79	0	+ 556
Maternal Conditions	15	444	48	32	+ 412
Pertussis	16	440	74	0	+ 439
Other Injuries	17	429	35	100	+ 329
Diabetes Mellitus	18	425	4	1,070	- 645
Violence	19	348	6	730	- 382
Kidney Disease	20	343	3	1,106	- 763
Endocrine Disorders	21	298	18	279	+ 19
Lung Disease	22	237	5	815	- 578
Breast Cancer	23	224	19	279	- 54
Hypertension	24	202	10	510	- 308
Cervical Cancer	25	200	26	185	+ 15
Tetanus	26	158	69	0	+ 157
Asthma	27	155	43	56	+ 99
Falls	28	142	37	92	+ 50
Fires	29	135	57	11	+ 123
Suicide	30	133	32	121	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	128	17	296	- 168
Drownings	32	124	34	103	+ 21
Poisonings	33	124	61	4	+ 120
Drug Use	34	118	47	33	+ 86
Prostate Cancer	35	112	12	390	- 278
Malnutrition	36	111	31	122	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	110	50	30	+ 80
Syphilis	38	103	65	1	+ 101
Liver Cancer	39	100	27	182	- 82
Lymphomas	40	98	24	205	- 106
Epilepsy	41	94	39	66	+ 28
Inflammatory/Heart	42	91	20	270	- 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	78	14	352	- 274
Diphtheria	44	72	78	0	+ 72
War	45	61	67	0	+ 61
Parkinson's Disease	46	47	33	115	- 68
Leukemia	47	43	25	189	- 146
Oral Cancer	48	42	38	78	- 36
Ovary Cancer	49	40	41	64	- 23
Stomach Cancer	50	40	11	397	- 357
Pancreas Cancer	51	37	29	135	- 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	37	53	25	+ 12
Skin Cancers	53	37	44	56	- 19
Schistosomiasis	54	28	80	0	+ 28
Hepatitis B	55	28	59	7	+ 21
Skin Disease	56	28	30	127	- 100
Lung Cancers	57	24	16	303	- 278
Alcohol	58	19	49	30	- 11
Encephalitis	59	18	63	3	+ 15
Appendicitis	60	14	56	11	+ 3
Ascariasis	61	13	75	0	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	62	13	40	66	- 53
Bladder Cancer	63	13	46	33	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	64	11	45	52	- 41
Hepatitis C	65	6	66	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	5	21	256	- 251
Upper Respiratory	67	5	54	14	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	62	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	3	55	14	- 10
Leishmaniasis	70	0	70	0	+ 0
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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	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
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
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

Nigeria

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.