BENIN VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,627	5	5,397	+ 3,230
Stroke	2	6,595	4	5,855	+ 740
Kidney Disease	3	3,637	13	1,929	+ 1,708
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,518	14	1,912	+ 1,606
Lung Disease	5	2,680	17	1,220	+ 1,460
Violence	6	2,399	28	726	+ 1,673
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,291	1	10,205	- 7,913
HIV/AIDS	8	2,147	11	2,263	- 115
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,944	8	3,162	- 1,219
Hypertension	10	1,677	19	1,088	+ 588
Stomach Cancer	11	1,305	38	361	+ 944
Prostate Cancer	12	1,282	25	867	+ 415
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,241	10	2,265	- 1,023
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,158	41	311	+ 847
Liver Disease	15	1,070	9	2,447	- 1,377
Lung Cancers	16	996	59	66	+ 929
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	974	29	715	+ 259
Endocrine Disorders	18	918	16	1,454	- 536
Breast Cancer	19	916	27	784	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	20	887	33	457	+ 430
Other Neoplasms	21	842	63	20	+ 822
Low Birth Weight	22	782	6	4,908	- 4,126
Tuberculosis	23	733	23	919	- 186
Lymphomas	24	673	36	387	+ 286
Leukemia	25	621	46	196	+ 426
Cervical Cancer	26	607	30	669	- 62
Liver Cancer	27	597	40	322	+ 275
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	536	3	6,830	- 6,294
Pancreas Cancer	29	444	48	177	+ 267
Skin Disease	30	419	52	144	+ 275
Malnutrition	31	402	21	928	- 526
Suicide	32	399	22	922	- 523
Parkinson's Disease	33	377	43	212	+ 165
Drownings	34	340	31	570	- 230
Other Injuries	35	328	15	1,532	- 1,204
Birth Trauma	36	308	7	3,950	- 3,642
Falls	37	302	32	543	- 241
Oral Cancer	38	257	49	156	+ 101
Epilepsy	39	219	37	369	- 150
Uterin Cancer	40	216	55	99	+ 117
Ovary Cancer	41	209	56	86	+ 124
Anemia	42	207	83	0	+ 207
Asthma	43	185	24	891	- 706
Skin Cancers	44	183	54	102	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	45	169	39	326	- 157
Bladder Cancer	46	108	61	43	+ 65
Drug Use	47	108	44	197	- 89
Maternal Conditions	48	107	20	1,039	- 932
Alcohol	49	99	58	85	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	99	34	442	- 344
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	92	84	0	+ 92
Meningitis	52	89	12	1,967	- 1,878
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	82	45	197	- 115
Upper Respiratory	54	45	64	17	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	45	67	11	+ 33
Appendicitis	56	37	60	45	- 8
Fires	57	37	35	431	- 394
Schizophrenia	58	32	80	0	+ 32
Hepatitis B	59	24	53	143	- 119
Osteoarthritis	60	14	85	0	+ 14
Poisonings	61	13	42	307	- 294
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	66	16	- 6
Encephalitis	63	9	57	85	- 77
Dengue	64	6	72	0	+ 6
Syphilis	65	5	51	150	- 146
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	17	- 15
War	67	2	69	2	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	50	156	- 155
Leishmaniasis	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	86	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	18	1,168	- 1,167
Ascariasis	75	0	62	40	- 40
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	79	0	26	788	- 788
Schistosomiasis	80	0	47	183	- 183
Malaria	81	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

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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.