BOTSWANA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,439	3	1,632	- 194
Stroke	2	1,100	4	1,588	- 488
Kidney Disease	3	606	9	506	+ 100
Diabetes Mellitus	4	587	5	1,273	- 686
Lung Disease	5	447	10	482	- 35
Violence	6	400	14	389	+ 11
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	382	2	1,674	- 1,292
HIV/AIDS	8	358	1	4,950	- 4,592
Road Traffic Accidents	9	324	7	608	- 284
Hypertension	10	280	11	471	- 191
Stomach Cancer	11	218	53	10	+ 207
Prostate Cancer	12	214	41	45	+ 169
Congenital Anomalies	13	207	16	287	- 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	193	47	28	+ 166
Liver Disease	15	178	12	459	- 280
Lung Cancers	16	166	39	45	+ 121
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	162	23	164	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	18	153	27	103	+ 50
Breast Cancer	19	153	33	68	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	20	148	20	177	- 29
Other Neoplasms	21	140	55	9	+ 131
Low Birth Weight	22	130	13	447	- 317
Tuberculosis	23	122	6	649	- 527
Lymphomas	24	112	31	77	+ 35
Leukemia	25	104	51	13	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	26	101	22	164	- 63
Liver Cancer	27	100	35	57	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	89	8	527	- 438
Pancreas Cancer	29	74	50	16	+ 58
Skin Disease	30	70	46	30	+ 40
Malnutrition	31	67	21	171	- 104
Suicide	32	66	15	370	- 303
Parkinson's Disease	33	63	38	47	+ 16
Drownings	34	57	30	83	- 26
Other Injuries	35	55	19	216	- 162
Birth Trauma	36	51	17	261	- 210
Falls	37	50	34	62	- 11
Oral Cancer	38	43	32	70	- 27
Epilepsy	39	36	36	56	- 20
Uterin Cancer	40	36	56	9	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	41	35	49	19	+ 16
Anemia	42	35	84	0	+ 35
Asthma	43	31	18	232	- 201
Skin Cancers	44	31	37	52	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	45	28	28	103	- 74
Bladder Cancer	46	18	60	6	+ 12
Drug Use	47	18	48	26	- 8
Maternal Conditions	48	18	24	118	- 100
Alcohol	49	17	45	31	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	16	29	90	- 74
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	15	80	0	+ 15
Meningitis	52	15	25	108	- 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	14	43	37	- 23
Upper Respiratory	54	7	58	7	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	7	52	11	- 3
Appendicitis	56	6	57	8	- 1
Fires	57	6	26	108	- 102
Schizophrenia	58	5	86	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	4	62	6	- 2
Osteoarthritis	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Poisonings	61	2	42	42	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	3	- 2
Encephalitis	63	1	59	7	- 6
Dengue	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	44	36	- 36
Hepatitis C	66	0	66	1	- 0
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	61	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	40	45	- 44
Ascariasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	81	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Panama

Botswana

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.