BURKINA FASO VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,525	4	8,117	+ 5,409
Stroke	2	10,340	7	6,324	+ 4,016
Kidney Disease	3	5,702	17	2,398	+ 3,304
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,516	16	2,609	+ 2,907
Lung Disease	5	4,202	26	1,161	+ 3,040
Violence	6	3,761	21	1,943	+ 1,818
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,592	1	16,807	- 13,215
HIV/AIDS	8	3,366	12	3,100	+ 266
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,047	8	6,303	- 3,256
Hypertension	10	2,628	19	2,020	+ 609
Stomach Cancer	11	2,046	32	777	+ 1,269
Prostate Cancer	12	2,009	38	514	+ 1,495
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,946	10	3,515	- 1,569
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,816	39	478	+ 1,338
Liver Disease	15	1,678	14	2,722	- 1,044
Lung Cancers	16	1,561	48	242	+ 1,319
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,527	33	767	+ 760
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,438	9	4,794	- 3,355
Breast Cancer	19	1,436	30	862	+ 575
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,391	35	743	+ 649
Other Neoplasms	21	1,320	67	23	+ 1,297
Low Birth Weight	22	1,226	5	6,809	- 5,584
Tuberculosis	23	1,149	20	1,968	- 819
Lymphomas	24	1,055	43	280	+ 774
Leukemia	25	974	58	112	+ 862
Cervical Cancer	26	951	18	2,122	- 1,171
Liver Cancer	27	936	24	1,309	- 374
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	840	3	11,887	- 11,047
Pancreas Cancer	29	696	57	148	+ 548
Skin Disease	30	657	53	174	+ 483
Malnutrition	31	630	13	2,868	- 2,238
Suicide	32	625	22	1,521	- 896
Parkinson's Disease	33	590	46	252	+ 339
Drownings	34	533	28	910	- 377
Other Injuries	35	514	15	2,637	- 2,122
Birth Trauma	36	483	6	6,426	- 5,943
Falls	37	474	31	828	- 355
Oral Cancer	38	403	49	227	+ 176
Epilepsy	39	343	40	477	- 134
Uterin Cancer	40	338	62	74	+ 264
Ovary Cancer	41	328	52	174	+ 154
Anemia	42	325	86	0	+ 325
Asthma	43	289	27	941	- 652
Skin Cancers	44	287	50	220	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	45	266	59	101	+ 165
Bladder Cancer	46	169	45	265	- 96
Drug Use	47	169	54	172	- 3
Maternal Conditions	48	167	23	1,379	- 1,211
Alcohol	49	156	56	152	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	154	41	410	- 256
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	145	80	0	+ 145
Meningitis	52	140	11	3,375	- 3,235
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	128	44	269	- 141
Upper Respiratory	54	71	65	48	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	70	68	15	+ 55
Appendicitis	56	58	60	95	- 36
Fires	57	58	36	704	- 646
Schizophrenia	58	50	84	0	+ 50
Hepatitis B	59	38	55	164	- 127
Osteoarthritis	60	22	81	0	+ 22
Poisonings	61	20	37	620	- 600
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	66	24	- 10
Encephalitis	63	13	61	83	- 69
Dengue	64	10	72	0	+ 10
Syphilis	65	7	42	294	- 286
Hepatitis C	66	3	64	58	- 55
War	67	2	29	884	- 881
Otitis Media	68	2	71	1	+ 1
Tetanus	69	2	51	181	- 179
Leishmaniasis	70	2	78	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	79	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	82	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	73	2	77	0	+ 2
Pertussis	74	1	34	746	- 745
Ascariasis	75	0	63	74	- 73
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	7	- 7
Measles	79	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Schistosomiasis	80	0	47	249	- 249
Malaria	81	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Panama

Burkina Faso

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.