CAMEROON VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,177	6	10,695	+ 7,482
Stroke	2	13,896	5	11,199	+ 2,696
Kidney Disease	3	7,663	13	5,140	+ 2,523
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,413	11	5,468	+ 1,945
Lung Disease	5	5,646	20	2,310	+ 3,336
Violence	6	5,055	24	1,666	+ 3,389
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,827	1	19,694	- 14,867
HIV/AIDS	8	4,524	2	13,888	- 9,364
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,095	9	7,810	- 3,715
Hypertension	10	3,532	22	2,035	+ 1,497
Stomach Cancer	11	2,750	45	458	+ 2,292
Prostate Cancer	12	2,700	34	940	+ 1,761
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,615	12	5,258	- 2,643
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,441	43	569	+ 1,871
Liver Disease	15	2,255	14	4,531	- 2,276
Lung Cancers	16	2,098	51	301	+ 1,797
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	2,052	31	1,157	+ 896
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,933	18	2,474	- 541
Breast Cancer	19	1,930	23	1,874	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,870	33	986	+ 884
Other Neoplasms	21	1,774	63	49	+ 1,726
Low Birth Weight	22	1,647	8	7,950	- 6,303
Tuberculosis	23	1,544	10	7,414	- 5,870
Lymphomas	24	1,417	44	489	+ 928
Leukemia	25	1,309	54	275	+ 1,034
Cervical Cancer	26	1,278	26	1,582	- 304
Liver Cancer	27	1,258	37	875	+ 382
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	1,129	3	11,849	- 10,720
Pancreas Cancer	29	935	52	290	+ 646
Skin Disease	30	883	48	324	+ 559
Malnutrition	31	847	28	1,218	- 371
Suicide	32	840	19	2,333	- 1,493
Parkinson's Disease	33	794	46	449	+ 344
Drownings	34	716	29	1,178	- 463
Other Injuries	35	691	16	3,289	- 2,598
Birth Trauma	36	649	7	8,243	- 7,594
Falls	37	636	27	1,235	- 599
Oral Cancer	38	542	39	845	- 303
Epilepsy	39	461	38	867	- 406
Uterin Cancer	40	455	60	75	+ 380
Ovary Cancer	41	441	50	303	+ 138
Anemia	42	437	84	0	+ 437
Asthma	43	389	25	1,619	- 1,230
Skin Cancers	44	386	56	204	+ 182
Oesophagus Cancer	45	357	59	135	+ 222
Bladder Cancer	46	228	62	65	+ 163
Drug Use	47	227	35	928	- 701
Maternal Conditions	48	225	17	2,615	- 2,390
Alcohol	49	209	57	198	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	208	40	754	- 547
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	194	80	0	+ 194
Meningitis	52	188	15	3,441	- 3,253
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	172	49	323	- 151
Upper Respiratory	54	95	70	19	+ 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	94	68	26	+ 69
Appendicitis	56	78	61	72	+ 6
Fires	57	78	36	908	- 830
Schizophrenia	58	67	83	0	+ 67
Hepatitis B	59	50	47	336	- 285
Osteoarthritis	60	30	81	0	+ 30
Poisonings	61	27	41	666	- 638
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	64	41	- 22
Encephalitis	63	18	58	187	- 168
Dengue	64	13	73	0	+ 13
Syphilis	65	10	30	1,170	- 1,160
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	27	- 22
War	67	3	42	643	- 640
Otitis Media	68	3	74	0	+ 3
Tetanus	69	3	55	223	- 220
Leishmaniasis	70	3	69	20	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	82	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	73	2	79	0	+ 2
Pertussis	74	1	21	2,288	- 2,286
Ascariasis	75	1	65	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	26	- 26
Measles	79	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Schistosomiasis	80	0	53	288	- 288
Malaria	81	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	10	- 10
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	72	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.