CONGO VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,579	4	2,494	+ 1,085
Stroke	2	2,736	5	2,267	+ 470
Kidney Disease	3	1,509	15	613	+ 896
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,460	10	1,050	+ 410
Lung Disease	5	1,112	17	541	+ 571
Violence	6	995	18	539	+ 457
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	951	3	2,576	- 1,626
HIV/AIDS	8	891	1	4,509	- 3,619
Road Traffic Accidents	9	806	7	1,598	- 792
Hypertension	10	696	12	933	- 237
Stomach Cancer	11	542	39	88	+ 454
Prostate Cancer	12	532	28	198	+ 334
Congenital Anomalies	13	515	14	729	- 214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	481	38	89	+ 392
Liver Disease	15	444	13	931	- 487
Lung Cancers	16	413	47	54	+ 359
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	404	25	230	+ 174
Endocrine Disorders	18	381	27	208	+ 173
Breast Cancer	19	380	32	159	+ 221
Inflammatory/Heart	20	368	26	220	+ 149
Other Neoplasms	21	349	63	8	+ 342
Low Birth Weight	22	324	9	1,283	- 959
Tuberculosis	23	304	2	2,781	- 2,477
Lymphomas	24	279	45	61	+ 218
Leukemia	25	258	46	57	+ 200
Cervical Cancer	26	252	29	196	+ 56
Liver Cancer	27	248	30	169	+ 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	222	8	1,304	- 1,082
Pancreas Cancer	29	184	52	42	+ 142
Skin Disease	30	174	50	46	+ 128
Malnutrition	31	167	24	272	- 105
Suicide	32	165	19	349	- 183
Parkinson's Disease	33	156	42	69	+ 87
Drownings	34	141	36	104	+ 37
Other Injuries	35	136	20	333	- 197
Birth Trauma	36	128	11	997	- 870
Falls	37	125	33	149	- 23
Oral Cancer	38	107	54	33	+ 74
Epilepsy	39	91	40	76	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	40	90	60	15	+ 75
Ovary Cancer	41	87	48	49	+ 37
Anemia	42	86	82	0	+ 86
Asthma	43	77	23	291	- 214
Skin Cancers	44	76	53	36	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	45	70	57	19	+ 51
Bladder Cancer	46	45	61	15	+ 30
Drug Use	47	45	44	65	- 21
Maternal Conditions	48	44	16	578	- 533
Alcohol	49	41	49	46	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	41	35	105	- 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	38	84	0	+ 38
Meningitis	52	37	22	299	- 262
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	34	43	67	- 33
Upper Respiratory	54	19	64	7	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	19	59	15	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	15	58	18	- 3
Fires	57	15	37	90	- 75
Schizophrenia	58	13	81	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	59	10	62	14	- 5
Osteoarthritis	60	6	85	0	+ 6
Poisonings	61	5	41	71	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	66	4	- 0
Encephalitis	63	4	56	20	- 16
Dengue	64	3	73	0	+ 3
Syphilis	65	2	34	107	- 105
Hepatitis C	66	1	67	2	- 2
War	67	1	72	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	71	1	- 0
Tetanus	69	1	55	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	86	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	21	329	- 329
Ascariasis	75	0	69	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	31	159	- 159
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	81	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	7	- 7
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.