ERITREA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,724	4	2,154	+ 1,570
Stroke	2	2,847	2	2,564	+ 283
Kidney Disease	3	1,570	12	578	+ 992
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,519	7	944	+ 574
Lung Disease	5	1,157	9	662	+ 495
Violence	6	1,036	20	384	+ 651
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	989	1	3,277	- 2,288
HIV/AIDS	8	927	25	308	+ 619
Road Traffic Accidents	9	839	5	1,326	- 487
Hypertension	10	724	8	926	- 202
Stomach Cancer	11	563	48	48	+ 515
Prostate Cancer	12	553	47	54	+ 499
Congenital Anomalies	13	536	18	432	+ 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	500	35	113	+ 387
Liver Disease	15	462	6	1,215	- 753
Lung Cancers	16	430	46	62	+ 368
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	420	24	310	+ 111
Endocrine Disorders	18	396	43	71	+ 325
Breast Cancer	19	395	23	311	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	20	383	32	123	+ 260
Other Neoplasms	21	363	66	6	+ 357
Low Birth Weight	22	337	16	531	- 194
Tuberculosis	23	316	14	543	- 227
Lymphomas	24	290	28	147	+ 144
Leukemia	25	268	29	144	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	26	262	30	132	+ 129
Liver Cancer	27	258	45	69	+ 188
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	231	3	2,292	- 2,061
Pancreas Cancer	29	192	58	20	+ 172
Skin Disease	30	181	50	45	+ 136
Malnutrition	31	174	10	660	- 486
Suicide	32	172	21	382	- 210
Parkinson's Disease	33	163	37	85	+ 78
Drownings	34	147	33	118	+ 29
Other Injuries	35	142	15	540	- 398
Birth Trauma	36	133	11	616	- 483
Falls	37	130	26	168	- 38
Oral Cancer	38	111	44	71	+ 40
Epilepsy	39	94	38	81	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	40	93	61	18	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	41	90	40	79	+ 11
Anemia	42	89	81	0	+ 89
Asthma	43	80	22	326	- 246
Skin Cancers	44	79	56	30	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	45	73	39	81	- 8
Bladder Cancer	46	47	51	42	+ 5
Drug Use	47	47	53	36	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	48	46	13	544	- 497
Alcohol	49	43	49	45	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	43	27	147	- 104
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	40	84	0	+ 40
Meningitis	52	38	19	404	- 366
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	35	41	77	- 42
Upper Respiratory	54	19	60	18	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	19	64	12	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	16	55	31	- 15
Fires	57	16	31	132	- 116
Schizophrenia	58	14	83	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	59	10	57	28	- 17
Osteoarthritis	60	6	85	0	+ 6
Poisonings	61	6	34	114	- 109
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	67	4	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	4	62	16	- 12
Dengue	64	3	73	0	+ 3
Syphilis	65	2	54	35	- 33
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	6	- 5
War	67	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	69	2	- 1
Tetanus	69	1	52	37	- 37
Leishmaniasis	70	1	59	19	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	86	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	36	90	- 89
Ascariasis	75	0	68	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	63	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	81	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Panama

Eritrea

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.