GABON VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,441	3	1,019	+ 422
Stroke	2	1,102	5	896	+ 205
Kidney Disease	3	608	12	384	+ 224
Diabetes Mellitus	4	588	6	643	- 55
Lung Disease	5	448	16	215	+ 233
Violence	6	401	17	184	+ 217
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	383	4	966	- 583
HIV/AIDS	8	359	2	1,128	- 769
Road Traffic Accidents	9	325	8	518	- 194
Hypertension	10	280	11	412	- 132
Stomach Cancer	11	218	48	32	+ 186
Prostate Cancer	12	214	32	80	+ 134
Congenital Anomalies	13	207	15	285	- 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	193	37	43	+ 150
Liver Disease	15	179	10	416	- 238
Lung Cancers	16	166	29	87	+ 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	163	19	152	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	18	153	25	98	+ 55
Breast Cancer	19	153	27	92	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	20	148	24	101	+ 47
Other Neoplasms	21	141	64	5	+ 135
Low Birth Weight	22	131	9	494	- 364
Tuberculosis	23	122	1	1,819	- 1,697
Lymphomas	24	112	49	32	+ 81
Leukemia	25	104	57	17	+ 87
Cervical Cancer	26	101	26	96	+ 5
Liver Cancer	27	100	35	53	+ 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	90	14	318	- 229
Pancreas Cancer	29	74	53	21	+ 54
Skin Disease	30	70	52	22	+ 48
Malnutrition	31	67	33	78	- 11
Suicide	32	67	18	183	- 116
Parkinson's Disease	33	63	36	47	+ 16
Drownings	34	57	38	42	+ 15
Other Injuries	35	55	22	140	- 85
Birth Trauma	36	51	13	362	- 311
Falls	37	50	30	84	- 34
Oral Cancer	38	43	34	69	- 26
Epilepsy	39	37	40	37	- 1
Uterin Cancer	40	36	55	19	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	41	35	51	27	+ 8
Anemia	42	35	82	0	+ 35
Asthma	43	31	28	90	- 60
Skin Cancers	44	31	46	34	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	45	28	44	35	- 6
Bladder Cancer	46	18	43	35	- 17
Drug Use	47	18	45	34	- 16
Maternal Conditions	48	18	21	145	- 127
Alcohol	49	17	56	19	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	16	41	36	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	15	85	0	+ 15
Meningitis	52	15	23	113	- 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	14	54	20	- 6
Upper Respiratory	54	8	66	3	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	7	63	6	+ 1
Appendicitis	56	6	61	7	- 0
Fires	57	6	39	39	- 32
Schizophrenia	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	4	62	7	- 3
Osteoarthritis	60	2	86	0	+ 2
Poisonings	61	2	50	28	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	2	- 0
Encephalitis	63	1	60	7	- 6
Dengue	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	47	33	- 32
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
War	67	0	65	3	- 2
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	59	8	- 8
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	31	81	- 81
Ascariasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	20	146	- 146
Schistosomiasis	80	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	81	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	42	35	- 35
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.