GAMBIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,481	3	1,007	+ 475
Stroke	2	1,132	4	802	+ 330
Kidney Disease	3	624	16	266	+ 359
Diabetes Mellitus	4	604	15	290	+ 314
Lung Disease	5	460	19	206	+ 254
Violence	6	412	20	195	+ 217
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	393	1	1,340	- 947
HIV/AIDS	8	369	2	1,125	- 756
Road Traffic Accidents	9	334	6	695	- 362
Hypertension	10	288	22	172	+ 116
Stomach Cancer	11	224	47	14	+ 211
Prostate Cancer	12	220	43	21	+ 199
Congenital Anomalies	13	213	11	383	- 170
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	199	52	11	+ 188
Liver Disease	15	184	14	323	- 140
Lung Cancers	16	171	38	34	+ 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	167	28	89	+ 78
Endocrine Disorders	18	158	17	230	- 72
Breast Cancer	19	157	40	26	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	20	152	32	59	+ 93
Other Neoplasms	21	145	57	3	+ 142
Low Birth Weight	22	134	8	662	- 527
Tuberculosis	23	126	10	445	- 319
Lymphomas	24	115	51	12	+ 104
Leukemia	25	107	59	2	+ 104
Cervical Cancer	26	104	23	145	- 41
Liver Cancer	27	102	12	377	- 274
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	92	9	626	- 534
Pancreas Cancer	29	76	53	6	+ 71
Skin Disease	30	72	44	19	+ 53
Malnutrition	31	69	26	110	- 41
Suicide	32	68	25	113	- 44
Parkinson's Disease	33	65	37	34	+ 30
Drownings	34	58	30	69	- 10
Other Injuries	35	56	21	194	- 138
Birth Trauma	36	53	5	754	- 701
Falls	37	52	29	83	- 31
Oral Cancer	38	44	71	0	+ 44
Epilepsy	39	38	35	43	- 5
Uterin Cancer	40	37	66	1	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	41	36	61	2	+ 34
Anemia	42	36	83	0	+ 36
Asthma	43	32	24	134	- 102
Skin Cancers	44	31	68	0	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	45	29	54	5	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	46	19	56	4	+ 14
Drug Use	47	19	39	28	- 9
Maternal Conditions	48	18	13	345	- 327
Alcohol	49	17	50	12	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	17	33	56	- 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	16	80	0	+ 16
Meningitis	52	15	18	229	- 213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	14	41	24	- 10
Upper Respiratory	54	8	64	2	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	8	62	2	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	6	55	5	+ 2
Fires	57	6	31	67	- 60
Schizophrenia	58	5	85	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	4	46	14	- 10
Osteoarthritis	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Poisonings	61	2	36	42	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	58	3	- 1
Encephalitis	63	1	48	14	- 12
Dengue	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	34	55	- 54
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	1	- 1
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	45	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	70	0	60	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	27	99	- 99
Ascariasis	75	0	63	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	49	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	81	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Panama

Gambia

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.