GHANA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,303	3	14,103	+ 6,201
Stroke	2	15,521	2	15,163	+ 358
Kidney Disease	3	8,560	13	4,161	+ 4,398
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,280	12	5,929	+ 2,351
Lung Disease	5	6,307	15	3,120	+ 3,187
Violence	6	5,646	27	1,857	+ 3,789
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,392	1	16,262	- 10,870
HIV/AIDS	8	5,053	4	13,565	- 8,512
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,574	7	7,808	- 3,233
Hypertension	10	3,946	19	2,231	+ 1,715
Stomach Cancer	11	3,072	33	870	+ 2,201
Prostate Cancer	12	3,016	31	1,031	+ 1,986
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,921	14	3,935	- 1,014
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,726	34	803	+ 1,923
Liver Disease	15	2,518	11	6,053	- 3,535
Lung Cancers	16	2,343	55	237	+ 2,106
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	2,293	29	1,294	+ 999
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,159	24	1,965	+ 194
Breast Cancer	19	2,156	25	1,937	+ 218
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,088	28	1,615	+ 474
Other Neoplasms	21	1,982	63	48	+ 1,934
Low Birth Weight	22	1,840	8	6,662	- 4,822
Tuberculosis	23	1,725	6	10,214	- 8,489
Lymphomas	24	1,583	32	875	+ 708
Leukemia	25	1,462	45	340	+ 1,122
Cervical Cancer	26	1,428	20	2,161	- 733
Liver Cancer	27	1,405	17	2,851	- 1,446
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	1,261	9	6,538	- 5,277
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,045	46	334	+ 711
Skin Disease	30	986	50	264	+ 722
Malnutrition	31	946	26	1,868	- 922
Suicide	32	939	21	1,993	- 1,055
Parkinson's Disease	33	886	43	387	+ 500
Drownings	34	799	36	740	+ 59
Other Injuries	35	772	18	2,433	- 1,661
Birth Trauma	36	725	10	6,194	- 5,469
Falls	37	711	30	1,168	- 457
Oral Cancer	38	606	42	483	+ 123
Epilepsy	39	514	47	329	+ 185
Uterin Cancer	40	508	57	219	+ 289
Ovary Cancer	41	493	38	698	- 206
Anemia	42	488	83	0	+ 488
Asthma	43	434	23	1,979	- 1,545
Skin Cancers	44	432	58	214	+ 217
Oesophagus Cancer	45	399	49	285	+ 113
Bladder Cancer	46	254	53	245	+ 9
Drug Use	47	254	39	630	- 376
Maternal Conditions	48	251	22	1,991	- 1,740
Alcohol	49	234	54	244	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	232	48	321	- 89
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	217	85	0	+ 217
Meningitis	52	210	16	2,983	- 2,774
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	192	52	256	- 64
Upper Respiratory	54	106	66	16	+ 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	105	67	16	+ 89
Appendicitis	56	88	59	146	- 58
Fires	57	87	37	729	- 642
Schizophrenia	58	75	81	0	+ 75
Hepatitis B	59	56	62	101	- 45
Osteoarthritis	60	33	84	0	+ 33
Poisonings	61	31	40	522	- 491
Multiple Sclerosis	62	21	61	113	- 91
Encephalitis	63	20	44	357	- 337
Dengue	64	15	71	0	+ 15
Syphilis	65	11	41	483	- 472
Hepatitis C	66	5	65	28	- 23
War	67	4	64	29	- 25
Otitis Media	68	3	72	0	+ 3
Tetanus	69	3	56	220	- 217
Leishmaniasis	70	3	77	0	+ 3
Iodine Deficiency	71	3	79	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	72	3	86	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	73	2	76	0	+ 2
Pertussis	74	2	35	744	- 743
Ascariasis	75	1	68	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	79	0	60	135	- 135
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	257	- 257
Malaria	81	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.