LAOS VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,669	2	5,190	- 522
Stroke	2	3,569	1	5,769	- 2,200
Kidney Disease	3	1,968	5	1,646	+ 322
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,904	8	1,466	+ 438
Lung Disease	5	1,450	6	1,626	- 176
Violence	6	1,298	22	475	+ 824
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,240	3	2,820	- 1,580
HIV/AIDS	8	1,162	29	313	+ 849
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,052	9	1,281	- 229
Hypertension	10	907	15	890	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	11	706	20	530	+ 176
Prostate Cancer	12	694	53	37	+ 656
Congenital Anomalies	13	672	18	647	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	627	26	422	+ 204
Liver Disease	15	579	10	1,171	- 592
Lung Cancers	16	539	14	919	- 380
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	527	23	458	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	18	497	38	186	+ 310
Breast Cancer	19	496	25	437	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	20	480	36	206	+ 274
Other Neoplasms	21	456	61	12	+ 444
Low Birth Weight	22	423	11	1,156	- 733
Tuberculosis	23	397	4	1,949	- 1,552
Lymphomas	24	364	34	211	+ 153
Leukemia	25	336	31	290	+ 46
Cervical Cancer	26	328	37	187	+ 141
Liver Cancer	27	323	13	1,104	- 781
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	290	7	1,552	- 1,262
Pancreas Cancer	29	240	48	61	+ 179
Skin Disease	30	227	45	89	+ 138
Malnutrition	31	218	39	166	+ 51
Suicide	32	216	27	390	- 174
Parkinson's Disease	33	204	41	139	+ 65
Drownings	34	184	19	568	- 384
Other Injuries	35	178	21	519	- 341
Birth Trauma	36	167	12	1,116	- 949
Falls	37	163	24	440	- 276
Oral Cancer	38	139	28	349	- 210
Epilepsy	39	118	50	58	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	40	117	55	29	+ 88
Ovary Cancer	41	113	43	101	+ 12
Anemia	42	112	86	0	+ 112
Asthma	43	100	16	840	- 740
Skin Cancers	44	99	49	59	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	45	92	33	214	- 122
Bladder Cancer	46	58	51	49	+ 10
Drug Use	47	58	54	33	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	48	58	32	218	- 160
Alcohol	49	54	47	61	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	53	17	651	- 598
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	50	81	0	+ 50
Meningitis	52	48	40	154	- 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	44	35	207	- 163
Upper Respiratory	54	24	66	5	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	24	64	7	+ 17
Appendicitis	56	20	57	29	- 8
Fires	57	20	42	108	- 88
Schizophrenia	58	17	84	0	+ 17
Hepatitis B	59	13	60	17	- 4
Osteoarthritis	60	8	80	0	+ 8
Poisonings	61	7	52	41	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	65	6	- 1
Encephalitis	63	5	46	69	- 64
Dengue	64	3	59	17	- 14
Syphilis	65	3	58	28	- 26
Hepatitis C	66	1	67	4	- 3
War	67	1	68	3	- 2
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	1	44	96	- 95
Leishmaniasis	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	0	30	304	- 304
Ascariasis	75	0	70	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	56	29	- 29
Schistosomiasis	80	0	62	11	- 11
Malaria	81	0	63	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

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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.