LESOTHO VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,308	5	2,101	- 793
Stroke	2	1,000	3	2,817	- 1,817
Kidney Disease	3	551	10	1,015	- 463
Diabetes Mellitus	4	533	6	2,000	- 1,466
Lung Disease	5	406	9	1,102	- 696
Violence	6	364	13	924	- 560
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	347	2	3,214	- 2,867
HIV/AIDS	8	325	1	4,767	- 4,442
Road Traffic Accidents	9	295	16	678	- 384
Hypertension	10	254	11	990	- 736
Stomach Cancer	11	198	60	11	+ 187
Prostate Cancer	12	194	35	81	+ 114
Congenital Anomalies	13	188	19	389	- 201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	176	48	40	+ 136
Liver Disease	15	162	14	792	- 630
Lung Cancers	16	151	43	51	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	148	29	194	- 47
Endocrine Disorders	18	139	27	235	- 96
Breast Cancer	19	139	34	97	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	20	134	23	305	- 171
Other Neoplasms	21	128	62	9	+ 118
Low Birth Weight	22	118	12	957	- 838
Tuberculosis	23	111	8	1,208	- 1,097
Lymphomas	24	102	36	78	+ 24
Leukemia	25	94	49	39	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	26	92	20	372	- 280
Liver Cancer	27	90	39	71	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	81	4	2,354	- 2,273
Pancreas Cancer	29	67	58	12	+ 55
Skin Disease	30	63	40	70	- 6
Malnutrition	31	61	21	357	- 296
Suicide	32	60	7	1,539	- 1,479
Parkinson's Disease	33	57	41	55	+ 2
Drownings	34	51	28	200	- 148
Other Injuries	35	50	18	533	- 483
Birth Trauma	36	47	15	717	- 671
Falls	37	46	31	128	- 82
Oral Cancer	38	39	42	52	- 13
Epilepsy	39	33	30	143	- 110
Uterin Cancer	40	33	54	23	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	41	32	53	24	+ 7
Anemia	42	31	83	0	+ 31
Asthma	43	28	17	678	- 650
Skin Cancers	44	28	46	46	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	45	26	37	73	- 48
Bladder Cancer	46	16	61	10	+ 7
Drug Use	47	16	50	32	- 15
Maternal Conditions	48	16	24	292	- 276
Alcohol	49	15	38	71	- 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	15	25	279	- 264
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	14	85	0	+ 14
Meningitis	52	14	22	318	- 304
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	12	32	126	- 113
Upper Respiratory	54	7	55	18	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	7	56	18	- 11
Appendicitis	56	6	52	25	- 19
Fires	57	6	26	269	- 263
Schizophrenia	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	4	51	27	- 23
Osteoarthritis	60	2	84	0	+ 2
Poisonings	61	2	33	111	- 109
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	63	6	- 5
Encephalitis	63	1	57	14	- 12
Dengue	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	45	50	- 50
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	2	- 2
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Tetanus	69	0	47	45	- 45
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	86	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	44	51	- 51
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	59	12	- 12
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Panama

Lesotho

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.