LIBERIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,192	7	1,885	+ 1,307
Stroke	2	2,440	11	1,578	+ 862
Kidney Disease	3	1,346	16	609	+ 737
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,302	15	650	+ 652
Lung Disease	5	991	26	294	+ 698
Violence	6	888	18	477	+ 411
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	848	2	2,693	- 1,845
HIV/AIDS	8	794	6	1,919	- 1,125
Road Traffic Accidents	9	719	5	1,920	- 1,201
Hypertension	10	620	23	371	+ 250
Stomach Cancer	11	483	37	122	+ 361
Prostate Cancer	12	474	25	297	+ 177
Congenital Anomalies	13	459	14	833	- 374
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	429	40	90	+ 339
Liver Disease	15	396	13	858	- 463
Lung Cancers	16	368	44	66	+ 302
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	360	29	235	+ 126
Endocrine Disorders	18	339	28	245	+ 94
Breast Cancer	19	339	27	246	+ 93
Inflammatory/Heart	20	328	38	115	+ 213
Other Neoplasms	21	312	62	6	+ 306
Low Birth Weight	22	289	8	1,652	- 1,363
Tuberculosis	23	271	1	2,766	- 2,495
Lymphomas	24	249	39	93	+ 155
Leukemia	25	230	58	23	+ 207
Cervical Cancer	26	224	19	474	- 249
Liver Cancer	27	221	20	439	- 218
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	198	10	1,592	- 1,393
Pancreas Cancer	29	164	53	38	+ 127
Skin Disease	30	155	51	41	+ 114
Malnutrition	31	149	24	353	- 205
Suicide	32	148	30	220	- 72
Parkinson's Disease	33	139	43	72	+ 67
Drownings	34	126	35	127	- 1
Other Injuries	35	121	22	380	- 259
Birth Trauma	36	114	9	1,601	- 1,488
Falls	37	112	33	155	- 44
Oral Cancer	38	95	48	50	+ 45
Epilepsy	39	81	42	81	- 0
Uterin Cancer	40	80	55	28	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	41	77	47	50	+ 27
Anemia	42	77	83	0	+ 77
Asthma	43	68	31	200	- 131
Skin Cancers	44	68	46	51	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	45	63	60	16	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	46	40	59	19	+ 21
Drug Use	47	40	50	42	- 2
Maternal Conditions	48	40	12	870	- 830
Alcohol	49	37	57	25	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	36	36	126	- 90
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	34	84	0	+ 34
Meningitis	52	33	17	552	- 519
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	30	49	50	- 20
Upper Respiratory	54	17	67	3	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	17	64	4	+ 13
Appendicitis	56	14	61	12	+ 1
Fires	57	14	34	153	- 140
Schizophrenia	58	12	80	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	59	9	52	39	- 30
Osteoarthritis	60	5	85	0	+ 5
Poisonings	61	5	41	82	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	4	- 1
Encephalitis	63	3	56	27	- 24
Dengue	64	2	72	0	+ 2
Syphilis	65	2	21	394	- 393
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	4	- 3
War	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	54	31	- 31
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	86	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	32	197	- 197
Ascariasis	75	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Schistosomiasis	80	0	45	51	- 51
Malaria	81	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Panama

Liberia

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.