MALAWI VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,775	7	4,929	+ 7,846
Stroke	2	9,766	5	5,939	+ 3,827
Kidney Disease	3	5,386	19	1,567	+ 3,818
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,210	14	2,267	+ 2,943
Lung Disease	5	3,968	21	1,340	+ 2,628
Violence	6	3,553	32	406	+ 3,146
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,393	2	7,739	- 4,346
HIV/AIDS	8	3,180	1	12,839	- 9,659
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,878	4	6,221	- 3,343
Hypertension	10	2,483	17	1,797	+ 686
Stomach Cancer	11	1,933	45	206	+ 1,727
Prostate Cancer	12	1,898	40	271	+ 1,627
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,838	13	2,509	- 671
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,715	44	234	+ 1,481
Liver Disease	15	1,585	10	3,259	- 1,674
Lung Cancers	16	1,474	51	131	+ 1,344
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,442	25	782	+ 660
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,359	42	257	+ 1,102
Breast Cancer	19	1,356	27	600	+ 756
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,314	35	370	+ 944
Other Neoplasms	21	1,247	63	17	+ 1,230
Low Birth Weight	22	1,158	8	4,339	- 3,181
Tuberculosis	23	1,085	11	2,992	- 1,907
Lymphomas	24	996	24	839	+ 157
Leukemia	25	920	56	82	+ 838
Cervical Cancer	26	898	12	2,876	- 1,978
Liver Cancer	27	884	38	317	+ 567
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	793	6	5,782	- 4,988
Pancreas Cancer	29	657	60	38	+ 619
Skin Disease	30	620	53	101	+ 519
Malnutrition	31	595	20	1,499	- 904
Suicide	32	591	23	1,007	- 416
Parkinson's Disease	33	558	46	200	+ 358
Drownings	34	503	30	458	+ 45
Other Injuries	35	486	22	1,266	- 780
Birth Trauma	36	456	9	3,563	- 3,107
Falls	37	447	28	562	- 115
Oral Cancer	38	381	43	251	+ 130
Epilepsy	39	324	41	260	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	40	319	62	23	+ 297
Ovary Cancer	41	310	48	158	+ 152
Anemia	42	307	81	0	+ 307
Asthma	43	273	26	705	- 432
Skin Cancers	44	272	36	331	- 59
Oesophagus Cancer	45	251	16	1,842	- 1,591
Bladder Cancer	46	160	33	388	- 228
Drug Use	47	160	59	48	+ 112
Maternal Conditions	48	158	15	1,854	- 1,696
Alcohol	49	147	52	114	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	146	39	280	- 134
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	137	85	0	+ 137
Meningitis	52	132	18	1,792	- 1,660
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	121	49	154	- 34
Upper Respiratory	54	67	57	60	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	66	61	29	+ 38
Appendicitis	56	55	54	94	- 39
Fires	57	55	34	380	- 325
Schizophrenia	58	47	80	0	+ 47
Hepatitis B	59	35	55	88	- 52
Osteoarthritis	60	21	84	0	+ 21
Poisonings	61	19	37	325	- 306
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	66	9	+ 5
Encephalitis	63	13	58	48	- 35
Dengue	64	9	65	9	+ 0
Syphilis	65	7	29	480	- 473
Hepatitis C	66	3	64	15	- 11
War	67	2	71	2	- 0
Otitis Media	68	2	68	5	- 3
Tetanus	69	2	47	178	- 176
Leishmaniasis	70	2	74	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	77	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	86	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	31	436	- 435
Ascariasis	75	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	67	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	80	0	50	143	- 143
Malaria	81	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Panama

Malawi

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.