NIGER VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,463	6	8,229	+ 7,233
Stroke	2	11,821	5	8,717	+ 3,104
Kidney Disease	3	6,519	16	2,732	+ 3,786
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,306	17	2,630	+ 3,676
Lung Disease	5	4,803	20	2,172	+ 2,631
Violence	6	4,300	19	2,244	+ 2,057
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,107	1	21,093	- 16,987
HIV/AIDS	8	3,849	30	1,048	+ 2,801
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,484	8	5,946	- 2,462
Hypertension	10	3,005	25	1,356	+ 1,649
Stomach Cancer	11	2,339	44	300	+ 2,039
Prostate Cancer	12	2,297	57	128	+ 2,170
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,225	10	4,346	- 2,121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,076	37	522	+ 1,554
Liver Disease	15	1,918	11	4,116	- 2,198
Lung Cancers	16	1,785	67	42	+ 1,743
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,746	32	858	+ 888
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,645	23	1,806	- 162
Breast Cancer	19	1,642	29	1,075	+ 566
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,591	34	769	+ 822
Other Neoplasms	21	1,509	68	24	+ 1,485
Low Birth Weight	22	1,401	4	9,560	- 8,159
Tuberculosis	23	1,314	13	3,703	- 2,389
Lymphomas	24	1,206	43	350	+ 855
Leukemia	25	1,113	48	258	+ 856
Cervical Cancer	26	1,087	38	487	+ 601
Liver Cancer	27	1,070	35	745	+ 325
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	960	3	16,030	- 15,070
Pancreas Cancer	29	796	54	138	+ 658
Skin Disease	30	751	52	213	+ 538
Malnutrition	31	720	21	2,170	- 1,449
Suicide	32	715	27	1,227	- 512
Parkinson's Disease	33	675	47	275	+ 400
Drownings	34	609	24	1,581	- 972
Other Injuries	35	588	12	3,826	- 3,238
Birth Trauma	36	552	7	8,030	- 7,478
Falls	37	541	26	1,297	- 756
Oral Cancer	38	461	49	242	+ 219
Epilepsy	39	392	36	676	- 284
Uterin Cancer	40	387	64	86	+ 300
Ovary Cancer	41	375	40	425	- 50
Anemia	42	372	85	0	+ 372
Asthma	43	331	22	1,902	- 1,571
Skin Cancers	44	329	45	287	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	45	304	55	132	+ 172
Bladder Cancer	46	194	53	161	+ 32
Drug Use	47	193	58	126	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	48	191	14	3,317	- 3,126
Alcohol	49	178	60	120	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	177	31	1,044	- 868
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	165	80	0	+ 165
Meningitis	52	160	9	5,237	- 5,078
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	146	39	467	- 321
Upper Respiratory	54	81	63	94	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	80	70	18	+ 62
Appendicitis	56	67	56	128	- 61
Fires	57	66	28	1,120	- 1,054
Schizophrenia	58	57	83	0	+ 57
Hepatitis B	59	43	46	279	- 236
Osteoarthritis	60	25	81	0	+ 25
Poisonings	61	23	33	771	- 748
Multiple Sclerosis	62	16	69	22	- 6
Encephalitis	63	15	61	112	- 97
Dengue	64	11	73	0	+ 11
Syphilis	65	8	62	110	- 101
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	46	- 42
War	67	3	41	409	- 407
Otitis Media	68	2	72	1	+ 2
Tetanus	69	2	42	372	- 370
Leishmaniasis	70	2	51	237	- 235
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	77	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	82	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	73	2	79	0	+ 2
Pertussis	74	1	15	2,858	- 2,856
Ascariasis	75	0	59	125	- 124
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	65	60	- 60
Measles	79	0	18	2,414	- 2,414
Schistosomiasis	80	0	50	237	- 237
Malaria	81	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.