RWANDA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,997	4	3,605	+ 4,391
Stroke	2	6,113	2	5,060	+ 1,053
Kidney Disease	3	3,371	15	1,206	+ 2,165
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,261	11	1,858	+ 1,403
Lung Disease	5	2,484	13	1,555	+ 930
Violence	6	2,224	29	548	+ 1,676
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,124	1	5,280	- 3,156
HIV/AIDS	8	1,990	7	2,826	- 835
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,802	3	3,718	- 1,917
Hypertension	10	1,554	14	1,357	+ 197
Stomach Cancer	11	1,210	20	780	+ 430
Prostate Cancer	12	1,188	32	396	+ 792
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,151	12	1,777	- 627
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,074	28	591	+ 483
Liver Disease	15	992	8	2,548	- 1,556
Lung Cancers	16	923	39	234	+ 689
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	903	25	657	+ 246
Endocrine Disorders	18	850	41	219	+ 631
Breast Cancer	19	849	27	600	+ 249
Inflammatory/Heart	20	823	34	347	+ 476
Other Neoplasms	21	781	64	16	+ 764
Low Birth Weight	22	725	9	2,193	- 1,468
Tuberculosis	23	679	26	625	+ 55
Lymphomas	24	623	30	450	+ 174
Leukemia	25	576	35	317	+ 259
Cervical Cancer	26	562	18	941	- 378
Liver Cancer	27	553	23	706	- 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	497	6	3,121	- 2,625
Pancreas Cancer	29	412	43	214	+ 198
Skin Disease	30	388	52	103	+ 286
Malnutrition	31	373	16	1,168	- 795
Suicide	32	370	24	704	- 334
Parkinson's Disease	33	349	47	146	+ 203
Drownings	34	315	36	285	+ 30
Other Injuries	35	304	17	944	- 640
Birth Trauma	36	285	10	1,888	- 1,603
Falls	37	280	31	412	- 132
Oral Cancer	38	239	37	272	- 33
Epilepsy	39	203	45	191	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	40	200	56	58	+ 142
Ovary Cancer	41	194	53	92	+ 102
Anemia	42	192	86	0	+ 192
Asthma	43	171	22	717	- 546
Skin Cancers	44	170	50	113	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	45	157	44	213	- 56
Bladder Cancer	46	100	62	35	+ 65
Drug Use	47	100	60	45	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	48	99	21	722	- 623
Alcohol	49	92	49	125	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	91	33	362	- 271
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	86	80	0	+ 86
Meningitis	52	83	19	847	- 765
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	76	48	136	- 60
Upper Respiratory	54	42	57	58	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	41	63	23	+ 18
Appendicitis	56	34	54	70	- 36
Fires	57	34	38	270	- 235
Schizophrenia	58	30	83	0	+ 30
Hepatitis B	59	22	55	68	- 46
Osteoarthritis	60	13	81	0	+ 13
Poisonings	61	12	40	220	- 208
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	66	7	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	8	61	39	- 31
Dengue	64	6	72	0	+ 6
Syphilis	65	4	46	173	- 168
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	12	- 10
War	67	1	69	3	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	4	- 2
Tetanus	69	1	58	53	- 52
Leishmaniasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	42	218	- 217
Ascariasis	75	0	67	5	- 4
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	59	51	- 51
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	111	- 111
Malaria	81	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.