SIERRA LEONE VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	PANAMA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,354	4	4,027	+ 1,327
Stroke	2	4,093	5	3,769	+ 324
Kidney Disease	3	2,257	15	1,082	+ 1,175
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,183	14	1,190	+ 994
Lung Disease	5	1,663	20	791	+ 872
Violence	6	1,489	22	618	+ 871
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,422	1	7,420	- 5,998
HIV/AIDS	8	1,333	9	2,546	- 1,213
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,206	8	2,581	- 1,375
Hypertension	10	1,040	21	623	+ 417
Stomach Cancer	11	810	36	232	+ 578
Prostate Cancer	12	795	34	274	+ 522
Congenital Anomalies	13	770	11	1,532	- 762
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	719	39	192	+ 527
Liver Disease	15	664	13	1,312	- 648
Lung Cancers	16	618	49	85	+ 533
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	605	28	373	+ 231
Endocrine Disorders	18	569	19	798	- 228
Breast Cancer	19	568	23	615	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	20	551	32	288	+ 263
Other Neoplasms	21	523	66	10	+ 512
Low Birth Weight	22	485	7	2,791	- 2,306
Tuberculosis	23	455	10	2,414	- 1,959
Lymphomas	24	417	42	132	+ 285
Leukemia	25	385	59	37	+ 349
Cervical Cancer	26	377	35	264	+ 113
Liver Cancer	27	370	27	400	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	333	3	5,275	- 4,942
Pancreas Cancer	29	276	54	62	+ 214
Skin Disease	30	260	51	81	+ 179
Malnutrition	31	249	17	924	- 674
Suicide	32	247	25	521	- 274
Parkinson's Disease	33	234	44	117	+ 117
Drownings	34	211	29	366	- 156
Other Injuries	35	204	16	1,040	- 837
Birth Trauma	36	191	6	2,888	- 2,697
Falls	37	187	30	324	- 136
Oral Cancer	38	160	50	82	+ 77
Epilepsy	39	136	37	230	- 95
Uterin Cancer	40	134	60	31	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	41	130	53	77	+ 53
Anemia	42	129	85	0	+ 129
Asthma	43	115	24	613	- 498
Skin Cancers	44	114	48	86	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	45	105	57	37	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	46	67	52	78	- 11
Drug Use	47	67	40	185	- 119
Maternal Conditions	48	66	18	880	- 814
Alcohol	49	62	55	52	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	61	31	308	- 247
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	57	81	0	+ 57
Meningitis	52	55	12	1,415	- 1,359
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	51	43	127	- 76
Upper Respiratory	54	28	64	10	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	28	68	7	+ 20
Appendicitis	56	23	61	27	- 4
Fires	57	23	33	275	- 252
Schizophrenia	58	20	84	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	59	15	47	92	- 77
Osteoarthritis	60	9	80	0	+ 9
Poisonings	61	8	38	218	- 210
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	65	10	- 5
Encephalitis	63	5	56	50	- 45
Dengue	64	4	72	0	+ 4
Syphilis	65	3	41	180	- 177
Hepatitis C	66	1	63	13	- 12
War	67	1	67	8	- 7
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	45	103	- 102
Leishmaniasis	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	0	26	469	- 468
Ascariasis	75	0	62	15	- 15
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	79	0	58	37	- 37
Schistosomiasis	80	0	46	101	- 101
Malaria	81	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Panama

Sierra Leone

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.