SOMALIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,641	7	7,233	+ 408
Stroke	2	5,841	6	8,595	- 2,754
Kidney Disease	3	3,221	21	2,051	+ 1,170
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,116	16	2,888	+ 228
Lung Disease	5	2,374	19	2,442	- 69
Violence	6	2,125	29	828	+ 1,297
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,029	1	21,712	- 19,682
HIV/AIDS	8	1,902	33	610	+ 1,292
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,721	11	4,231	- 2,510
Hypertension	10	1,485	18	2,643	- 1,159
Stomach Cancer	11	1,156	49	310	+ 846
Prostate Cancer	12	1,135	52	285	+ 850
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,099	15	3,410	- 2,311
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,026	38	546	+ 480
Liver Disease	15	948	13	3,917	- 2,969
Lung Cancers	16	882	54	233	+ 649
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	863	32	647	+ 216
Endocrine Disorders	18	813	44	406	+ 407
Breast Cancer	19	811	26	1,232	- 420
Inflammatory/Heart	20	786	39	521	+ 265
Other Neoplasms	21	746	70	12	+ 733
Low Birth Weight	22	692	8	6,250	- 5,558
Tuberculosis	23	649	4	10,261	- 9,612
Lymphomas	24	596	34	605	- 9
Leukemia	25	550	35	562	- 11
Cervical Cancer	26	537	28	883	- 346
Liver Cancer	27	529	53	256	+ 273
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	475	2	15,363	- 14,888
Pancreas Cancer	29	393	62	108	+ 286
Skin Disease	30	371	58	151	+ 220
Malnutrition	31	356	10	4,825	- 4,469
Suicide	32	353	27	1,219	- 866
Parkinson's Disease	33	334	56	184	+ 150
Drownings	34	301	25	1,272	- 971
Other Injuries	35	291	14	3,602	- 3,311
Birth Trauma	36	273	5	9,573	- 9,301
Falls	37	267	37	548	- 280
Oral Cancer	38	228	46	328	- 100
Epilepsy	39	194	43	419	- 225
Uterin Cancer	40	191	64	78	+ 113
Ovary Cancer	41	185	50	295	- 110
Anemia	42	184	83	0	+ 184
Asthma	43	163	23	1,878	- 1,715
Skin Cancers	44	162	57	164	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	45	150	40	516	- 366
Bladder Cancer	46	96	61	149	- 54
Drug Use	47	96	65	54	+ 41
Maternal Conditions	48	95	12	4,127	- 4,032
Alcohol	49	88	59	151	- 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	87	36	559	- 472
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	82	84	0	+ 82
Meningitis	52	79	9	5,381	- 5,302
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	72	41	446	- 374
Upper Respiratory	54	40	47	326	- 286
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	40	66	35	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	33	55	188	- 155
Fires	57	33	30	810	- 778
Schizophrenia	58	28	81	0	+ 28
Hepatitis B	59	21	48	315	- 294
Osteoarthritis	60	12	85	0	+ 12
Poisonings	61	11	31	758	- 747
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	71	8	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	8	63	91	- 83
Dengue	64	6	73	1	+ 5
Syphilis	65	4	45	378	- 373
Hepatitis C	66	2	67	34	- 32
War	67	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Otitis Media	68	1	68	32	- 30
Tetanus	69	1	17	2,648	- 2,647
Leishmaniasis	70	1	51	290	- 289
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	86	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	20	2,054	- 2,053
Ascariasis	75	0	69	30	- 29
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	60	150	- 150
Measles	79	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	435	- 435
Malaria	81	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	72	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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Somalia

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.