SOUTH SUDAN VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,457	10	2,930	+ 4,527
Stroke	2	5,701	9	3,541	+ 2,159
Kidney Disease	3	3,144	20	1,090	+ 2,053
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,041	17	1,312	+ 1,729
Lung Disease	5	2,316	23	894	+ 1,423
Violence	6	2,074	15	1,584	+ 490
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,980	1	9,918	- 7,937
HIV/AIDS	8	1,856	2	7,915	- 6,059
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,680	7	4,063	- 2,383
Hypertension	10	1,449	19	1,131	+ 318
Stomach Cancer	11	1,128	44	241	+ 887
Prostate Cancer	12	1,108	35	409	+ 699
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,073	11	2,020	- 947
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,001	36	360	+ 642
Liver Disease	15	925	12	1,823	- 898
Lung Cancers	16	861	49	164	+ 697
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	842	29	543	+ 299
Endocrine Disorders	18	793	46	192	+ 602
Breast Cancer	19	792	26	695	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	20	767	45	217	+ 550
Other Neoplasms	21	728	66	14	+ 714
Low Birth Weight	22	676	6	4,339	- 3,664
Tuberculosis	23	634	8	3,771	- 3,137
Lymphomas	24	581	34	422	+ 159
Leukemia	25	537	40	314	+ 223
Cervical Cancer	26	524	25	761	- 236
Liver Cancer	27	516	38	346	+ 170
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	463	3	7,270	- 6,806
Pancreas Cancer	29	384	54	109	+ 275
Skin Disease	30	362	55	97	+ 265
Malnutrition	31	347	14	1,660	- 1,312
Suicide	32	345	33	425	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	33	326	52	125	+ 201
Drownings	34	294	30	466	- 173
Other Injuries	35	284	18	1,207	- 923
Birth Trauma	36	266	5	5,210	- 4,944
Falls	37	261	41	269	- 8
Oral Cancer	38	222	43	259	- 37
Epilepsy	39	189	50	152	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	40	186	60	66	+ 121
Ovary Cancer	41	181	47	188	- 7
Anemia	42	179	81	0	+ 179
Asthma	43	160	28	587	- 428
Skin Cancers	44	159	51	127	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	45	146	31	435	- 289
Bladder Cancer	46	93	56	88	+ 5
Drug Use	47	93	63	33	+ 60
Maternal Conditions	48	92	16	1,521	- 1,429
Alcohol	49	86	62	53	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	85	48	186	- 101
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	80	84	0	+ 80
Meningitis	52	77	13	1,780	- 1,703
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	71	53	121	- 51
Upper Respiratory	54	39	59	70	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	39	65	16	+ 23
Appendicitis	56	32	61	65	- 33
Fires	57	32	32	433	- 401
Schizophrenia	58	28	83	0	+ 28
Hepatitis B	59	21	57	77	- 56
Osteoarthritis	60	12	85	0	+ 12
Poisonings	61	11	42	259	- 248
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	72	4	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	7	64	32	- 25
Dengue	64	5	74	0	+ 5
Syphilis	65	4	37	351	- 347
Hepatitis C	66	2	69	11	- 9
War	67	1	27	614	- 613
Otitis Media	68	1	70	6	- 5
Tetanus	69	1	22	937	- 936
Leishmaniasis	70	1	21	1,005	- 1,004
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	86	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	78	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	24	784	- 783
Ascariasis	75	0	68	11	- 11
Trichuriasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	12	- 12
Measles	79	0	39	334	- 334
Schistosomiasis	80	0	58	72	- 72
Malaria	81	0	4	5,342	- 5,342
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	5	- 5
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Panama

South Sudan

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.