TUNISIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,072	1	20,658	- 13,586
Stroke	2	5,407	2	8,509	- 3,103
Kidney Disease	3	2,982	4	2,574	+ 408
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,884	9	1,773	+ 1,112
Lung Disease	5	2,197	10	1,754	+ 443
Violence	6	1,967	24	410	+ 1,557
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,878	7	1,912	- 34
HIV/AIDS	8	1,760	32	261	+ 1,499
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,593	6	1,928	- 335
Hypertension	10	1,374	3	2,824	- 1,449
Stomach Cancer	11	1,070	19	583	+ 487
Prostate Cancer	12	1,051	23	417	+ 634
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,018	12	980	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	950	13	971	- 22
Liver Disease	15	877	11	1,313	- 436
Lung Cancers	16	816	8	1,849	- 1,033
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	799	5	2,507	- 1,709
Endocrine Disorders	18	752	31	285	+ 467
Breast Cancer	19	751	15	781	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	20	727	30	298	+ 429
Other Neoplasms	21	690	59	24	+ 667
Low Birth Weight	22	641	14	924	- 283
Tuberculosis	23	601	41	136	+ 465
Lymphomas	24	551	18	616	- 65
Leukemia	25	509	25	385	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	26	497	38	201	+ 296
Liver Cancer	27	489	29	360	+ 130
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	439	40	184	+ 255
Pancreas Cancer	29	364	28	361	+ 3
Skin Disease	30	343	51	41	+ 303
Malnutrition	31	330	60	24	+ 306
Suicide	32	327	26	383	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	33	309	20	469	- 160
Drownings	34	278	43	122	+ 157
Other Injuries	35	269	27	372	- 103
Birth Trauma	36	252	22	436	- 183
Falls	37	248	21	445	- 197
Oral Cancer	38	211	35	232	- 21
Epilepsy	39	179	45	101	+ 78
Uterin Cancer	40	177	50	46	+ 131
Ovary Cancer	41	172	39	192	- 21
Anemia	42	170	85	0	+ 170
Asthma	43	151	16	665	- 514
Skin Cancers	44	150	36	214	- 63
Oesophagus Cancer	45	139	44	109	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	46	89	17	654	- 565
Drug Use	47	88	34	235	- 147
Maternal Conditions	48	88	47	83	+ 4
Alcohol	49	81	55	31	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	81	33	237	- 156
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	76	80	0	+ 76
Meningitis	52	73	46	86	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	67	42	123	- 56
Upper Respiratory	54	37	66	1	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	37	62	9	+ 28
Appendicitis	56	31	58	25	+ 6
Fires	57	30	37	202	- 172
Schizophrenia	58	26	84	0	+ 26
Hepatitis B	59	20	49	70	- 50
Osteoarthritis	60	12	81	0	+ 12
Poisonings	61	11	48	81	- 70
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	54	33	- 26
Encephalitis	63	7	53	38	- 31
Dengue	64	5	76	0	+ 5
Syphilis	65	4	61	18	- 14
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	1	+ 1
War	67	1	57	25	- 24
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	56	26	- 25
Leishmaniasis	70	1	64	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	52	40	- 40
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	63	8	- 8
Malaria	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Panama

Tunisia

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.