UGANDA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,928	9	8,784	+ 20,144
Stroke	2	22,115	6	11,181	+ 10,934
Kidney Disease	3	12,196	19	3,168	+ 9,028
Diabetes Mellitus	4	11,797	14	4,794	+ 7,003
Lung Disease	5	8,986	22	3,051	+ 5,935
Violence	6	8,045	12	6,175	+ 1,870
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	7,683	2	18,865	- 11,182
HIV/AIDS	8	7,200	1	21,188	- 13,988
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,517	4	13,012	- 6,495
Hypertension	10	5,622	21	3,120	+ 2,502
Stomach Cancer	11	4,377	45	515	+ 3,862
Prostate Cancer	12	4,298	34	950	+ 3,348
Congenital Anomalies	13	4,162	11	6,641	- 2,478
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,884	35	919	+ 2,965
Liver Disease	15	3,588	13	5,122	- 1,533
Lung Cancers	16	3,339	46	441	+ 2,898
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	3,266	30	1,286	+ 1,980
Endocrine Disorders	18	3,077	38	761	+ 2,316
Breast Cancer	19	3,072	32	1,128	+ 1,944
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,976	37	859	+ 2,116
Other Neoplasms	21	2,824	66	37	+ 2,786
Low Birth Weight	22	2,621	8	9,673	- 7,052
Tuberculosis	23	2,458	10	7,255	- 4,797
Lymphomas	24	2,255	26	1,762	+ 494
Leukemia	25	2,083	42	599	+ 1,484
Cervical Cancer	26	2,034	15	4,378	- 2,343
Liver Cancer	27	2,002	29	1,522	+ 479
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	1,797	5	12,103	- 10,306
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,489	47	358	+ 1,130
Skin Disease	30	1,405	55	242	+ 1,162
Malnutrition	31	1,348	18	3,317	- 1,969
Suicide	32	1,337	24	2,033	- 696
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,263	48	351	+ 911
Drownings	34	1,139	31	1,238	- 99
Other Injuries	35	1,100	20	3,130	- 2,030
Birth Trauma	36	1,033	7	10,405	- 9,372
Falls	37	1,013	33	1,127	- 114
Oral Cancer	38	863	40	731	+ 132
Epilepsy	39	733	43	599	+ 134
Uterin Cancer	40	723	56	234	+ 490
Ovary Cancer	41	702	44	519	+ 183
Anemia	42	695	84	0	+ 695
Asthma	43	619	27	1,745	- 1,126
Skin Cancers	44	615	49	349	+ 266
Oesophagus Cancer	45	568	28	1,674	- 1,107
Bladder Cancer	46	362	59	181	+ 181
Drug Use	47	362	57	233	+ 129
Maternal Conditions	48	358	17	3,641	- 3,283
Alcohol	49	333	54	256	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	330	41	687	- 356
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	309	81	0	+ 309
Meningitis	52	299	16	3,718	- 3,419
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	274	50	348	- 74
Upper Respiratory	54	151	60	144	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	150	64	55	+ 95
Appendicitis	56	125	58	211	- 86
Fires	57	124	36	872	- 748
Schizophrenia	58	107	86	0	+ 107
Hepatitis B	59	80	61	123	- 43
Osteoarthritis	60	47	80	0	+ 47
Poisonings	61	44	39	745	- 702
Multiple Sclerosis	62	30	69	16	+ 14
Encephalitis	63	29	62	122	- 93
Dengue	64	21	74	1	+ 20
Syphilis	65	16	23	2,235	- 2,220
Hepatitis C	66	7	67	30	- 23
War	67	5	63	88	- 83
Otitis Media	68	4	71	11	- 7
Tetanus	69	4	53	271	- 266
Leishmaniasis	70	4	68	28	- 24
Iodine Deficiency	71	4	78	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	72	4	82	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	73	3	79	0	+ 3
Pertussis	74	2	25	1,909	- 1,907
Ascariasis	75	1	70	16	- 15
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	72	11	- 11
Measles	79	0	51	343	- 343
Schistosomiasis	80	0	52	286	- 286
Malaria	81	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	50	- 50
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Panama

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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.