PANAMA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,732	7	697	+ 1,036
Stroke	2	1,660	2	2,006	- 346
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,220	9	591	+ 629
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,183	1	2,624	- 1,441
Malaria	5	1,082	81	0	+ 1,082
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,024	28	163	+ 861
HIV/AIDS	7	927	8	653	+ 274
Liver Disease	8	836	15	325	+ 511
Low Birth Weight	9	719	22	238	+ 482
Birth Trauma	10	620	36	94	+ 526
Diabetes Mellitus	11	610	4	1,070	- 460
Congenital Anomalies	12	583	13	378	+ 206
Lung Disease	13	510	5	815	- 305
Hypertension	14	445	10	510	- 65
Kidney Disease	15	396	3	1,106	- 711
Malnutrition	16	383	31	122	+ 261
Other Injuries	17	310	35	100	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	18	309	26	185	+ 124
Meningitis	19	278	52	27	+ 251
Stomach Cancer	20	256	11	397	- 141
Maternal Conditions	21	237	48	32	+ 205
Asthma	22	235	43	56	+ 179
Liver Cancer	23	232	27	182	+ 50
Suicide	24	231	32	121	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	216	17	296	- 81
Tuberculosis	26	205	23	223	- 18
Breast Cancer	27	197	19	279	- 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	194	14	352	- 158
Violence	29	180	6	730	- 550
Lymphomas	30	148	24	205	- 57
Falls	31	135	37	92	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	32	130	12	390	- 260
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	119	50	30	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	34	114	20	270	- 156
Leukemia	35	104	25	189	- 85
Drownings	36	93	34	103	- 10
Oral Cancer	37	89	38	78	+ 11
Fires	38	88	57	11	+ 77
Lung Cancers	39	77	16	303	- 226
Poisonings	40	72	61	4	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	41	72	18	279	- 207
Pertussis	42	71	74	0	+ 71
Pancreas Cancer	43	70	29	135	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	44	70	45	52	+ 18
Epilepsy	45	63	39	66	- 4
Syphilis	46	57	65	1	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	47	48	33	115	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	45	53	25	+ 20
Alcohol	49	41	49	30	+ 11
Skin Cancers	50	37	44	56	- 19
Schistosomiasis	51	36	80	0	+ 36
Skin Disease	52	34	30	127	- 94
Ovary Cancer	53	30	41	64	- 33
Appendicitis	54	23	56	11	+ 12
Hepatitis B	55	22	59	7	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	56	19	40	66	- 46
Upper Respiratory	57	19	54	14	+ 5
Tetanus	58	17	69	0	+ 17
Measles	59	17	79	0	+ 17
Drug Use	60	15	47	33	- 18
Encephalitis	61	13	63	3	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	62	12	46	33	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	55	14	- 6
Other Neoplasms	64	5	21	256	- 251
Hepatitis C	65	4	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	62	3	- 0
Ascariasis	67	2	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	0	+ 1
War	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	63	- 63
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to 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.