PANAMA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,219	7	697	+ 1,523
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,154	1	2,624	- 470
Stroke	3	1,838	2	2,006	- 168
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,200	9	591	+ 609
Kidney Disease	5	876	3	1,106	- 230
Tuberculosis	6	825	23	223	+ 602
Lung Disease	7	820	5	815	+ 5
Liver Disease	8	809	15	325	+ 484
Low Birth Weight	9	610	22	238	+ 373
Birth Trauma	10	559	36	94	+ 465
Congenital Anomalies	11	540	13	378	+ 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	478	28	163	+ 315
Asthma	13	444	43	56	+ 388
Falls	14	307	37	92	+ 215
Lung Cancers	15	292	16	303	- 11
Stomach Cancer	16	272	11	397	- 125
Diabetes Mellitus	17	262	4	1,070	- 808
Other Injuries	18	259	35	100	+ 159
Violence	19	242	6	730	- 487
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	241	17	296	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	21	191	18	279	- 88
Liver Cancer	22	190	27	182	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	23	179	26	185	- 6
Malnutrition	24	178	31	122	+ 56
Hypertension	25	138	10	510	- 372
Breast Cancer	26	120	19	279	- 159
Pertussis	27	117	74	0	+ 117
Prostate Cancer	28	117	12	390	- 273
Inflammatory/Heart	29	112	20	270	- 158
Maternal Conditions	30	106	48	32	+ 73
Meningitis	31	101	52	27	+ 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	85	14	352	- 267
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	84	53	25	+ 60
Parkinson's Disease	34	80	33	115	- 35
Drownings	35	80	34	103	- 23
Bladder Cancer	36	77	46	33	+ 45
Syphilis	37	68	65	1	+ 67
Epilepsy	38	66	39	66	- 0
Suicide	39	64	32	121	- 58
Encephalitis	40	63	63	3	+ 60
Ovary Cancer	41	59	41	64	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	52	50	30	+ 22
Drug Use	43	35	47	33	+ 2
Skin Disease	44	33	30	127	- 95
Tetanus	45	31	69	0	+ 31
Alcohol	46	29	49	30	- 1
Poisonings	47	29	61	4	+ 25
Hepatitis B	48	28	59	7	+ 21
Leukemia	49	27	25	189	- 162
Measles	50	27	79	0	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	51	22	45	52	- 29
Fires	52	14	57	11	+ 3
Malaria	53	9	81	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	54	7	21	256	- 249
Appendicitis	55	5	56	11	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	62	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	55	14	- 10
Lymphomas	58	3	24	205	- 202
Schistosomiasis	59	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	60	2	66	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	2	54	14	- 12
Ascariasis	62	1	75	0	+ 1
War	63	1	67	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	29	135	- 135
Oral Cancer	65	0	38	78	- 78
Diphtheria	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	64	2	- 2
Skin Cancers	69	0	44	56	- 56
Uterin Cancer	70	0	40	66	- 66
Anemia	71	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	58	10	- 10
Osteoarthritis	75	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	68	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	8	653	- 653
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	70	0	- 0
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.