PANAMA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,636	7	697	+ 2,940
Malaria	2	3,344	81	0	+ 3,344
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,585	28	163	+ 2,422
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,974	1	2,624	- 650
Stroke	5	1,847	2	2,006	- 159
Birth Trauma	6	1,415	36	94	+ 1,322
Low Birth Weight	7	1,368	22	238	+ 1,130
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,265	9	591	+ 674
HIV/AIDS	9	1,248	8	653	+ 595
Tuberculosis	10	1,183	23	223	+ 960
Congenital Anomalies	11	751	13	378	+ 373
Meningitis	12	693	52	27	+ 666
Liver Disease	13	643	15	325	+ 318
Diabetes Mellitus	14	583	4	1,070	- 487
Kidney Disease	15	530	3	1,106	- 576
Other Injuries	16	510	35	100	+ 410
Malnutrition	17	453	31	122	+ 330
Maternal Conditions	18	431	48	32	+ 399
Endocrine Disorders	19	391	18	279	+ 112
Lung Disease	20	388	5	815	- 427
Hypertension	21	305	10	510	- 205
Violence	22	303	6	730	- 427
Breast Cancer	23	302	19	279	+ 23
Asthma	24	300	43	56	+ 244
Suicide	25	255	32	121	+ 134
Pertussis	26	230	74	0	+ 229
Liver Cancer	27	196	27	182	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	183	17	296	- 113
Drownings	29	180	34	103	+ 76
Falls	30	159	37	92	+ 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	151	50	30	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	32	141	20	270	- 129
Fires	33	135	57	11	+ 124
Prostate Cancer	34	134	12	390	- 256
Cervical Cancer	35	129	26	185	- 55
Stomach Cancer	36	114	11	397	- 283
Epilepsy	37	113	39	66	+ 46
Poisonings	38	107	61	4	+ 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	94	14	352	- 258
Drug Use	40	91	47	33	+ 58
Syphilis	41	88	65	1	+ 87
Lymphomas	42	65	24	205	- 140
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	62	53	25	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	44	57	33	115	- 57
Tetanus	45	50	69	0	+ 50
Schistosomiasis	46	49	80	0	+ 49
Hepatitis B	47	45	59	7	+ 38
Skin Cancers	48	42	44	56	- 14
Lung Cancers	49	42	16	303	- 261
Oral Cancer	50	40	38	78	- 38
Skin Disease	51	39	30	127	- 88
Bladder Cancer	52	38	46	33	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	53	38	41	64	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	54	30	29	135	- 105
Alcohol	55	26	49	30	- 5
Encephalitis	56	25	63	3	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	57	18	45	52	- 33
Measles	58	18	79	0	+ 18
Leukemia	59	18	25	189	- 171
Uterin Cancer	60	15	40	66	- 51
Appendicitis	61	13	56	11	+ 2
Ascariasis	62	7	75	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	63	7	66	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	5	54	14	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	65	5	62	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	5	21	256	- 251
War	67	4	67	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	4	55	14	- 10
Diphtheria	69	2	78	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Sierra Leone

Panama

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.