PANAMA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,283	1	2,624	+ 2,659
Stroke	2	1,515	2	2,006	- 491
War	3	1,454	67	0	+ 1,453
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	554	7	697	- 143
Road Traffic Accidents	5	478	9	591	- 114
Kidney Disease	6	436	3	1,106	- 670
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	404	28	163	+ 241
Congenital Anomalies	8	389	13	378	+ 12
Lung Cancers	9	384	16	303	+ 81
Breast Cancer	10	366	19	279	+ 87
Liver Disease	11	322	15	325	- 3
Low Birth Weight	12	309	22	238	+ 72
Lung Disease	13	300	5	815	- 515
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	290	17	296	- 6
Diabetes Mellitus	15	287	4	1,070	- 783
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	229	14	352	- 123
Asthma	17	197	43	56	+ 141
Lymphomas	18	155	24	205	- 50
Leukemia	19	149	25	189	- 40
Bladder Cancer	20	142	46	33	+ 109
Birth Trauma	21	139	36	94	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	22	136	11	397	- 261
Hypertension	23	133	10	510	- 377
Other Injuries	24	98	35	100	- 2
Violence	25	83	6	730	- 647
Endocrine Disorders	26	78	18	279	- 201
Pancreas Cancer	27	77	29	135	- 58
Prostate Cancer	28	76	12	390	- 314
Falls	29	72	37	92	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	30	69	33	115	- 46
Liver Cancer	31	69	27	182	- 113
Inflammatory/Heart	32	63	20	270	- 207
Suicide	33	62	32	121	- 59
Ovary Cancer	34	61	41	64	- 2
Meningitis	35	55	52	27	+ 28
Oral Cancer	36	54	38	78	- 24
Pertussis	37	54	74	0	+ 54
Skin Cancers	38	52	44	56	- 4
Drug Use	39	47	47	33	+ 14
Drownings	40	40	34	103	- 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	37	53	25	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	42	35	26	185	- 149
Fires	43	33	57	11	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	44	27	40	66	- 38
Maternal Conditions	45	20	48	32	- 13
Poisonings	46	18	61	4	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	47	18	45	52	- 33
Epilepsy	48	17	39	66	- 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	15	50	30	- 15
Encephalitis	50	14	63	3	+ 12
Malnutrition	51	14	31	122	- 109
Tetanus	52	11	69	0	+ 10
Alcohol	53	9	49	30	- 21
Appendicitis	54	7	56	11	- 4
Syphilis	55	6	65	1	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	4	23	223	- 219
Other Neoplasms	57	4	21	256	- 252
HIV/AIDS	58	3	8	653	- 650
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	62	3	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	2	80	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	1	30	127	- 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	55	14	- 12
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	7	- 6
Diphtheria	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	54	14	- 13
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	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.