PANAMA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	UGANDA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,922	8	653	+ 1,269
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,711	7	697	+ 1,014
Malaria	3	1,231	81	0	+ 1,231
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,180	9	591	+ 589
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,098	28	163	+ 935
Stroke	6	1,014	2	2,006	- 992
Birth Trauma	7	944	36	94	+ 850
Low Birth Weight	8	877	22	238	+ 640
Coronary Heart Disease	9	797	1	2,624	- 1,827
Tuberculosis	10	658	23	223	+ 435
Congenital Anomalies	11	602	13	378	+ 225
Violence	12	560	6	730	- 170
Liver Disease	13	465	15	325	+ 139
Diabetes Mellitus	14	435	4	1,070	- 635
Cervical Cancer	15	397	26	185	+ 213
Meningitis	16	337	52	27	+ 310
Maternal Conditions	17	330	48	32	+ 298
Malnutrition	18	301	31	122	+ 179
Kidney Disease	19	287	3	1,106	- 819
Other Injuries	20	284	35	100	+ 184
Hypertension	21	283	10	510	- 227
Lung Disease	22	277	5	815	- 538
Syphilis	23	203	65	1	+ 201
Suicide	24	184	32	121	+ 63
Pertussis	25	173	74	0	+ 173
Lymphomas	26	160	24	205	- 45
Asthma	27	158	43	56	+ 102
Oesophagus Cancer	28	152	45	52	+ 100
Liver Cancer	29	138	27	182	- 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	117	17	296	- 180
Drownings	31	112	34	103	+ 9
Breast Cancer	32	102	19	279	- 176
Falls	33	102	37	92	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	34	86	12	390	- 304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	83	14	352	- 269
Fires	36	79	57	11	+ 68
Inflammatory/Heart	37	78	20	270	- 192
Endocrine Disorders	38	69	18	279	- 210
Poisonings	39	68	61	4	+ 64
Oral Cancer	40	66	38	78	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	62	50	30	+ 32
Leukemia	42	54	25	189	- 135
Epilepsy	43	54	39	66	- 12
Ovary Cancer	44	47	41	64	- 17
Stomach Cancer	45	47	11	397	- 350
Lung Cancers	46	40	16	303	- 263
Pancreas Cancer	47	32	29	135	- 103
Parkinson's Disease	48	32	33	115	- 83
Skin Cancers	49	32	44	56	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	32	53	25	+ 7
Measles	51	31	79	0	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	52	26	80	0	+ 26
Tetanus	53	25	69	0	+ 24
Alcohol	54	23	49	30	- 7
Skin Disease	55	22	30	127	- 105
Uterin Cancer	56	21	40	66	- 44
Drug Use	57	21	47	33	- 12
Appendicitis	58	19	56	11	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	59	16	46	33	- 16
Upper Respiratory	60	13	54	14	- 1
Hepatitis B	61	11	59	7	+ 4
Encephalitis	62	11	63	3	+ 8
War	63	8	67	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	55	14	- 9
Trypanosomiasis	65	5	82	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	3	21	256	- 253
Hepatitis C	67	3	66	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	68	3	70	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	62	3	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	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
Anemia	84	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Uganda

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.