PANAMA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,194	1	2,624	+ 1,571
Stroke	2	1,887	2	2,006	- 119
War	3	1,796	67	0	+ 1,796
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,666	7	697	+ 969
Low Birth Weight	5	1,225	22	238	+ 988
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,191	9	591	+ 600
Birth Trauma	7	826	36	94	+ 732
Hypertension	8	736	10	510	+ 226
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	608	28	163	+ 445
Congenital Anomalies	10	597	13	378	+ 219
Lung Disease	11	444	5	815	- 371
Measles	12	420	79	0	+ 420
Liver Disease	13	402	15	325	+ 77
Violence	14	395	6	730	- 335
Kidney Disease	15	373	3	1,106	- 734
Other Injuries	16	310	35	100	+ 210
Asthma	17	293	43	56	+ 237
Tuberculosis	18	264	23	223	+ 41
Diabetes Mellitus	19	250	4	1,070	- 821
Malaria	20	239	81	0	+ 239
Suicide	21	236	32	121	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	195	17	296	- 101
Pertussis	23	172	74	0	+ 172
Falls	24	163	37	92	+ 71
Drownings	25	159	34	103	+ 56
Breast Cancer	26	158	19	279	- 121
Malnutrition	27	147	31	122	+ 25
Meningitis	28	142	52	27	+ 115
Fires	29	138	57	11	+ 127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	127	14	352	- 225
Stomach Cancer	31	125	11	397	- 272
Maternal Conditions	32	124	48	32	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	116	50	30	+ 86
Leukemia	34	108	25	189	- 81
Oesophagus Cancer	35	106	45	52	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	36	103	18	279	- 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	98	53	25	+ 73
Drug Use	38	85	47	33	+ 52
Liver Cancer	39	85	27	182	- 97
Inflammatory/Heart	40	81	20	270	- 189
Lung Cancers	41	79	16	303	- 224
Oral Cancer	42	76	38	78	- 2
Epilepsy	43	75	39	66	+ 8
Poisonings	44	74	61	4	+ 70
Lymphomas	45	60	24	205	- 144
HIV/AIDS	46	55	8	653	- 598
Tetanus	47	55	69	0	+ 55
Encephalitis	48	51	63	3	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	49	50	33	115	- 64
Hepatitis B	50	42	59	7	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	51	39	29	135	- 96
Ovary Cancer	52	26	41	64	- 37
Syphilis	53	24	65	1	+ 23
Appendicitis	54	22	56	11	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	55	22	46	33	- 11
Schistosomiasis	56	17	80	0	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	57	17	26	185	- 168
Skin Cancers	58	14	44	56	- 42
Alcohol	59	11	49	30	- 19
Dengue	60	10	64	2	+ 8
Skin Disease	61	6	30	127	- 121
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	62	3	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	63	5	12	390	- 384
Other Neoplasms	64	3	21	256	- 253
Ascariasis	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	55	14	- 12
Diphtheria	67	2	78	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	69	1	40	66	- 65
Upper Respiratory	70	1	54	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
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

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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.