PANAMA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,639	1	2,624	+ 2,015
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,899	7	697	+ 3,202
Lung Disease	3	2,210	5	815	+ 1,395
Stroke	4	2,176	2	2,006	+ 170
Kidney Disease	5	1,293	3	1,106	+ 186
Lung Cancers	6	953	16	303	+ 650
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	849	14	352	+ 497
Breast Cancer	8	672	19	279	+ 393
Diabetes Mellitus	9	650	4	1,070	- 420
Road Traffic Accidents	10	599	9	591	+ 8
Hypertension	11	552	10	510	+ 42
Other Injuries	12	537	35	100	+ 437
Inflammatory/Heart	13	523	20	270	+ 253
Pancreas Cancer	14	438	29	135	+ 303
Prostate Cancer	15	429	12	390	+ 39
Liver Disease	16	383	15	325	+ 58
Endocrine Disorders	17	379	18	279	+ 100
Suicide	18	356	32	121	+ 235
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	355	17	296	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	20	335	11	397	- 62
Other Neoplasms	21	307	21	256	+ 51
Skin Disease	22	302	30	127	+ 174
Violence	23	258	6	730	- 472
Lymphomas	24	258	24	205	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	25	236	26	185	+ 51
Congenital Anomalies	26	230	13	378	- 147
Leukemia	27	208	25	189	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	28	208	22	238	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	29	195	45	52	+ 144
Liver Cancer	30	195	27	182	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	31	159	46	33	+ 127
HIV/AIDS	32	141	8	653	- 512
Ovary Cancer	33	124	41	64	+ 61
Skin Cancers	34	102	44	56	+ 46
Oral Cancer	35	102	38	78	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	36	92	33	115	- 23
Uterin Cancer	37	90	40	66	+ 24
Malnutrition	38	88	31	122	- 34
Drug Use	39	79	47	33	+ 46
Anemia	40	66	42	63	+ 3
Tuberculosis	41	62	23	223	- 161
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	55	28	163	- 108
Falls	43	48	37	92	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	46	50	30	+ 16
Chagas disease	45	43	73	0	+ 43
Alcohol	46	42	49	30	+ 12
Asthma	47	38	43	56	- 18
Drownings	48	36	34	103	- 67
Birth Trauma	49	36	36	94	- 58
Epilepsy	50	32	39	66	- 35
Meningitis	51	30	52	27	+ 3
Fires	52	27	57	11	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	53	27	48	32	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	23	55	14	+ 10
Poisonings	55	18	61	4	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	13	53	25	- 12
Hepatitis C	57	11	66	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	58	10	62	3	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	59	7	60	4	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	7	56	11	- 5
Schizophrenia	61	6	58	10	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	5	59	7	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	5	51	28	- 24
Encephalitis	64	2	63	3	- 1
Syphilis	65	1	65	1	- 0
Oral conditions	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	54	14	- 13
Pertussis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	83	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Argentina

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.