PANAMA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,598	1	2,624	+ 975
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,603	17	296	+ 2,307
Stroke	3	1,725	2	2,006	- 281
Lung Cancers	4	1,464	16	303	+ 1,161
Lung Disease	5	1,417	5	815	+ 602
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,037	14	352	+ 685
Diabetes Mellitus	7	747	4	1,070	- 323
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	742	7	697	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	9	629	12	390	+ 239
Breast Cancer	10	569	19	279	+ 290
Suicide	11	526	32	121	+ 405
Kidney Disease	12	524	3	1,106	- 582
Pancreas Cancer	13	521	29	135	+ 386
Falls	14	520	37	92	+ 428
Lymphomas	15	507	24	205	+ 303
Endocrine Disorders	16	389	18	279	+ 110
Skin Cancers	17	387	44	56	+ 331
Leukemia	18	355	25	189	+ 166
Parkinson's Disease	19	340	33	115	+ 225
Liver Cancer	20	340	27	182	+ 158
Drug Use	21	298	47	33	+ 265
Other Injuries	22	274	35	100	+ 174
Hypertension	23	272	10	510	- 237
Inflammatory/Heart	24	262	20	270	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	25	249	45	52	+ 198
Liver Disease	26	237	15	325	- 88
Stomach Cancer	27	215	11	397	- 182
Other Neoplasms	28	209	21	256	- 47
Road Traffic Accidents	29	208	9	591	- 383
Bladder Cancer	30	198	46	33	+ 165
Ovary Cancer	31	167	41	64	+ 104
Oral Cancer	32	162	38	78	+ 84
Congenital Anomalies	33	119	13	378	- 259
Skin Disease	34	99	30	127	- 28
Uterin Cancer	35	88	40	66	+ 22
Asthma	36	76	43	56	+ 20
Alcohol	37	63	49	30	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	63	53	25	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	39	57	26	185	- 127
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	49	28	163	- 114
Epilepsy	41	48	39	66	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	46	50	30	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	43	41	22	238	- 196
Violence	44	41	6	730	- 689
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	38	55	14	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	46	31	62	3	+ 29
Drownings	47	30	34	103	- 74
Hepatitis C	48	29	66	1	+ 28
Anemia	49	26	42	63	- 37
Birth Trauma	50	23	36	94	- 70
Malnutrition	51	20	31	122	- 103
Osteoarthritis	52	19	60	4	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	12	51	28	- 16
Schizophrenia	54	11	58	10	+ 1
Fires	55	9	57	11	- 2
Tuberculosis	56	9	23	223	- 214
HIV/AIDS	57	8	8	653	- 645
Hepatitis B	58	7	59	7	- 0
Oral conditions	59	7	72	0	+ 6
Meningitis	60	6	52	27	- 21
Poisonings	61	6	61	4	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	4	56	11	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	3	48	32	- 29
Upper Respiratory	64	3	54	14	- 11
War	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	0	65	1	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	63	3	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Australia

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.