PANAMA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,023	1	2,624	+ 22,399
Stroke	2	7,713	2	2,006	+ 5,707
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,661	17	296	+ 1,365
Lung Cancers	4	1,388	16	303	+ 1,085
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,358	14	352	+ 1,006
Alcohol	6	1,299	49	30	+ 1,269
Lung Disease	7	1,039	5	815	+ 224
Liver Disease	8	978	15	325	+ 652
Suicide	9	943	32	121	+ 822
Stomach Cancer	10	795	11	397	+ 398
Inflammatory/Heart	11	640	20	270	+ 370
Breast Cancer	12	579	19	279	+ 300
Pancreas Cancer	13	551	29	135	+ 416
Other Injuries	14	517	35	100	+ 417
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	511	7	697	- 186
Falls	16	448	37	92	+ 356
Prostate Cancer	17	440	12	390	+ 50
Oral Cancer	18	424	38	78	+ 346
Road Traffic Accidents	19	340	9	591	- 251
Lymphomas	20	316	24	205	+ 111
Parkinson's Disease	21	292	33	115	+ 178
Fires	22	292	57	11	+ 281
Leukemia	23	261	25	189	+ 72
Drownings	24	256	34	103	+ 152
Oesophagus Cancer	25	232	45	52	+ 180
Kidney Disease	26	226	3	1,106	- 880
Ovary Cancer	27	202	41	64	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	28	184	40	66	+ 118
Drug Use	29	183	47	33	+ 150
Diabetes Mellitus	30	175	4	1,070	- 895
Hypertension	31	173	10	510	- 337
Liver Cancer	32	171	27	182	- 11
Poisonings	33	146	61	4	+ 143
Cervical Cancer	34	143	26	185	- 42
Bladder Cancer	35	139	46	33	+ 106
Skin Cancers	36	128	44	56	+ 72
Tuberculosis	37	126	23	223	- 97
Violence	38	120	6	730	- 610
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	113	53	25	+ 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	111	50	30	+ 81
Congenital Anomalies	41	95	13	378	- 282
HIV/AIDS	42	79	8	653	- 575
Endocrine Disorders	43	66	18	279	- 213
Asthma	44	57	43	56	+ 1
Epilepsy	45	55	39	66	- 12
Encephalitis	46	44	63	3	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	47	30	22	238	- 208
Other Neoplasms	48	25	21	256	- 232
Multiple Sclerosis	49	20	62	3	+ 17
Meningitis	50	17	52	27	- 10
Skin Disease	51	14	30	127	- 113
Birth Trauma	52	12	36	94	- 82
Malnutrition	53	10	31	122	- 112
Appendicitis	54	9	56	11	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	7	55	14	- 6
Hepatitis B	56	6	59	7	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	6	28	163	- 157
Upper Respiratory	58	2	54	14	- 11
War	59	2	67	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	60	1	48	32	- 32
Chlamydia	61	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	0	66	1	- 0
Syphilis	63	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	64	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	65	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
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

Belarus

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.