PANAMA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,064	1	2,624	- 560
Violence	2	1,567	6	730	+ 837
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,512	4	1,070	+ 441
Stroke	4	1,364	2	2,006	- 642
HIV/AIDS	5	1,281	8	653	+ 628
Kidney Disease	6	1,100	3	1,106	- 6
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,038	7	697	+ 341
Road Traffic Accidents	8	947	9	591	+ 355
Liver Disease	9	619	15	325	+ 294
Prostate Cancer	10	509	12	390	+ 119
Lung Disease	11	494	5	815	- 321
Hypertension	12	492	10	510	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	481	17	296	+ 185
Other Injuries	14	382	35	100	+ 282
Lung Cancers	15	328	16	303	+ 25
Suicide	16	297	32	121	+ 175
Cervical Cancer	17	296	26	185	+ 111
Drownings	18	256	34	103	+ 153
Liver Cancer	19	256	27	182	+ 74
Stomach Cancer	20	249	11	397	- 148
Congenital Anomalies	21	248	13	378	- 130
Endocrine Disorders	22	242	18	279	- 37
Breast Cancer	23	233	19	279	- 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	215	14	352	- 137
Low Birth Weight	25	212	22	238	- 26
Inflammatory/Heart	26	194	20	270	- 76
Falls	27	138	37	92	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	28	118	33	115	+ 4
Malnutrition	29	105	31	122	- 17
Alcohol	30	104	49	30	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	31	101	29	135	- 35
Birth Trauma	32	99	36	94	+ 5
Tuberculosis	33	95	23	223	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	93	28	163	- 70
Asthma	35	83	43	56	+ 27
Epilepsy	36	82	39	66	+ 16
Skin Disease	37	59	30	127	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	56	50	30	+ 26
Leukemia	39	43	25	189	- 146
Fires	40	39	57	11	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	37	53	25	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	42	25	48	32	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	43	24	45	52	- 28
Appendicitis	44	16	56	11	+ 4
Poisonings	45	15	61	4	+ 11
Meningitis	46	15	52	27	- 12
Drug Use	47	15	47	33	- 18
Encephalitis	48	15	63	3	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	12	55	14	- 2
Lymphomas	50	12	24	205	- 193
Uterin Cancer	51	12	40	66	- 54
Ovary Cancer	52	10	41	64	- 53
Other Neoplasms	53	10	21	256	- 246
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	62	3	+ 2
Dengue	55	2	64	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	56	2	59	7	- 5
Chagas disease	57	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	1	54	14	- 12
Tetanus	59	1	69	0	+ 1
War	60	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	0	66	1	- 0
Syphilis	62	0	65	1	- 1
Pertussis	63	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	44	56	- 56
Oral Cancer	67	0	38	78	- 78
Diphtheria	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	42	63	- 63
Bladder Cancer	81	0	46	33	- 33
Schizophrenia	82	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
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

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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.