PANAMA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,368	1	2,624	+ 744
Stroke	2	2,503	2	2,006	+ 497
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,924	7	697	+ 1,227
Violence	4	1,397	6	730	+ 667
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,211	4	1,070	+ 141
Lung Disease	6	1,206	5	815	+ 391
Kidney Disease	7	766	3	1,106	- 341
Road Traffic Accidents	8	688	9	591	+ 97
Lung Cancers	9	643	16	303	+ 340
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	624	17	296	+ 328
Hypertension	11	586	10	510	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	471	14	352	+ 118
Liver Disease	13	435	15	325	+ 110
Breast Cancer	14	422	19	279	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	15	386	12	390	- 4
Falls	16	383	37	92	+ 291
Stomach Cancer	17	365	11	397	- 31
Inflammatory/Heart	18	356	20	270	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	19	344	18	279	+ 65
Suicide	20	295	32	121	+ 174
Other Injuries	21	280	35	100	+ 181
HIV/AIDS	22	255	8	653	- 398
Congenital Anomalies	23	250	13	378	- 127
Pancreas Cancer	24	244	29	135	+ 109
Liver Cancer	25	234	27	182	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	26	213	45	52	+ 161
Lymphomas	27	211	24	205	+ 6
Oral Cancer	28	202	38	78	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	29	193	26	185	+ 9
Leukemia	30	173	25	189	- 16
Skin Disease	31	146	30	127	+ 18
Alcohol	32	145	49	30	+ 114
Low Birth Weight	33	140	22	238	- 98
Malnutrition	34	136	31	122	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	115	28	163	- 48
Bladder Cancer	36	108	46	33	+ 75
Chagas disease	37	102	73	0	+ 102
Skin Cancers	38	102	44	56	+ 46
Drownings	39	100	34	103	- 3
Tuberculosis	40	99	23	223	- 124
Parkinson's Disease	41	97	33	115	- 18
Other Neoplasms	42	95	21	256	- 161
Ovary Cancer	43	88	41	64	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	87	50	30	+ 57
Birth Trauma	45	77	36	94	- 17
Epilepsy	46	66	39	66	- 0
Uterin Cancer	47	56	40	66	- 9
Asthma	48	53	43	56	- 3
Drug Use	49	50	47	33	+ 17
Anemia	50	49	42	63	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	45	53	25	+ 20
Hepatitis C	52	40	66	1	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	53	31	48	32	- 2
Meningitis	54	28	52	27	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	22	51	28	- 6
War	56	22	67	0	+ 22
Appendicitis	57	22	56	11	+ 10
Fires	58	21	57	11	+ 10
Hepatitis B	59	16	59	7	+ 8
Schizophrenia	60	13	58	10	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	12	55	14	- 1
Schistosomiasis	62	12	80	0	+ 12
Leishmaniasis	63	9	70	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	62	3	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	65	7	60	4	+ 2
Poisonings	66	6	61	4	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	5	54	14	- 8
Syphilis	68	5	65	1	+ 3
Leprosy	69	4	83	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	70	2	68	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	2	69	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	72	1	63	3	- 1
Oral conditions	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	1	81	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	1	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	64	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	79	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.