PANAMA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,450	2	2,006	+ 4,444
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,592	1	2,624	+ 2,968
Lung Disease	3	3,058	5	815	+ 2,243
Lung Cancers	4	2,255	16	303	+ 1,952
Stomach Cancer	5	1,258	11	397	+ 861
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	961	17	296	+ 665
Hypertension	7	951	10	510	+ 441
Road Traffic Accidents	8	790	9	591	+ 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	784	14	352	+ 432
Oesophagus Cancer	10	767	45	52	+ 715
Kidney Disease	11	607	3	1,106	- 499
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	579	7	697	- 118
Liver Cancer	13	571	27	182	+ 390
Diabetes Mellitus	14	510	4	1,070	- 560
Liver Disease	15	460	15	325	+ 134
Falls	16	438	37	92	+ 347
Suicide	17	367	32	121	+ 246
Pancreas Cancer	18	352	29	135	+ 217
Breast Cancer	19	293	19	279	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	20	223	33	115	+ 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	206	53	25	+ 181
Leukemia	22	184	25	189	- 5
Lymphomas	23	183	24	205	- 22
Oral Cancer	24	173	38	78	+ 94
Other Injuries	25	171	35	100	+ 71
Drownings	26	167	34	103	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	27	163	26	185	- 21
Prostate Cancer	28	161	12	390	- 229
Bladder Cancer	29	120	46	33	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	119	50	30	+ 89
Congenital Anomalies	31	116	13	378	- 262
Tuberculosis	32	110	23	223	- 113
Inflammatory/Heart	33	95	20	270	- 175
HIV/AIDS	34	91	8	653	- 562
Ovary Cancer	35	89	41	64	+ 25
Poisonings	36	81	61	4	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	37	81	18	279	- 198
Drug Use	38	76	47	33	+ 44
Asthma	39	73	43	56	+ 17
Low Birth Weight	40	68	22	238	- 169
Skin Cancers	41	62	44	56	+ 6
Alcohol	42	60	49	30	+ 30
Birth Trauma	43	56	36	94	- 38
Malnutrition	44	41	31	122	- 81
Uterin Cancer	45	37	40	66	- 29
Epilepsy	46	36	39	66	- 31
Violence	47	35	6	730	- 695
Fires	48	33	57	11	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	32	55	14	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	28	28	163	- 135
Meningitis	51	18	52	27	- 9
Skin Disease	52	16	30	127	- 111
Other Neoplasms	53	14	21	256	- 242
Maternal Conditions	54	11	48	32	- 21
Encephalitis	55	9	63	3	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	9	59	7	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	8	54	14	- 5
Syphilis	58	6	65	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	62	3	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	5	56	11	- 7
War	61	3	67	0	+ 2
Measles	62	2	79	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	2	69	0	+ 1
Pertussis	64	2	74	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	82	0	60	4	- 4
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.