PANAMA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,882	1	2,624	+ 1,258
Violence	2	1,737	6	730	+ 1,007
Stroke	3	1,494	2	2,006	- 512
Lung Disease	4	1,436	5	815	+ 621
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	971	7	697	+ 274
Road Traffic Accidents	6	700	9	591	+ 109
Kidney Disease	7	616	3	1,106	- 490
Hypertension	8	577	10	510	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	9	551	11	397	+ 154
Lung Cancers	10	473	16	303	+ 170
Diabetes Mellitus	11	453	4	1,070	- 617
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	394	14	352	+ 42
Breast Cancer	13	331	19	279	+ 52
Prostate Cancer	14	323	12	390	- 67
Other Neoplasms	15	289	21	256	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	16	267	13	378	- 110
HIV/AIDS	17	242	8	653	- 411
Lymphomas	18	235	24	205	+ 30
Liver Disease	19	219	15	325	- 107
Cervical Cancer	20	204	26	185	+ 20
Leukemia	21	199	25	189	+ 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	194	17	296	- 102
Low Birth Weight	23	189	22	238	- 49
Liver Cancer	24	186	27	182	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	25	182	29	135	+ 47
Suicide	26	177	32	121	+ 56
Malnutrition	27	169	31	122	+ 47
Other Injuries	28	144	35	100	+ 44
Falls	29	137	37	92	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	30	123	18	279	- 156
Inflammatory/Heart	31	120	20	270	- 150
Tuberculosis	32	115	23	223	- 108
Ovary Cancer	33	101	41	64	+ 38
Skin Disease	34	99	30	127	- 28
Skin Cancers	35	93	44	56	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	36	75	45	52	+ 24
Oral Cancer	37	73	38	78	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	67	28	163	- 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	63	50	30	+ 33
Drownings	40	62	34	103	- 41
Birth Trauma	41	58	36	94	- 35
Bladder Cancer	42	55	46	33	+ 22
Epilepsy	43	54	39	66	- 13
Drug Use	44	44	47	33	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	45	38	40	66	- 27
Maternal Conditions	46	36	48	32	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	47	35	33	115	- 80
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	30	51	28	+ 2
War	49	23	67	0	+ 23
Meningitis	50	22	52	27	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	22	55	14	+ 8
Appendicitis	52	19	56	11	+ 8
Chagas disease	53	18	73	0	+ 18
Asthma	54	17	43	56	- 39
Dengue	55	12	64	2	+ 10
Fires	56	11	57	11	+ 0
Anemia	57	9	42	63	- 54
Osteoarthritis	58	6	60	4	+ 2
Hepatitis C	59	6	66	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	62	3	+ 3
Poisonings	61	5	61	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	5	59	7	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	3	53	25	- 21
Encephalitis	64	3	63	3	+ 1
Syphilis	65	3	65	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	54	14	- 11
Malaria	67	2	81	0	+ 2
Alcohol	68	2	49	30	- 28
Pertussis	69	2	74	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	2	58	10	- 8
Tetanus	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	1	70	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	1	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Colombia

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.