PANAMA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,000	1	2,624	+ 6,376
Stroke	2	4,372	2	2,006	+ 2,366
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,491	7	697	+ 2,794
Lung Cancers	4	2,440	16	303	+ 2,137
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,381	17	296	+ 2,085
Lung Disease	6	2,239	5	815	+ 1,424
Hypertension	7	1,414	10	510	+ 904
Prostate Cancer	8	1,372	12	390	+ 982
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,206	14	352	+ 853
Falls	10	1,145	37	92	+ 1,054
Liver Disease	11	764	15	325	+ 438
Other Injuries	12	762	35	100	+ 662
Diabetes Mellitus	13	730	4	1,070	- 340
Kidney Disease	14	693	3	1,106	- 413
Breast Cancer	15	682	19	279	+ 403
Suicide	16	668	32	121	+ 546
Inflammatory/Heart	17	471	20	270	+ 201
Lymphomas	18	444	24	205	+ 240
Road Traffic Accidents	19	411	9	591	- 180
Stomach Cancer	20	404	11	397	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	21	369	29	135	+ 234
Oesophagus Cancer	22	358	45	52	+ 307
Oral Cancer	23	357	38	78	+ 279
Liver Cancer	24	332	27	182	+ 151
Other Neoplasms	25	313	21	256	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	26	299	46	33	+ 266
Parkinson's Disease	27	282	33	115	+ 167
Alcohol	28	275	49	30	+ 245
Cervical Cancer	29	271	26	185	+ 87
Leukemia	30	258	25	189	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	31	245	40	66	+ 180
Violence	32	238	6	730	- 492
Skin Cancers	33	210	44	56	+ 154
HIV/AIDS	34	192	8	653	- 461
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	171	50	30	+ 141
Endocrine Disorders	36	168	18	279	- 111
Congenital Anomalies	37	150	13	378	- 228
Osteoarthritis	38	133	60	4	+ 129
Ovary Cancer	39	132	41	64	+ 68
Asthma	40	123	43	56	+ 67
Skin Disease	41	105	30	127	- 22
Drownings	42	94	34	103	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	84	28	163	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	66	53	25	+ 41
Hepatitis C	45	46	66	1	+ 45
Epilepsy	46	44	39	66	- 22
Appendicitis	47	42	56	11	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	48	40	22	238	- 198
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	35	55	14	+ 22
Meningitis	50	34	52	27	+ 7
Drug Use	51	33	47	33	+ 1
Anemia	52	31	42	63	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	31	51	28	+ 3
Schizophrenia	54	28	58	10	+ 18
Malnutrition	55	26	31	122	- 96
Hepatitis B	56	24	59	7	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	57	23	62	3	+ 20
Fires	58	22	57	11	+ 11
Birth Trauma	59	20	36	94	- 74
Tuberculosis	60	18	23	223	- 205
Maternal Conditions	61	18	48	32	- 15
Poisonings	62	7	61	4	+ 3
Otitis Media	63	4	68	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	64	3	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	54	14	- 11
Encephalitis	66	2	63	3	- 0
Leprosy	67	1	83	0	+ 1
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.