PANAMA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,921	1	2,624	+ 1,297
Violence	2	3,699	6	730	+ 2,969
Kidney Disease	3	3,187	3	1,106	+ 2,081
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,631	7	697	+ 934
Stroke	5	1,076	2	2,006	- 930
Lung Disease	6	1,007	5	815	+ 191
Diabetes Mellitus	7	934	4	1,070	- 136
Road Traffic Accidents	8	908	9	591	+ 317
HIV/AIDS	9	568	8	653	- 85
Liver Disease	10	538	15	325	+ 212
Stomach Cancer	11	473	11	397	+ 76
Alcohol	12	437	49	30	+ 407
Cervical Cancer	13	304	26	185	+ 120
Congenital Anomalies	14	303	13	378	- 75
Suicide	15	263	32	121	+ 142
Liver Cancer	16	240	27	182	+ 58
Prostate Cancer	17	221	12	390	- 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	216	17	296	- 81
Low Birth Weight	19	214	22	238	- 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	212	14	352	- 140
Leukemia	21	210	25	189	+ 21
Breast Cancer	22	197	19	279	- 82
Lung Cancers	23	195	16	303	- 107
Falls	24	164	37	92	+ 72
Endocrine Disorders	25	150	18	279	- 129
Malnutrition	26	145	31	122	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	134	28	163	- 29
Lymphomas	28	126	24	205	- 79
Pancreas Cancer	29	108	29	135	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	106	50	30	+ 76
Hypertension	31	98	10	510	- 411
Other Neoplasms	32	98	21	256	- 158
Drownings	33	92	34	103	- 11
Anemia	34	88	42	63	+ 25
Asthma	35	82	43	56	+ 26
Skin Disease	36	81	30	127	- 46
Birth Trauma	37	81	36	94	- 12
Other Injuries	38	64	35	100	- 35
Oral Cancer	39	63	38	78	- 15
Ovary Cancer	40	63	41	64	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	41	54	45	52	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	42	52	20	270	- 218
Drug Use	43	50	47	33	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	44	47	33	115	- 68
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	43	51	28	+ 15
Tuberculosis	46	40	23	223	- 182
Skin Cancers	47	40	44	56	- 16
Epilepsy	48	34	39	66	- 32
Bladder Cancer	49	28	46	33	- 5
Uterin Cancer	50	27	40	66	- 39
Meningitis	51	24	52	27	- 3
Pertussis	52	22	74	0	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	53	18	48	32	- 15
Fires	54	14	57	11	+ 3
Chagas disease	55	12	73	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	56	12	56	11	+ 1
Poisonings	57	10	61	4	+ 6
Syphilis	58	10	65	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	55	14	- 4
Tetanus	60	8	69	0	+ 7
Dengue	61	6	64	2	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	6	54	14	- 8
Encephalitis	63	5	63	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	62	3	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	4	53	25	- 21
Hepatitis B	66	3	59	7	- 4
Schizophrenia	67	3	58	10	- 7
Oral conditions	68	2	72	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	60	4	- 3
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

El Salvador

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.