PANAMA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,406	1	2,624	- 218
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,264	7	697	+ 1,567
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,697	4	1,070	+ 627
Kidney Disease	4	1,537	3	1,106	+ 431
Liver Disease	5	1,392	15	325	+ 1,067
Stroke	6	1,187	2	2,006	- 819
Violence	7	1,080	6	730	+ 350
Road Traffic Accidents	8	986	9	591	+ 395
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	641	28	163	+ 478
Other Injuries	10	604	35	100	+ 504
Malnutrition	11	485	31	122	+ 363
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	479	17	296	+ 183
Lung Disease	13	466	5	815	- 349
Alcohol	14	441	49	30	+ 410
Liver Cancer	15	432	27	182	+ 251
Low Birth Weight	16	406	22	238	+ 168
Stomach Cancer	17	385	11	397	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	18	371	13	378	- 6
Birth Trauma	19	359	36	94	+ 265
Falls	20	336	37	92	+ 244
HIV/AIDS	21	287	8	653	- 366
Suicide	22	255	32	121	+ 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	252	50	30	+ 222
Prostate Cancer	24	207	12	390	- 183
Cervical Cancer	25	198	26	185	+ 13
Hypertension	26	166	10	510	- 344
Leukemia	27	147	25	189	- 42
Breast Cancer	28	121	19	279	- 157
Endocrine Disorders	29	119	18	279	- 160
Maternal Conditions	30	115	48	32	+ 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	114	14	352	- 239
Drownings	32	113	34	103	+ 10
Epilepsy	33	113	39	66	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	34	96	33	115	- 18
Lung Cancers	35	96	16	303	- 207
Asthma	36	82	43	56	+ 26
Tuberculosis	37	74	23	223	- 149
Pancreas Cancer	38	69	29	135	- 66
Poisonings	39	67	61	4	+ 63
Drug Use	40	66	47	33	+ 34
Meningitis	41	66	52	27	+ 39
Skin Disease	42	57	30	127	- 71
Lymphomas	43	56	24	205	- 148
Inflammatory/Heart	44	55	20	270	- 215
Fires	45	51	57	11	+ 40
Skin Cancers	46	48	44	56	- 8
Appendicitis	47	40	56	11	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	48	35	45	52	- 16
Oral Cancer	49	35	38	78	- 43
Ovary Cancer	50	33	41	64	- 31
Encephalitis	51	25	63	3	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	20	55	14	+ 6
Pertussis	53	17	74	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	15	53	25	- 10
Bladder Cancer	55	14	46	33	- 19
Other Neoplasms	56	10	21	256	- 246
Upper Respiratory	57	8	54	14	- 5
Dengue	58	8	64	2	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	59	7	40	66	- 59
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	62	3	+ 2
Chagas disease	61	5	73	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	2	69	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	65	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	65	1	59	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
War	68	1	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Guatemala

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.