PANAMA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,121	1	2,624	+ 4,497
Stroke	2	4,593	2	2,006	+ 2,587
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,039	17	296	+ 2,743
Lung Cancers	4	2,504	16	303	+ 2,201
Lung Disease	5	2,374	5	815	+ 1,559
Hypertension	6	2,195	10	510	+ 1,685
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,558	14	352	+ 1,206
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,454	4	1,070	+ 384
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,198	7	697	+ 501
Breast Cancer	10	1,017	19	279	+ 738
Kidney Disease	11	933	3	1,106	- 173
Other Injuries	12	888	35	100	+ 788
Pancreas Cancer	13	887	29	135	+ 752
Stomach Cancer	14	752	11	397	+ 355
Other Neoplasms	15	732	21	256	+ 476
Lymphomas	16	709	24	205	+ 504
Liver Cancer	17	705	27	182	+ 524
Endocrine Disorders	18	618	18	279	+ 339
Parkinson's Disease	19	618	33	115	+ 503
Prostate Cancer	20	617	12	390	+ 227
Leukemia	21	493	25	189	+ 304
Bladder Cancer	22	492	46	33	+ 459
Liver Disease	23	408	15	325	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	24	406	20	270	+ 136
Falls	25	310	37	92	+ 218
Suicide	26	296	32	121	+ 175
Oral Cancer	27	245	38	78	+ 167
Ovary Cancer	28	241	41	64	+ 177
Skin Cancers	29	237	44	56	+ 182
Road Traffic Accidents	30	236	9	591	- 355
Hepatitis C	31	180	66	1	+ 179
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	162	53	25	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	33	161	40	66	+ 96
Oesophagus Cancer	34	150	45	52	+ 98
Anemia	35	123	42	63	+ 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	119	28	163	- 44
Congenital Anomalies	37	106	13	378	- 272
Skin Disease	38	106	30	127	- 22
Epilepsy	39	98	39	66	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	40	85	26	185	- 100
Malnutrition	41	57	31	122	- 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	51	55	14	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	51	50	30	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	44	50	62	3	+ 47
Drug Use	45	48	47	33	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	46	38	8	653	- 615
Asthma	47	36	43	56	- 20
Osteoarthritis	48	35	60	4	+ 31
Schizophrenia	49	31	58	10	+ 21
Violence	50	30	6	730	- 700
Low Birth Weight	51	26	22	238	- 212
Drownings	52	25	34	103	- 78
Tuberculosis	53	25	23	223	- 198
Hepatitis B	54	24	59	7	+ 17
Alcohol	55	20	49	30	- 10
Fires	56	20	57	11	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	18	51	28	- 10
Poisonings	58	11	61	4	+ 7
Birth Trauma	59	10	36	94	- 83
Meningitis	60	9	52	27	- 18
Appendicitis	61	4	56	11	- 8
Oral conditions	62	3	72	0	+ 3
Tetanus	63	2	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	54	14	- 12
Otitis Media	65	1	68	0	+ 1
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	48	32	- 32
Encephalitis	68	0	63	3	- 2
Syphilis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Pertussis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.