PANAMA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,100	1	2,624	+ 17,476
Stroke	2	14,624	2	2,006	+ 12,618
Hypertension	3	2,963	10	510	+ 2,453
Lung Cancers	4	2,374	16	303	+ 2,071
Inflammatory/Heart	5	2,285	20	270	+ 2,015
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,792	14	352	+ 1,440
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,647	17	296	+ 1,351
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,314	4	1,070	+ 244
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,244	7	697	+ 547
Breast Cancer	10	1,172	19	279	+ 894
Stomach Cancer	11	1,165	11	397	+ 768
Prostate Cancer	12	1,151	12	390	+ 762
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,082	29	135	+ 947
Suicide	14	952	32	121	+ 831
Liver Disease	15	905	15	325	+ 580
Other Injuries	16	899	35	100	+ 800
Kidney Disease	17	885	3	1,106	- 222
Lung Disease	18	859	5	815	+ 44
Lymphomas	19	609	24	205	+ 404
Bladder Cancer	20	566	46	33	+ 533
Alcohol	21	564	49	30	+ 534
Oral Cancer	22	531	38	78	+ 453
Falls	23	500	37	92	+ 408
Ovary Cancer	24	487	41	64	+ 424
Leukemia	25	462	25	189	+ 273
Liver Cancer	26	389	27	182	+ 207
Road Traffic Accidents	27	381	9	591	- 210
Other Neoplasms	28	379	21	256	+ 123
Uterin Cancer	29	367	40	66	+ 301
Skin Cancers	30	358	44	56	+ 303
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	352	50	30	+ 322
Oesophagus Cancer	32	326	45	52	+ 274
Cervical Cancer	33	317	26	185	+ 132
Drownings	34	315	34	103	+ 211
Parkinson's Disease	35	311	33	115	+ 197
Fires	36	256	57	11	+ 245
Violence	37	234	6	730	- 495
Skin Disease	38	190	30	127	+ 62
HIV/AIDS	39	184	8	653	- 469
Tuberculosis	40	177	23	223	- 46
Endocrine Disorders	41	147	18	279	- 132
Hepatitis C	42	131	66	1	+ 131
Congenital Anomalies	43	115	13	378	- 262
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	113	51	28	+ 85
Epilepsy	45	110	39	66	+ 43
Asthma	46	103	43	56	+ 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	101	53	25	+ 76
Drug Use	48	101	47	33	+ 68
Poisonings	49	58	61	4	+ 54
Multiple Sclerosis	50	50	62	3	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	49	55	14	+ 36
Meningitis	52	37	52	27	+ 10
Anemia	53	35	42	63	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	34	28	163	- 129
Birth Trauma	55	29	36	94	- 65
Low Birth Weight	56	28	22	238	- 210
Schizophrenia	57	19	58	10	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	58	17	60	4	+ 13
Appendicitis	59	12	56	11	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	11	48	32	- 21
Oral conditions	61	9	72	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	9	54	14	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	8	59	7	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	5	31	122	- 118
Syphilis	65	3	65	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	68	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	78	0	+ 2
War	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	63	3	- 3
Pertussis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Latvia

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.