PANAMA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,750	1	2,624	+ 2,126
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,036	7	697	+ 2,339
Stroke	3	2,792	2	2,006	+ 787
Road Traffic Accidents	4	929	9	591	+ 338
Lung Disease	5	858	5	815	+ 43
Kidney Disease	6	857	3	1,106	- 249
Liver Disease	7	663	15	325	+ 337
Lung Cancers	8	559	16	303	+ 256
Diabetes Mellitus	9	531	4	1,070	- 539
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	517	17	296	+ 221
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	496	14	352	+ 143
Breast Cancer	12	397	19	279	+ 119
HIV/AIDS	13	346	8	653	- 307
Other Injuries	14	287	35	100	+ 188
Skin Disease	15	267	30	127	+ 140
Liver Cancer	16	257	27	182	+ 75
Oral Cancer	17	241	38	78	+ 163
Falls	18	240	37	92	+ 148
Suicide	19	236	32	121	+ 115
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	229	28	163	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	21	186	11	397	- 211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	184	50	30	+ 154
Leukemia	23	183	25	189	- 6
Congenital Anomalies	24	181	13	378	- 196
Lymphomas	25	171	24	205	- 34
Tuberculosis	26	159	23	223	- 64
Inflammatory/Heart	27	157	20	270	- 113
Parkinson's Disease	28	143	33	115	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	29	132	22	238	- 106
Asthma	30	131	43	56	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	31	131	26	185	- 54
Pancreas Cancer	32	129	29	135	- 6
Prostate Cancer	33	117	12	390	- 273
Violence	34	112	6	730	- 617
Ovary Cancer	35	107	41	64	+ 43
Drownings	36	106	34	103	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	37	105	18	279	- 174
Hypertension	38	84	10	510	- 426
Bladder Cancer	39	60	46	33	+ 28
Encephalitis	40	58	63	3	+ 56
Oesophagus Cancer	41	56	45	52	+ 5
Birth Trauma	42	46	36	94	- 47
Uterin Cancer	43	46	40	66	- 20
Fires	44	43	57	11	+ 32
Drug Use	45	42	47	33	+ 9
Meningitis	46	39	52	27	+ 12
Dengue	47	36	64	2	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	48	34	21	256	- 222
Malnutrition	49	32	31	122	- 90
Skin Cancers	50	32	44	56	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	32	53	25	+ 7
Epilepsy	52	29	39	66	- 37
Poisonings	53	27	61	4	+ 23
Hepatitis B	54	27	59	7	+ 19
Alcohol	55	23	49	30	- 7
Maternal Conditions	56	22	48	32	- 11
Pertussis	57	10	74	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	58	9	56	11	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	62	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	55	14	- 10
Tetanus	61	3	69	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	65	1	+ 1
War	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	54	14	- 13
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	63	- 63
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Malaysia

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.