PANAMA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,209	1	2,624	+ 585
Stroke	2	1,646	2	2,006	- 360
Lung Disease	3	1,047	5	815	+ 232
Kidney Disease	4	924	3	1,106	- 182
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	543	17	296	+ 247
Diabetes Mellitus	6	538	4	1,070	- 532
Lung Cancers	7	418	16	303	+ 115
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	380	7	697	- 317
Breast Cancer	9	322	19	279	+ 43
Liver Cancer	10	308	27	182	+ 127
Liver Disease	11	280	15	325	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	12	249	18	279	- 30
Cervical Cancer	13	247	26	185	+ 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	241	14	352	- 111
Congenital Anomalies	15	221	13	378	- 156
Falls	16	216	37	92	+ 124
Hypertension	17	188	10	510	- 322
Other Injuries	18	180	35	100	+ 80
Oral Cancer	19	177	38	78	+ 99
Low Birth Weight	20	169	22	238	- 69
Suicide	21	167	32	121	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	165	28	163	+ 2
Drownings	23	159	34	103	+ 56
Leukemia	24	147	25	189	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	25	133	33	115	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	26	132	12	390	- 258
Tuberculosis	27	130	23	223	- 93
Violence	28	115	6	730	- 615
Asthma	29	113	43	56	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	30	107	41	64	+ 43
Road Traffic Accidents	31	99	9	591	- 492
Skin Disease	32	97	30	127	- 30
Dengue	33	87	64	2	+ 85
Lymphomas	34	85	24	205	- 120
Maternal Conditions	35	63	48	32	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	36	61	20	270	- 208
Bladder Cancer	37	60	46	33	+ 27
Epilepsy	38	56	39	66	- 10
Birth Trauma	39	55	36	94	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	40	51	29	135	- 84
Fires	41	45	57	11	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	41	50	30	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	39	53	25	+ 14
Encephalitis	44	31	63	3	+ 29
Malnutrition	45	31	31	122	- 91
Other Neoplasms	46	23	21	256	- 233
Uterin Cancer	47	23	40	66	- 43
Drug Use	48	21	47	33	- 12
Stomach Cancer	49	14	11	397	- 383
Meningitis	50	12	52	27	- 15
Alcohol	51	8	49	30	- 23
Pertussis	52	4	74	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	4	55	14	- 10
Tetanus	54	3	69	0	+ 3
Poisonings	55	3	61	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	3	59	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	62	3	- 0
Syphilis	58	2	65	1	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	45	52	- 50
Measles	60	1	79	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	1	56	11	- 10
War	62	1	67	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	1	44	56	- 55
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	54	14	- 13
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	8	653	- 653
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
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.