PANAMA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,673	1	2,624	+ 6,049
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,508	4	1,070	+ 4,438
Stroke	3	5,346	2	2,006	+ 3,340
Kidney Disease	4	2,524	3	1,106	+ 1,418
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,324	7	697	+ 1,627
Lung Disease	6	1,850	5	815	+ 1,035
Suicide	7	1,441	32	121	+ 1,320
Hypertension	8	1,217	10	510	+ 707
Liver Disease	9	1,064	15	325	+ 739
Lung Cancers	10	1,029	16	303	+ 726
Drownings	11	773	34	103	+ 670
Breast Cancer	12	762	19	279	+ 484
Asthma	13	714	43	56	+ 658
Low Birth Weight	14	672	22	238	+ 434
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	616	53	25	+ 591
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	603	28	163	+ 440
Other Injuries	17	597	35	100	+ 497
Congenital Anomalies	18	596	13	378	+ 218
Tuberculosis	19	562	23	223	+ 339
Stomach Cancer	20	527	11	397	+ 130
Birth Trauma	21	486	36	94	+ 392
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	378	14	352	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	23	374	26	185	+ 189
Liver Cancer	24	366	27	182	+ 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	297	50	30	+ 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	293	17	296	- 4
Falls	27	276	37	92	+ 184
Inflammatory/Heart	28	270	20	270	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	29	247	12	390	- 143
Endocrine Disorders	30	238	18	279	- 41
Violence	31	236	6	730	- 493
Leukemia	32	225	25	189	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	33	210	33	115	+ 95
Maternal Conditions	34	165	48	32	+ 132
Pancreas Cancer	35	163	29	135	+ 28
Lymphomas	36	161	24	205	- 43
Pertussis	37	158	74	0	+ 158
Oral Cancer	38	152	38	78	+ 73
Meningitis	39	143	52	27	+ 116
Syphilis	40	136	65	1	+ 134
Uterin Cancer	41	129	40	66	+ 63
Skin Disease	42	123	30	127	- 4
Epilepsy	43	122	39	66	+ 56
Malnutrition	44	119	31	122	- 3
Ovary Cancer	45	104	41	64	+ 40
Alcohol	46	102	49	30	+ 72
Oesophagus Cancer	47	98	45	52	+ 46
Fires	48	90	57	11	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	49	70	46	33	+ 37
Poisonings	50	46	61	4	+ 42
Skin Cancers	51	41	44	56	- 15
Drug Use	52	28	47	33	- 5
Encephalitis	53	27	63	3	+ 24
Appendicitis	54	20	56	11	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	55	17	21	256	- 239
Measles	56	16	79	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	57	14	59	7	+ 6
Road Traffic Accidents	58	8	9	591	- 583
Tetanus	59	8	69	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	7	55	14	- 7
Dengue	61	6	64	2	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	62	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	2	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	64	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	1	75	0	+ 1
War	66	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	54	14	- 13
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	8	653	- 653
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	80	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Micronesia

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.