PANAMA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,041	1	2,624	+ 418
Stroke	2	2,267	2	2,006	+ 261
Lung Disease	3	2,019	5	815	+ 1,204
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,017	4	1,070	+ 947
Tuberculosis	5	1,766	23	223	+ 1,543
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,155	7	697	+ 458
Malaria	7	1,088	81	0	+ 1,088
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,021	28	163	+ 858
Asthma	9	820	43	56	+ 763
Low Birth Weight	10	739	22	238	+ 501
Birth Trauma	11	669	36	94	+ 575
Road Traffic Accidents	12	492	9	591	- 99
Hypertension	13	487	10	510	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	477	53	25	+ 452
Violence	15	431	6	730	- 299
Congenital Anomalies	16	423	13	378	+ 45
Breast Cancer	17	340	19	279	+ 61
Kidney Disease	18	306	3	1,106	- 801
Cervical Cancer	19	296	26	185	+ 111
Other Injuries	20	288	35	100	+ 188
Liver Cancer	21	287	27	182	+ 105
Liver Disease	22	278	15	325	- 48
Lung Cancers	23	277	16	303	- 26
HIV/AIDS	24	272	8	653	- 381
Oral Cancer	25	258	38	78	+ 180
Falls	26	223	37	92	+ 131
Fires	27	217	57	11	+ 206
Stomach Cancer	28	199	11	397	- 198
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	198	14	352	- 154
Maternal Conditions	30	187	48	32	+ 155
Skin Cancers	31	185	44	56	+ 130
Lymphomas	32	157	24	205	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	153	17	296	- 144
Meningitis	34	144	52	27	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	134	50	30	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	36	127	12	390	- 263
Suicide	37	115	32	121	- 6
Leukemia	38	113	25	189	- 76
Pertussis	39	110	74	0	+ 110
Drownings	40	107	34	103	+ 3
Measles	41	106	79	0	+ 106
Syphilis	42	104	65	1	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	43	102	20	270	- 168
Oesophagus Cancer	44	89	45	52	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	45	82	33	115	- 32
Ovary Cancer	46	80	41	64	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	47	68	18	279	- 211
Malnutrition	48	60	31	122	- 63
Skin Disease	49	56	30	127	- 71
Poisonings	50	54	61	4	+ 50
Epilepsy	51	49	39	66	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	52	48	29	135	- 88
Alcohol	53	42	49	30	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	54	37	46	33	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	55	36	40	66	- 30
Tetanus	56	21	69	0	+ 21
Encephalitis	57	14	63	3	+ 11
Hepatitis B	58	12	59	7	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	9	56	11	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	7	21	256	- 249
Drug Use	61	6	47	33	- 27
Hepatitis C	62	4	66	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	3	75	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	3	64	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	55	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	62	3	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	54	14	- 13
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

New Guinea

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.