PANAMA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,912	1	2,624	+ 1,288
Kidney Disease	2	2,365	3	1,106	+ 1,259
Stroke	3	1,489	2	2,006	- 517
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,384	4	1,070	+ 314
Lung Disease	5	1,051	5	815	+ 236
Liver Disease	6	806	15	325	+ 480
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	771	7	697	+ 74
Road Traffic Accidents	8	742	9	591	+ 151
Hypertension	9	739	10	510	+ 229
Violence	10	414	6	730	- 316
Congenital Anomalies	11	382	13	378	+ 5
Liver Cancer	12	341	27	182	+ 159
Low Birth Weight	13	328	22	238	+ 90
Stomach Cancer	14	320	11	397	- 77
Prostate Cancer	15	258	12	390	- 131
Cervical Cancer	16	250	26	185	+ 66
Other Injuries	17	239	35	100	+ 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	211	14	352	- 141
Suicide	19	191	32	121	+ 69
Breast Cancer	20	189	19	279	- 89
Alcohol	21	187	49	30	+ 156
Falls	22	185	37	92	+ 93
Lung Cancers	23	183	16	303	- 120
Leukemia	24	152	25	189	- 37
Birth Trauma	25	133	36	94	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	26	129	21	256	- 127
Pancreas Cancer	27	119	29	135	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	28	110	18	279	- 170
Lymphomas	29	110	24	205	- 95
Malnutrition	30	109	31	122	- 13
Skin Disease	31	108	30	127	- 19
Drownings	32	105	34	103	+ 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	100	17	296	- 197
Inflammatory/Heart	34	93	20	270	- 177
HIV/AIDS	35	93	8	653	- 560
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	82	28	163	- 81
Tuberculosis	37	77	23	223	- 146
Asthma	38	70	43	56	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	39	59	48	32	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	57	50	30	+ 27
Epilepsy	41	50	39	66	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	42	45	33	115	- 70
Oral Cancer	43	43	38	78	- 35
Ovary Cancer	44	41	41	64	- 23
Skin Cancers	45	39	44	56	- 16
Drug Use	46	34	47	33	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	47	28	45	52	- 24
Uterin Cancer	48	26	40	66	- 40
Appendicitis	49	21	56	11	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	21	55	14	+ 7
Meningitis	51	19	52	27	- 8
Bladder Cancer	52	19	46	33	- 14
Anemia	53	19	42	63	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	13	53	25	- 11
Poisonings	55	12	61	4	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	11	51	28	- 17
Fires	57	11	57	11	- 0
Encephalitis	58	7	63	3	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	59	7	60	4	+ 2
Syphilis	60	6	65	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	62	3	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	3	59	7	- 4
Oral conditions	63	3	72	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	3	64	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	3	73	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	66	2	58	10	- 7
Pertussis	67	2	74	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	75	0	+ 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	54	14	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Nicaragua

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.