PANAMA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	NORWAY		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,317	1	2,624	+ 1,693
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,622	17	296	+ 3,326
Lung Disease	3	2,209	5	815	+ 1,394
Stroke	4	2,008	2	2,006	+ 2
Lung Cancers	5	1,882	16	303	+ 1,579
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,458	7	697	+ 761
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,450	14	352	+ 1,097
Prostate Cancer	8	951	12	390	+ 561
Falls	9	631	37	92	+ 539
Pancreas Cancer	10	625	29	135	+ 490
Breast Cancer	11	566	19	279	+ 288
Lymphomas	12	524	24	205	+ 319
Suicide	13	514	32	121	+ 393
Kidney Disease	14	496	3	1,106	- 611
Other Injuries	15	473	35	100	+ 373
Diabetes Mellitus	16	454	4	1,070	- 616
Parkinson's Disease	17	450	33	115	+ 335
Skin Cancers	18	331	44	56	+ 275
Endocrine Disorders	19	291	18	279	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	20	289	46	33	+ 256
Leukemia	21	287	25	189	+ 98
Stomach Cancer	22	279	11	397	- 118
Other Neoplasms	23	263	21	256	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	24	251	41	64	+ 187
Drug Use	25	214	47	33	+ 181
Liver Cancer	26	210	27	182	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	27	201	45	52	+ 150
Hypertension	28	186	10	510	- 323
Inflammatory/Heart	29	179	20	270	- 91
Liver Disease	30	173	15	325	- 152
Alcohol	31	166	49	30	+ 136
Oral Cancer	32	136	38	78	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	130	50	30	+ 100
Congenital Anomalies	34	111	13	378	- 267
Malnutrition	35	110	31	122	- 13
Uterin Cancer	36	109	40	66	+ 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	104	28	163	- 59
Skin Disease	38	104	30	127	- 24
Cervical Cancer	39	101	26	185	- 83
Epilepsy	40	97	39	66	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	41	97	62	3	+ 94
Road Traffic Accidents	42	93	9	591	- 499
Asthma	43	69	43	56	+ 12
Anemia	44	61	42	63	- 3
Drownings	45	52	34	103	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	50	53	25	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	49	55	14	+ 35
Fires	48	36	57	11	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	26	51	28	- 2
Violence	50	26	6	730	- 704
Osteoarthritis	51	22	60	4	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	52	19	22	238	- 219
Schizophrenia	53	19	58	10	+ 9
Birth Trauma	54	14	36	94	- 80
Hepatitis C	55	14	66	1	+ 13
Tuberculosis	56	12	23	223	- 211
Poisonings	57	12	61	4	+ 8
Meningitis	58	11	52	27	- 16
Appendicitis	59	10	56	11	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	9	54	14	- 4
HIV/AIDS	61	8	8	653	- 645
Oral conditions	62	7	72	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	3	59	7	- 5
Pertussis	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	66	1	48	32	- 32
Syphilis	67	1	65	1	- 1
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	70	0	63	3	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Norway

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.