AUSTRALIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,713	1	21,548	- 5,836
Stroke	2	12,012	3	10,331	+ 1,681
Kidney Disease	3	6,624	12	3,139	+ 3,485
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,408	7	4,471	+ 1,937
Lung Disease	5	4,881	5	8,487	- 3,606
Violence	6	4,370	44	243	+ 4,126
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,173	8	4,446	- 273
HIV/AIDS	8	3,911	57	50	+ 3,861
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,540	29	1,245	+ 2,295
Hypertension	10	3,054	23	1,631	+ 1,422
Stomach Cancer	11	2,377	27	1,288	+ 1,089
Prostate Cancer	12	2,334	9	3,766	- 1,432
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,261	33	711	+ 1,550
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,110	6	6,209	- 4,099
Liver Disease	15	1,949	26	1,421	+ 528
Lung Cancers	16	1,814	4	8,769	- 6,955
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,774	2	15,588	- 13,814
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,671	16	2,328	- 657
Breast Cancer	19	1,668	10	3,405	- 1,737
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,616	24	1,571	+ 45
Other Neoplasms	21	1,534	28	1,252	+ 281
Low Birth Weight	22	1,424	43	248	+ 1,176
Tuberculosis	23	1,335	56	53	+ 1,282
Lymphomas	24	1,225	15	3,039	- 1,814
Leukemia	25	1,131	18	2,126	- 995
Cervical Cancer	26	1,105	39	342	+ 763
Liver Cancer	27	1,087	20	2,036	- 949
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	976	40	296	+ 680
Pancreas Cancer	29	809	13	3,118	- 2,309
Skin Disease	30	763	34	594	+ 169
Malnutrition	31	732	51	117	+ 615
Suicide	32	726	11	3,150	- 2,423
Parkinson's Disease	33	686	19	2,036	- 1,350
Drownings	34	619	47	177	+ 441
Other Injuries	35	598	22	1,642	- 1,045
Birth Trauma	36	561	50	140	+ 421
Falls	37	550	14	3,116	- 2,566
Oral Cancer	38	469	32	972	- 503
Epilepsy	39	398	41	285	+ 114
Uterin Cancer	40	393	35	524	- 131
Ovary Cancer	41	381	31	1,003	- 621
Anemia	42	378	49	157	+ 220
Asthma	43	336	36	455	- 119
Skin Cancers	44	334	17	2,319	- 1,985
Oesophagus Cancer	45	308	25	1,494	- 1,185
Bladder Cancer	46	197	30	1,187	- 991
Drug Use	47	196	21	1,783	- 1,586
Maternal Conditions	48	195	63	20	+ 174
Alcohol	49	181	37	380	- 199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	179	42	276	- 96
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	168	53	71	+ 97
Meningitis	52	162	60	37	+ 125
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	149	38	379	- 230
Upper Respiratory	54	82	64	17	+ 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	81	45	229	- 147
Appendicitis	56	68	62	26	+ 41
Fires	57	67	55	55	+ 13
Schizophrenia	58	58	54	64	- 6
Hepatitis B	59	44	58	41	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	60	26	52	114	- 88
Poisonings	61	24	61	35	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	16	46	188	- 171
Encephalitis	63	16	68	3	+ 13
Dengue	64	12	72	0	+ 12
Syphilis	65	9	67	3	+ 6
Hepatitis C	66	4	48	173	- 169
War	67	3	65	8	- 5
Otitis Media	68	2	66	6	- 4
Tetanus	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	70	2	81	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	84	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	59	40	- 38
Chagas disease	73	2	80	0	+ 2
Pertussis	74	1	69	1	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Panama

Australia

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.