BELGIUM VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,031	1	15,281	- 8,250
Stroke	2	5,375	3	7,408	- 2,033
Kidney Disease	3	2,964	8	2,952	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,867	20	1,269	+ 1,598
Lung Disease	5	2,184	5	6,438	- 4,254
Violence	6	1,955	44	149	+ 1,806
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,867	6	5,677	- 3,810
HIV/AIDS	8	1,750	57	36	+ 1,714
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,584	29	666	+ 918
Hypertension	10	1,366	27	740	+ 627
Stomach Cancer	11	1,064	26	863	+ 201
Prostate Cancer	12	1,045	13	1,824	- 780
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,012	40	282	+ 730
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	944	7	3,329	- 2,385
Liver Disease	15	872	17	1,433	- 561
Lung Cancers	16	811	4	6,777	- 5,965
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	794	2	9,416	- 8,622
Endocrine Disorders	18	748	18	1,432	- 684
Breast Cancer	19	747	9	2,587	- 1,840
Inflammatory/Heart	20	723	23	1,060	- 337
Other Neoplasms	21	686	12	1,828	- 1,141
Low Birth Weight	22	637	50	70	+ 567
Tuberculosis	23	597	54	46	+ 552
Lymphomas	24	548	16	1,552	- 1,004
Leukemia	25	506	21	1,199	- 693
Cervical Cancer	26	494	41	243	+ 252
Liver Cancer	27	486	24	976	- 489
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	437	33	418	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	29	362	14	1,809	- 1,448
Skin Disease	30	341	35	380	- 38
Malnutrition	31	328	38	291	+ 37
Suicide	32	325	10	2,111	- 1,786
Parkinson's Disease	33	307	19	1,378	- 1,071
Drownings	34	277	47	79	+ 198
Other Injuries	35	267	11	2,006	- 1,739
Birth Trauma	36	251	53	47	+ 204
Falls	37	246	15	1,756	- 1,509
Oral Cancer	38	210	28	675	- 465
Epilepsy	39	178	36	348	- 170
Uterin Cancer	40	176	34	384	- 208
Ovary Cancer	41	171	30	653	- 482
Anemia	42	169	43	199	- 30
Asthma	43	150	46	128	+ 23
Skin Cancers	44	149	31	522	- 373
Oesophagus Cancer	45	138	25	898	- 760
Bladder Cancer	46	88	22	1,078	- 990
Drug Use	47	88	39	287	- 200
Maternal Conditions	48	87	64	6	+ 81
Alcohol	49	81	32	500	- 419
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	80	42	213	- 132
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	75	60	20	+ 55
Meningitis	52	73	58	28	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	66	37	293	- 226
Upper Respiratory	54	37	59	22	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	36	49	73	- 36
Appendicitis	56	30	62	17	+ 14
Fires	57	30	48	75	- 45
Schizophrenia	58	26	56	40	- 14
Hepatitis B	59	20	63	17	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	60	11	51	59	- 47
Poisonings	61	11	55	41	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	45	147	- 140
Encephalitis	63	7	66	1	+ 6
Dengue	64	5	83	0	+ 5
Syphilis	65	4	70	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	2	52	53	- 51
War	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	65	2	- 1
Tetanus	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	61	19	- 18
Chagas disease	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Panama

Belgium

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.