BOLIVIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,227	1	11,051	- 3,824
Stroke	2	5,525	3	7,206	- 1,682
Kidney Disease	3	3,047	4	5,879	- 2,832
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,947	5	4,927	- 1,980
Lung Disease	5	2,245	7	3,735	- 1,490
Violence	6	2,010	14	1,097	+ 913
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,919	2	8,069	- 6,150
HIV/AIDS	8	1,799	45	174	+ 1,625
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,628	9	2,430	- 802
Hypertension	10	1,404	10	1,927	- 522
Stomach Cancer	11	1,093	23	785	+ 308
Prostate Cancer	12	1,074	28	550	+ 524
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,040	15	1,080	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	970	30	407	+ 563
Liver Disease	15	896	6	3,987	- 3,091
Lung Cancers	16	834	20	901	- 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	816	8	2,479	- 1,663
Endocrine Disorders	18	769	32	384	+ 384
Breast Cancer	19	767	29	482	+ 285
Inflammatory/Heart	20	743	35	374	+ 369
Other Neoplasms	21	705	58	43	+ 662
Low Birth Weight	22	655	12	1,265	- 610
Tuberculosis	23	614	13	1,187	- 573
Lymphomas	24	563	41	219	+ 344
Leukemia	25	520	34	380	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	26	508	16	1,071	- 563
Liver Cancer	27	500	25	720	- 220
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	449	21	883	- 434
Pancreas Cancer	29	372	36	332	+ 40
Skin Disease	30	351	55	101	+ 250
Malnutrition	31	337	18	1,031	- 694
Suicide	32	334	26	715	- 381
Parkinson's Disease	33	315	22	852	- 537
Drownings	34	285	31	406	- 121
Other Injuries	35	275	11	1,279	- 1,004
Birth Trauma	36	258	19	984	- 726
Falls	37	253	17	1,066	- 813
Oral Cancer	38	216	56	91	+ 125
Epilepsy	39	183	42	199	- 16
Uterin Cancer	40	181	47	151	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	41	175	54	102	+ 73
Anemia	42	174	84	0	+ 174
Asthma	43	155	38	258	- 104
Skin Cancers	44	154	43	190	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	45	142	48	133	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	46	91	59	43	+ 48
Drug Use	47	90	40	244	- 154
Maternal Conditions	48	89	39	245	- 156
Alcohol	49	83	33	384	- 301
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	83	27	678	- 596
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	77	81	0	+ 77
Meningitis	52	75	49	128	- 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	68	37	292	- 224
Upper Respiratory	54	38	62	15	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	37	51	111	- 73
Appendicitis	56	31	46	156	- 125
Fires	57	31	44	181	- 150
Schizophrenia	58	27	85	0	+ 27
Hepatitis B	59	20	64	6	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	60	12	82	0	+ 12
Poisonings	61	11	57	66	- 55
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	61	22	- 15
Encephalitis	63	7	52	110	- 102
Dengue	64	5	66	4	+ 1
Syphilis	65	4	53	105	- 101
Hepatitis C	66	2	67	3	- 1
War	67	1	63	9	- 8
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	60	31	- 30
Leishmaniasis	70	1	65	5	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	24	755	- 754
Pertussis	74	1	50	121	- 120
Ascariasis	75	0	69	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Panama

Bolivia

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.