COLOMBIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,108	1	43,066	- 13,958
Stroke	2	22,252	3	16,573	+ 5,679
Kidney Disease	3	12,271	7	6,834	+ 5,437
Diabetes Mellitus	4	11,870	11	5,028	+ 6,842
Lung Disease	5	9,042	4	15,928	- 6,886
Violence	6	8,095	2	19,268	- 11,173
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	7,730	5	10,773	- 3,043
HIV/AIDS	8	7,245	17	2,683	+ 4,562
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,558	6	7,765	- 1,207
Hypertension	10	5,657	8	6,400	- 743
Stomach Cancer	11	4,404	9	6,112	- 1,708
Prostate Cancer	12	4,324	14	3,584	+ 740
Congenital Anomalies	13	4,188	16	2,963	+ 1,226
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,908	12	4,371	- 463
Liver Disease	15	3,611	19	2,426	+ 1,184
Lung Cancers	16	3,360	10	5,250	- 1,891
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	3,287	22	2,157	+ 1,130
Endocrine Disorders	18	3,096	30	1,367	+ 1,729
Breast Cancer	19	3,091	13	3,669	- 579
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,994	31	1,329	+ 1,665
Other Neoplasms	21	2,841	15	3,205	- 364
Low Birth Weight	22	2,638	23	2,095	+ 542
Tuberculosis	23	2,473	32	1,272	+ 1,201
Lymphomas	24	2,269	18	2,603	- 333
Leukemia	25	2,096	21	2,208	- 112
Cervical Cancer	26	2,047	20	2,266	- 219
Liver Cancer	27	2,014	24	2,065	- 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	1,808	38	747	+ 1,060
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,498	25	2,022	- 524
Skin Disease	30	1,413	34	1,102	+ 312
Malnutrition	31	1,356	27	1,878	- 522
Suicide	32	1,346	26	1,965	- 619
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,271	47	383	+ 888
Drownings	34	1,146	40	689	+ 457
Other Injuries	35	1,107	28	1,592	- 485
Birth Trauma	36	1,039	41	648	+ 391
Falls	37	1,019	29	1,518	- 499
Oral Cancer	38	868	37	807	+ 61
Epilepsy	39	738	43	597	+ 140
Uterin Cancer	40	728	45	423	+ 305
Ovary Cancer	41	706	33	1,122	- 416
Anemia	42	699	57	101	+ 599
Asthma	43	623	54	191	+ 431
Skin Cancers	44	619	35	1,028	- 410
Oesophagus Cancer	45	571	36	835	- 264
Bladder Cancer	46	365	42	609	- 244
Drug Use	47	364	44	492	- 128
Maternal Conditions	48	360	46	394	- 34
Alcohol	49	335	68	23	+ 312
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	332	39	698	- 366
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	311	48	333	- 22
Meningitis	52	301	50	244	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	275	63	38	+ 237
Upper Respiratory	54	152	66	27	+ 125
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	151	51	242	- 91
Appendicitis	56	126	52	213	- 87
Fires	57	125	56	127	- 2
Schizophrenia	58	108	70	18	+ 90
Hepatitis B	59	81	62	50	+ 30
Osteoarthritis	60	47	58	67	- 19
Poisonings	61	44	61	61	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	62	31	60	62	- 32
Encephalitis	63	29	64	38	- 9
Dengue	64	21	55	133	- 112
Syphilis	65	16	65	30	- 14
Hepatitis C	66	7	59	65	- 58
War	67	5	49	260	- 255
Otitis Media	68	4	73	7	- 3
Tetanus	69	4	71	14	- 10
Leishmaniasis	70	4	74	7	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	71	4	82	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	72	4	75	7	- 3
Chagas disease	73	3	53	203	- 200
Pertussis	74	2	69	18	- 16
Ascariasis	75	1	76	5	- 4
Trichuriasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	1	- 1
Malaria	81	0	67	26	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	8	- 8
Chlamydia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Panama

Colombia

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.