COSTA RICA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,091	1	2,639	+ 452
Stroke	2	2,363	2	1,624	+ 739
Kidney Disease	3	1,303	3	1,482	- 179
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,260	5	953	+ 307
Lung Disease	5	960	4	1,046	- 86
Violence	6	860	11	635	+ 224
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	821	7	836	- 15
HIV/AIDS	8	769	25	192	+ 577
Road Traffic Accidents	9	696	9	746	- 50
Hypertension	10	601	6	863	- 262
Stomach Cancer	11	468	10	661	- 193
Prostate Cancer	12	459	14	448	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	13	445	21	315	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	415	12	621	- 206
Liver Disease	15	383	18	370	+ 14
Lung Cancers	16	357	20	343	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	349	8	818	- 469
Endocrine Disorders	18	329	27	183	+ 145
Breast Cancer	19	328	16	384	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	20	318	26	191	+ 127
Other Neoplasms	21	302	23	266	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	22	280	28	178	+ 102
Tuberculosis	23	263	50	32	+ 231
Lymphomas	24	241	19	356	- 115
Leukemia	25	223	24	262	- 39
Cervical Cancer	26	217	29	159	+ 58
Liver Cancer	27	214	17	382	- 168
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	192	39	87	+ 105
Pancreas Cancer	29	159	22	294	- 135
Skin Disease	30	150	32	126	+ 24
Malnutrition	31	144	48	37	+ 107
Suicide	32	143	15	407	- 264
Parkinson's Disease	33	135	30	138	- 3
Drownings	34	122	37	97	+ 25
Other Injuries	35	118	13	571	- 453
Birth Trauma	36	110	47	48	+ 62
Falls	37	108	35	116	- 8
Oral Cancer	38	92	38	96	- 4
Epilepsy	39	78	34	116	- 38
Uterin Cancer	40	77	41	80	- 3
Ovary Cancer	41	75	40	80	- 5
Anemia	42	74	51	25	+ 49
Asthma	43	66	45	60	+ 6
Skin Cancers	44	66	31	137	- 71
Oesophagus Cancer	45	61	44	61	- 0
Bladder Cancer	46	39	36	100	- 61
Drug Use	47	39	43	63	- 24
Maternal Conditions	48	38	55	17	+ 21
Alcohol	49	36	33	126	- 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	35	42	74	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	33	56	13	+ 20
Meningitis	52	32	54	18	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	29	49	32	- 3
Upper Respiratory	54	16	62	3	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	16	46	55	- 39
Appendicitis	56	13	52	22	- 8
Fires	57	13	58	10	+ 3
Schizophrenia	58	11	53	21	- 9
Hepatitis B	59	9	59	7	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	60	5	61	5	+ 0
Poisonings	61	5	60	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	57	11	- 7
Encephalitis	63	3	63	3	+ 1
Dengue	64	2	70	0	+ 2
Syphilis	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	1	- 0
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	66	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Panama

Costa Rica

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.