CUBA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,437	1	22,079	- 15,642
Stroke	2	4,921	2	10,725	- 5,804
Kidney Disease	3	2,714	14	1,700	+ 1,014
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,625	13	1,791	+ 834
Lung Disease	5	2,000	6	5,492	- 3,493
Violence	6	1,790	32	584	+ 1,206
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,710	3	8,564	- 6,855
HIV/AIDS	8	1,602	34	471	+ 1,131
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,450	19	1,007	+ 443
Hypertension	10	1,251	7	3,469	- 2,218
Stomach Cancer	11	974	20	991	- 17
Prostate Cancer	12	956	8	3,365	- 2,409
Congenital Anomalies	13	926	37	368	+ 558
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	864	9	2,958	- 2,093
Liver Disease	15	798	11	1,873	- 1,075
Lung Cancers	16	743	4	5,985	- 5,242
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	727	5	5,841	- 5,115
Endocrine Disorders	18	685	36	412	+ 272
Breast Cancer	19	683	15	1,673	- 989
Inflammatory/Heart	20	662	17	1,156	- 494
Other Neoplasms	21	628	25	769	- 140
Low Birth Weight	22	583	48	98	+ 485
Tuberculosis	23	547	60	45	+ 502
Lymphomas	24	502	18	1,089	- 588
Leukemia	25	463	30	633	- 170
Cervical Cancer	26	453	29	666	- 213
Liver Cancer	27	445	24	815	- 370
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	400	43	206	+ 194
Pancreas Cancer	29	331	21	905	- 573
Skin Disease	30	313	41	258	+ 54
Malnutrition	31	300	55	64	+ 236
Suicide	32	298	16	1,638	- 1,340
Parkinson's Disease	33	281	27	691	- 410
Drownings	34	253	42	231	+ 23
Other Injuries	35	245	12	1,869	- 1,625
Birth Trauma	36	230	59	49	+ 181
Falls	37	225	10	2,810	- 2,584
Oral Cancer	38	192	23	876	- 684
Epilepsy	39	163	46	108	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	40	161	31	602	- 441
Ovary Cancer	41	156	39	323	- 167
Anemia	42	155	52	77	+ 77
Asthma	43	138	40	301	- 164
Skin Cancers	44	137	33	514	- 377
Oesophagus Cancer	45	126	22	879	- 753
Bladder Cancer	46	81	26	734	- 654
Drug Use	47	80	51	82	- 1
Maternal Conditions	48	80	61	43	+ 36
Alcohol	49	74	28	675	- 601
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	74	35	420	- 346
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	69	53	75	- 7
Meningitis	52	66	50	83	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	61	44	162	- 101
Upper Respiratory	54	34	65	6	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	33	49	87	- 53
Appendicitis	56	28	47	104	- 76
Fires	57	28	58	55	- 27
Schizophrenia	58	24	54	68	- 44
Hepatitis B	59	18	56	59	- 41
Osteoarthritis	60	10	38	326	- 316
Poisonings	61	10	62	17	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	57	55	- 49
Encephalitis	63	6	66	6	+ 1
Dengue	64	5	74	0	+ 5
Syphilis	65	3	69	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	2	45	112	- 111
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	1	63	11	- 10
Tetanus	69	1	71	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	72	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	1	64	6	- 5
Chagas disease	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	67	2	- 2
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 CUBA

Panama

Cuba

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.