DOMINICAN REP. VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,349	1	14,986	- 8,637
Stroke	2	4,853	2	7,882	- 3,029
Kidney Disease	3	2,677	7	2,121	+ 556
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,589	4	2,762	- 173
Lung Disease	5	1,972	15	1,360	+ 612
Violence	6	1,766	9	1,917	- 151
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,686	6	2,254	- 568
HIV/AIDS	8	1,580	8	1,931	- 351
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,430	3	6,937	- 5,507
Hypertension	10	1,234	10	1,894	- 660
Stomach Cancer	11	961	24	547	+ 413
Prostate Cancer	12	943	12	1,655	- 711
Congenital Anomalies	13	913	17	1,038	- 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	852	20	851	+ 2
Liver Disease	15	788	5	2,680	- 1,893
Lung Cancers	16	733	16	1,244	- 511
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	717	11	1,808	- 1,091
Endocrine Disorders	18	675	22	602	+ 73
Breast Cancer	19	674	14	1,460	- 786
Inflammatory/Heart	20	653	35	312	+ 342
Other Neoplasms	21	620	58	35	+ 584
Low Birth Weight	22	575	13	1,532	- 957
Tuberculosis	23	539	38	242	+ 297
Lymphomas	24	495	33	374	+ 121
Leukemia	25	457	32	409	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	26	446	23	560	- 114
Liver Cancer	27	439	21	664	- 225
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	394	26	504	- 110
Pancreas Cancer	29	327	27	456	- 129
Skin Disease	30	308	53	50	+ 258
Malnutrition	31	296	34	372	- 76
Suicide	32	293	25	530	- 236
Parkinson's Disease	33	277	28	446	- 169
Drownings	34	250	37	248	+ 2
Other Injuries	35	241	19	890	- 649
Birth Trauma	36	227	18	915	- 688
Falls	37	222	30	435	- 213
Oral Cancer	38	189	31	434	- 244
Epilepsy	39	161	42	158	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	40	159	57	43	+ 116
Ovary Cancer	41	154	50	89	+ 65
Anemia	42	153	81	0	+ 153
Asthma	43	136	29	441	- 305
Skin Cancers	44	135	41	172	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	45	125	40	200	- 76
Bladder Cancer	46	80	49	92	- 13
Drug Use	47	79	43	156	- 77
Maternal Conditions	48	79	39	202	- 124
Alcohol	49	73	48	120	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	73	36	295	- 222
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	68	85	0	+ 68
Meningitis	52	66	45	134	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	60	46	123	- 63
Upper Respiratory	54	33	68	1	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	33	54	48	- 15
Appendicitis	56	27	52	67	- 39
Fires	57	27	44	139	- 112
Schizophrenia	58	23	83	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	59	18	63	11	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	60	10	84	0	+ 10
Poisonings	61	10	55	47	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	62	13	- 6
Encephalitis	63	6	56	44	- 38
Dengue	64	5	64	5	- 0
Syphilis	65	3	51	70	- 67
Hepatitis C	66	2	60	17	- 16
War	67	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	61	17	- 16
Leishmaniasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	86	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	73	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	0	47	121	- 120
Ascariasis	75	0	70	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	59	22	- 22
Malaria	81	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Panama

Dominican Rep.

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.