ECUADOR VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,748	1	9,805	+ 943
Stroke	2	8,216	3	5,429	+ 2,787
Kidney Disease	3	4,531	2	6,184	- 1,653
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,383	5	4,321	+ 62
Lung Disease	5	3,339	8	2,576	+ 762
Violence	6	2,989	15	1,210	+ 1,779
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,854	4	5,083	- 2,228
HIV/AIDS	8	2,675	27	609	+ 2,066
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,421	6	3,490	- 1,069
Hypertension	10	2,089	10	2,507	- 418
Stomach Cancer	11	1,626	11	2,089	- 463
Prostate Cancer	12	1,597	12	1,362	+ 235
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,546	13	1,335	+ 211
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,443	19	1,109	+ 334
Liver Disease	15	1,333	7	3,330	- 1,997
Lung Cancers	16	1,240	20	1,075	+ 166
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,214	9	2,565	- 1,351
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,143	31	507	+ 636
Breast Cancer	19	1,141	25	825	+ 316
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,106	36	308	+ 798
Other Neoplasms	21	1,049	57	64	+ 985
Low Birth Weight	22	974	16	1,172	- 198
Tuberculosis	23	913	29	574	+ 339
Lymphomas	24	838	22	883	- 45
Leukemia	25	774	23	882	- 108
Cervical Cancer	26	756	24	840	- 84
Liver Cancer	27	744	21	954	- 210
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	668	34	410	+ 257
Pancreas Cancer	29	553	30	562	- 9
Skin Disease	30	522	51	103	+ 419
Malnutrition	31	501	28	578	- 78
Suicide	32	497	14	1,326	- 829
Parkinson's Disease	33	469	26	658	- 189
Drownings	34	423	32	470	- 47
Other Injuries	35	409	17	1,161	- 752
Birth Trauma	36	384	38	302	+ 81
Falls	37	376	18	1,114	- 738
Oral Cancer	38	321	45	166	+ 155
Epilepsy	39	272	40	273	- 0
Uterin Cancer	40	269	48	129	+ 140
Ovary Cancer	41	261	35	322	- 62
Anemia	42	258	82	0	+ 258
Asthma	43	230	53	85	+ 144
Skin Cancers	44	228	37	308	- 79
Oesophagus Cancer	45	211	42	180	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	46	135	44	168	- 34
Drug Use	47	134	41	214	- 79
Maternal Conditions	48	133	46	164	- 31
Alcohol	49	124	39	280	- 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	123	33	417	- 294
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	115	86	0	+ 115
Meningitis	52	111	52	90	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	102	47	163	- 61
Upper Respiratory	54	56	63	8	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	56	49	124	- 68
Appendicitis	56	46	50	110	- 64
Fires	57	46	43	175	- 129
Schizophrenia	58	40	83	0	+ 40
Hepatitis B	59	30	64	3	+ 27
Osteoarthritis	60	18	85	0	+ 18
Poisonings	61	16	58	59	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	60	18	- 7
Encephalitis	63	11	55	82	- 71
Dengue	64	8	61	10	- 2
Syphilis	65	6	54	85	- 79
Hepatitis C	66	3	67	1	+ 2
War	67	2	66	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	2	70	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	2	62	9	- 7
Leishmaniasis	70	2	74	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	84	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	59	21	- 20
Pertussis	74	1	56	79	- 78
Ascariasis	75	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Panama

Ecuador

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.