EL SALVADOR VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,891	1	5,814	- 1,923
Stroke	2	2,975	5	1,595	+ 1,379
Kidney Disease	3	1,640	3	4,726	- 3,085
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,587	7	1,385	+ 201
Lung Disease	5	1,209	6	1,493	- 284
Violence	6	1,082	2	5,485	- 4,403
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,033	4	2,418	- 1,385
HIV/AIDS	8	968	9	842	+ 126
Road Traffic Accidents	9	877	8	1,347	- 470
Hypertension	10	756	31	146	+ 610
Stomach Cancer	11	589	11	702	- 113
Prostate Cancer	12	578	17	328	+ 250
Congenital Anomalies	13	560	14	449	+ 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	522	20	315	+ 208
Liver Disease	15	483	10	797	- 315
Lung Cancers	16	449	23	290	+ 159
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	439	18	320	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	18	414	25	223	+ 191
Breast Cancer	19	413	22	291	+ 122
Inflammatory/Heart	20	400	42	78	+ 323
Other Neoplasms	21	380	32	145	+ 235
Low Birth Weight	22	353	19	317	+ 36
Tuberculosis	23	331	46	60	+ 271
Lymphomas	24	303	28	186	+ 117
Leukemia	25	280	21	312	- 32
Cervical Cancer	26	274	13	451	- 178
Liver Cancer	27	269	16	355	- 86
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	242	27	199	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	29	200	29	161	+ 39
Skin Disease	30	189	36	121	+ 68
Malnutrition	31	181	26	214	- 33
Suicide	32	180	15	391	- 211
Parkinson's Disease	33	170	44	70	+ 100
Drownings	34	153	33	137	+ 17
Other Injuries	35	148	38	95	+ 53
Birth Trauma	36	139	37	121	+ 18
Falls	37	136	24	243	- 107
Oral Cancer	38	116	39	94	+ 22
Epilepsy	39	99	48	50	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	40	97	50	39	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	41	94	40	93	+ 1
Anemia	42	93	34	131	- 38
Asthma	43	83	35	122	- 39
Skin Cancers	44	83	47	60	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	45	76	41	80	- 4
Bladder Cancer	46	49	49	42	+ 7
Drug Use	47	49	43	74	- 25
Maternal Conditions	48	48	53	26	+ 22
Alcohol	49	45	12	648	- 603
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	44	30	157	- 113
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	42	45	64	- 22
Meningitis	52	40	51	36	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	37	65	6	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	54	20	62	9	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	20	59	14	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	17	56	18	- 1
Fires	57	17	54	21	- 5
Schizophrenia	58	14	67	4	+ 11
Hepatitis B	59	11	66	5	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	60	6	69	1	+ 5
Poisonings	61	6	57	15	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	64	7	- 3
Encephalitis	63	4	63	7	- 3
Dengue	64	3	61	9	- 6
Syphilis	65	2	58	14	- 12
Hepatitis C	66	1	75	0	+ 1
War	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	60	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	70	1	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	1	68	2	- 2
Chagas disease	73	0	55	18	- 18
Pertussis	74	0	52	32	- 32
Ascariasis	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Panama

El Salvador

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.