ESTONIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	701	1	3,009	- 2,308
Stroke	2	536	3	1,116	- 580
Kidney Disease	3	295	17	176	+ 119
Diabetes Mellitus	4	286	19	146	+ 140
Lung Disease	5	218	13	229	- 11
Violence	6	195	42	28	+ 166
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	186	6	349	- 163
HIV/AIDS	8	174	39	40	+ 134
Road Traffic Accidents	9	158	35	59	+ 99
Hypertension	10	136	2	2,700	- 2,564
Stomach Cancer	11	106	9	290	- 184
Prostate Cancer	12	104	8	298	- 194
Congenital Anomalies	13	101	43	25	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	94	5	527	- 433
Liver Disease	15	87	7	328	- 242
Lung Cancers	16	81	4	657	- 576
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	79	12	229	- 150
Endocrine Disorders	18	75	33	66	+ 9
Breast Cancer	19	74	11	260	- 186
Inflammatory/Heart	20	72	14	217	- 145
Other Neoplasms	21	68	23	123	- 55
Low Birth Weight	22	63	55	7	+ 57
Tuberculosis	23	60	47	16	+ 43
Lymphomas	24	55	15	213	- 158
Leukemia	25	50	22	126	- 75
Cervical Cancer	26	49	32	68	- 18
Liver Cancer	27	48	26	107	- 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	44	53	8	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	29	36	10	268	- 232
Skin Disease	30	34	41	29	+ 6
Malnutrition	31	33	79	0	+ 33
Suicide	32	32	16	197	- 165
Parkinson's Disease	33	31	29	82	- 51
Drownings	34	28	40	30	- 2
Other Injuries	35	27	20	141	- 115
Birth Trauma	36	25	57	5	+ 20
Falls	37	25	24	119	- 94
Oral Cancer	38	21	25	110	- 90
Epilepsy	39	18	37	45	- 27
Uterin Cancer	40	18	34	60	- 43
Ovary Cancer	41	17	28	87	- 70
Anemia	42	17	51	9	+ 8
Asthma	43	15	44	24	- 9
Skin Cancers	44	15	30	79	- 64
Oesophagus Cancer	45	14	27	99	- 85
Bladder Cancer	46	9	21	126	- 117
Drug Use	47	9	31	75	- 66
Maternal Conditions	48	9	61	1	+ 8
Alcohol	49	8	18	148	- 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	8	36	55	- 47
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	7	49	12	- 5
Meningitis	52	7	54	7	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	7	45	22	- 15
Upper Respiratory	54	4	66	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	4	46	17	- 14
Appendicitis	56	3	59	2	+ 1
Fires	57	3	38	41	- 38
Schizophrenia	58	3	56	6	- 4
Hepatitis B	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	60	1	50	10	- 9
Poisonings	61	1	52	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	48	16	- 16
Encephalitis	63	1	63	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	0	62	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	58	4	- 4
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.