FINLAND VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,303	2	9,831	- 6,528
Stroke	2	2,525	3	4,115	- 1,590
Kidney Disease	3	1,392	26	342	+ 1,050
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,347	22	418	+ 929
Lung Disease	5	1,026	8	1,289	- 263
Violence	6	918	43	64	+ 854
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	877	21	436	+ 441
HIV/AIDS	8	822	59	6	+ 816
Road Traffic Accidents	9	744	33	215	+ 529
Hypertension	10	642	5	2,030	- 1,388
Stomach Cancer	11	500	19	447	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	12	491	11	970	- 480
Congenital Anomalies	13	475	35	192	+ 283
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	443	6	1,433	- 990
Liver Disease	15	410	10	1,068	- 658
Lung Cancers	16	381	4	2,312	- 1,931
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	373	1	11,120	- 10,747
Endocrine Disorders	18	351	31	257	+ 95
Breast Cancer	19	351	12	948	- 598
Inflammatory/Heart	20	340	17	518	- 178
Other Neoplasms	21	322	23	377	- 55
Low Birth Weight	22	299	48	26	+ 273
Tuberculosis	23	281	46	32	+ 249
Lymphomas	24	257	14	851	- 593
Leukemia	25	238	24	371	- 133
Cervical Cancer	26	232	44	62	+ 170
Liver Cancer	27	229	16	545	- 317
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	205	52	15	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	29	170	9	1,247	- 1,077
Skin Disease	30	160	47	27	+ 133
Malnutrition	31	154	57	7	+ 147
Suicide	32	153	15	846	- 693
Parkinson's Disease	33	144	13	853	- 709
Drownings	34	130	37	106	+ 24
Other Injuries	35	126	20	437	- 311
Birth Trauma	36	118	56	8	+ 110
Falls	37	116	7	1,325	- 1,210
Oral Cancer	38	99	34	207	- 109
Epilepsy	39	84	38	104	- 20
Uterin Cancer	40	83	32	225	- 142
Ovary Cancer	41	80	25	344	- 264
Anemia	42	79	58	6	+ 74
Asthma	43	71	40	85	- 14
Skin Cancers	44	70	29	297	- 227
Oesophagus Cancer	45	65	27	320	- 255
Bladder Cancer	46	41	28	308	- 267
Drug Use	47	41	30	269	- 228
Maternal Conditions	48	41	64	2	+ 39
Alcohol	49	38	18	464	- 426
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	38	36	151	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	35	53	11	+ 24
Meningitis	52	34	55	9	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	31	50	19	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	54	17	62	2	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	17	41	83	- 66
Appendicitis	56	14	54	10	+ 5
Fires	57	14	45	62	- 47
Schizophrenia	58	12	39	93	- 81
Hepatitis B	59	9	63	2	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	60	5	51	17	- 11
Poisonings	61	5	49	25	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	42	80	- 77
Encephalitis	63	3	66	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Syphilis	65	2	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	60	5	- 4
War	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	61	4	- 3
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Panama

Finland

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.