GUATEMALA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,716	1	9,825	+ 891
Stroke	2	8,192	6	4,849	+ 3,343
Kidney Disease	3	4,517	4	6,277	- 1,759
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,370	3	6,932	- 2,562
Lung Disease	5	3,329	13	1,901	+ 1,427
Violence	6	2,980	7	4,411	- 1,431
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,846	2	9,245	- 6,399
HIV/AIDS	8	2,667	21	1,173	+ 1,494
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,414	8	4,026	- 1,612
Hypertension	10	2,082	26	679	+ 1,403
Stomach Cancer	11	1,621	17	1,570	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	12	1,592	24	846	+ 746
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,542	18	1,517	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,439	31	464	+ 975
Liver Disease	15	1,329	5	5,684	- 4,355
Lung Cancers	16	1,237	35	391	+ 845
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,210	12	1,957	- 747
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,140	29	486	+ 654
Breast Cancer	19	1,138	28	495	+ 642
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,102	44	225	+ 877
Other Neoplasms	21	1,046	56	42	+ 1,004
Low Birth Weight	22	971	16	1,658	- 687
Tuberculosis	23	910	37	301	+ 609
Lymphomas	24	835	43	229	+ 606
Leukemia	25	772	27	601	+ 171
Cervical Cancer	26	754	25	808	- 54
Liver Cancer	27	741	15	1,765	- 1,024
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	666	9	2,617	- 1,952
Pancreas Cancer	29	551	38	282	+ 269
Skin Disease	30	520	42	232	+ 288
Malnutrition	31	499	11	1,981	- 1,481
Suicide	32	495	22	1,039	- 544
Parkinson's Disease	33	468	34	393	+ 75
Drownings	34	422	32	463	- 41
Other Injuries	35	407	10	2,466	- 2,058
Birth Trauma	36	383	19	1,466	- 1,083
Falls	37	375	20	1,371	- 996
Oral Cancer	38	320	49	142	+ 178
Epilepsy	39	272	33	463	- 191
Uterin Cancer	40	268	59	27	+ 241
Ovary Cancer	41	260	50	133	+ 127
Anemia	42	257	83	0	+ 257
Asthma	43	229	36	335	- 105
Skin Cancers	44	228	46	195	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	45	210	48	144	+ 67
Bladder Cancer	46	134	55	57	+ 77
Drug Use	47	134	40	272	- 138
Maternal Conditions	48	133	30	468	- 336
Alcohol	49	123	14	1,799	- 1,676
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	122	23	1,029	- 907
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	115	85	0	+ 115
Meningitis	52	111	41	271	- 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	101	54	62	+ 39
Upper Respiratory	54	56	57	34	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	56	52	82	- 26
Appendicitis	56	46	47	164	- 118
Fires	57	46	45	207	- 161
Schizophrenia	58	40	80	0	+ 40
Hepatitis B	59	30	65	2	+ 27
Osteoarthritis	60	17	84	0	+ 17
Poisonings	61	16	39	275	- 259
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	60	21	- 9
Encephalitis	63	11	51	104	- 93
Dengue	64	8	58	33	- 25
Syphilis	65	6	64	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	3	66	2	+ 0
War	67	2	68	2	- 0
Otitis Media	68	2	70	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	2	62	10	- 8
Leishmaniasis	70	2	69	1	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	86	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	61	19	- 18
Pertussis	74	1	53	70	- 69
Ascariasis	75	0	63	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Panama

Guatemala

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.