JAMAICA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,657	3	1,726	- 68
Stroke	2	1,267	1	2,415	- 1,148
Kidney Disease	3	699	6	793	- 94
Diabetes Mellitus	4	676	2	2,077	- 1,401
Lung Disease	5	515	11	452	+ 63
Violence	6	461	4	1,484	- 1,023
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	440	15	393	+ 47
HIV/AIDS	8	413	7	757	- 345
Road Traffic Accidents	9	373	12	444	- 71
Hypertension	10	322	8	651	- 329
Stomach Cancer	11	251	19	231	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	12	246	5	883	- 637
Congenital Anomalies	13	238	23	139	+ 100
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	223	13	436	- 214
Liver Disease	15	206	21	155	+ 51
Lung Cancers	16	191	10	472	- 281
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	187	9	587	- 400
Endocrine Disorders	18	176	20	176	- 0
Breast Cancer	19	176	14	413	- 237
Inflammatory/Heart	20	170	24	133	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	21	162	45	19	+ 143
Low Birth Weight	22	150	18	241	- 90
Tuberculosis	23	141	54	8	+ 133
Lymphomas	24	129	17	251	- 122
Leukemia	25	119	26	129	- 10
Cervical Cancer	26	117	16	358	- 241
Liver Cancer	27	115	29	101	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	103	42	35	+ 68
Pancreas Cancer	29	85	27	119	- 33
Skin Disease	30	80	22	145	- 65
Malnutrition	31	77	40	48	+ 30
Suicide	32	77	35	70	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	33	72	25	132	- 60
Drownings	34	65	51	10	+ 55
Other Injuries	35	63	31	91	- 28
Birth Trauma	36	59	37	65	- 6
Falls	37	58	33	82	- 24
Oral Cancer	38	49	39	59	- 9
Epilepsy	39	42	41	46	- 4
Uterin Cancer	40	41	28	106	- 65
Ovary Cancer	41	40	30	97	- 57
Anemia	42	40	83	0	+ 40
Asthma	43	35	36	65	- 30
Skin Cancers	44	35	52	10	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	45	33	34	74	- 41
Bladder Cancer	46	21	38	60	- 39
Drug Use	47	21	48	13	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	48	21	43	35	- 14
Alcohol	49	19	55	7	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	19	32	82	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	18	81	0	+ 18
Meningitis	52	17	47	16	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	16	44	27	- 11
Upper Respiratory	54	9	65	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	9	50	11	- 3
Appendicitis	56	7	53	9	- 2
Fires	57	7	46	16	- 8
Schizophrenia	58	6	85	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	5	59	1	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	60	3	82	0	+ 3
Poisonings	61	2	57	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	56	3	- 2
Encephalitis	63	2	49	13	- 11
Dengue	64	1	58	1	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	60	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	0	+ 0
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	63	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	62	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.