LATVIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,057	1	8,099	- 7,042
Stroke	2	808	2	5,893	- 5,084
Kidney Disease	3	446	17	356	+ 89
Diabetes Mellitus	4	431	8	529	- 98
Lung Disease	5	328	18	346	- 18
Violence	6	294	37	94	+ 200
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	281	9	501	- 220
HIV/AIDS	8	263	39	74	+ 189
Road Traffic Accidents	9	238	27	154	+ 85
Hypertension	10	205	3	1,194	- 988
Stomach Cancer	11	160	11	470	- 310
Prostate Cancer	12	157	12	464	- 307
Congenital Anomalies	13	152	43	46	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	142	6	722	- 580
Liver Disease	15	131	15	365	- 234
Lung Cancers	16	122	4	956	- 834
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	119	7	664	- 544
Endocrine Disorders	18	112	41	59	+ 53
Breast Cancer	19	112	10	472	- 360
Inflammatory/Heart	20	109	5	921	- 812
Other Neoplasms	21	103	28	153	- 49
Low Birth Weight	22	96	56	11	+ 85
Tuberculosis	23	90	40	71	+ 19
Lymphomas	24	82	19	245	- 163
Leukemia	25	76	25	186	- 110
Cervical Cancer	26	74	33	128	- 53
Liver Cancer	27	73	26	157	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	66	54	14	+ 52
Pancreas Cancer	29	54	13	436	- 382
Skin Disease	30	51	38	76	- 25
Malnutrition	31	49	64	2	+ 47
Suicide	32	49	14	384	- 335
Parkinson's Disease	33	46	35	125	- 79
Drownings	34	42	34	127	- 85
Other Injuries	35	40	16	362	- 322
Birth Trauma	36	38	55	12	+ 26
Falls	37	37	23	201	- 164
Oral Cancer	38	32	22	214	- 182
Epilepsy	39	27	45	44	- 17
Uterin Cancer	40	26	29	148	- 121
Ovary Cancer	41	26	24	196	- 171
Anemia	42	25	53	14	+ 11
Asthma	43	23	46	42	- 19
Skin Cancers	44	22	30	144	- 122
Oesophagus Cancer	45	21	32	131	- 110
Bladder Cancer	46	13	20	228	- 215
Drug Use	47	13	48	41	- 28
Maternal Conditions	48	13	60	5	+ 9
Alcohol	49	12	21	227	- 215
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	12	31	142	- 130
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	11	44	45	- 34
Meningitis	52	11	52	15	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	10	47	41	- 31
Upper Respiratory	54	6	62	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	5	51	20	- 14
Appendicitis	56	5	59	5	- 0
Fires	57	5	36	103	- 99
Schizophrenia	58	4	57	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	59	3	63	3	- 0
Osteoarthritis	60	2	58	7	- 5
Poisonings	61	2	49	23	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	50	20	- 19
Encephalitis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	65	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	42	53	- 53
War	67	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	61	4	- 3
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Panama

Latvia

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.