MALAYSIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,289	1	36,729	- 16,440
Stroke	2	15,510	3	21,592	- 6,082
Kidney Disease	3	8,554	6	6,629	+ 1,924
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,274	9	4,107	+ 4,167
Lung Disease	5	6,303	5	6,633	- 330
Violence	6	5,642	34	869	+ 4,774
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,388	2	23,477	- 18,089
HIV/AIDS	8	5,050	13	2,679	+ 2,371
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,571	4	7,181	- 2,610
Hypertension	10	3,943	38	649	+ 3,294
Stomach Cancer	11	3,070	21	1,441	+ 1,628
Prostate Cancer	12	3,014	33	903	+ 2,111
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,919	24	1,403	+ 1,516
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,724	11	3,832	- 1,108
Liver Disease	15	2,517	7	5,125	- 2,609
Lung Cancers	16	2,342	8	4,319	- 1,977
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	2,291	10	3,996	- 1,705
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,158	37	809	+ 1,348
Breast Cancer	19	2,154	12	3,071	- 917
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,087	27	1,214	+ 873
Other Neoplasms	21	1,980	48	265	+ 1,716
Low Birth Weight	22	1,839	29	1,020	+ 818
Tuberculosis	23	1,724	26	1,227	+ 497
Lymphomas	24	1,582	25	1,321	+ 261
Leukemia	25	1,461	23	1,412	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	26	1,427	31	1,010	+ 416
Liver Cancer	27	1,404	16	1,984	- 580
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	1,260	20	1,773	- 512
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,044	32	994	+ 50
Skin Disease	30	985	15	2,066	- 1,080
Malnutrition	31	945	49	249	+ 696
Suicide	32	938	19	1,823	- 885
Parkinson's Disease	33	886	28	1,106	- 220
Drownings	34	799	36	820	- 21
Other Injuries	35	772	14	2,222	- 1,451
Birth Trauma	36	724	42	359	+ 366
Falls	37	710	18	1,855	- 1,145
Oral Cancer	38	605	17	1,865	- 1,259
Epilepsy	39	514	52	226	+ 289
Uterin Cancer	40	507	43	352	+ 155
Ovary Cancer	41	492	35	827	- 335
Anemia	42	487	86	0	+ 487
Asthma	43	434	30	1,013	- 579
Skin Cancers	44	431	50	247	+ 184
Oesophagus Cancer	45	398	41	435	- 36
Bladder Cancer	46	254	39	467	- 213
Drug Use	47	254	45	322	- 68
Maternal Conditions	48	251	56	167	+ 84
Alcohol	49	234	55	181	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	232	22	1,424	- 1,193
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	217	81	0	+ 217
Meningitis	52	210	46	301	- 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	192	51	246	- 54
Upper Respiratory	54	106	65	5	+ 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	105	60	27	+ 78
Appendicitis	56	88	58	71	+ 16
Fires	57	87	44	336	- 249
Schizophrenia	58	75	83	0	+ 75
Hepatitis B	59	56	54	206	- 149
Osteoarthritis	60	33	80	0	+ 33
Poisonings	61	31	53	211	- 180
Multiple Sclerosis	62	21	59	30	- 9
Encephalitis	63	20	40	452	- 432
Dengue	64	15	47	280	- 265
Syphilis	65	11	62	19	- 8
Hepatitis C	66	5	64	6	- 1
War	67	4	63	11	- 7
Otitis Media	68	3	66	3	- 0
Tetanus	69	3	61	21	- 18
Leishmaniasis	70	3	77	0	+ 3
Iodine Deficiency	71	3	72	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	72	3	82	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	73	2	78	0	+ 2
Pertussis	74	2	57	80	- 78
Ascariasis	75	1	67	2	- 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Panama

Malaysia

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.