MALDIVES VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Panama PANAMA MALDIVES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 228 1 279 - 51
Stroke 2 174 2 143 + 31
Kidney Disease 3 96 4 80 + 16
Diabetes Mellitus 4 93 6 47 + 46
Lung Disease 5 71 3 91 - 20
Violence 6 63 28 10 + 53
Influenza and Pneumonia 7 61 8 33 + 28
HIV/AIDS 8 57 78 0 + 57
Road Traffic Accidents 9 51 31 9 + 43
Hypertension 10 44 17 16 + 28
Stomach Cancer 11 35 49 1 + 33
Prostate Cancer 12 34 26 11 + 22
Congenital Anomalies 13 33 15 19 + 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers 14 31 14 21 + 10
Liver Disease 15 28 11 24 + 4
Lung Cancers 16 26 7 36 - 10
Alzheimers & Dementia 17 26 5 47 - 21
Endocrine Disorders 18 24 12 22 + 3
Breast Cancer 19 24 9 28 - 4
Inflammatory/Heart 20 23 36 5 + 18
Other Neoplasms 21 22 46 2 + 20
Low Birth Weight 22 21 20 15 + 6
Tuberculosis 23 19 27 11 + 8
Lymphomas 24 18 34 7 + 10
Leukemia 25 16 24 13 + 4
Cervical Cancer 26 16 13 22 - 5
Liver Cancer 27 16 10 27 - 11
Diarrhoeal diseases 28 14 22 14 - 0
Pancreas Cancer 29 12 40 4 + 7
Skin Disease 30 11 32 8 + 3
Malnutrition 31 11 45 3 + 8
Suicide 32 11 21 15 - 4
Parkinson's Disease 33 10 25 12 - 2
Drownings 34 9 23 14 - 5
Other Injuries 35 9 18 16 - 7
Birth Trauma 36 8 39 5 + 3
Falls 37 8 16 19 - 11
Oral Cancer 38 7 19 15 - 9
Epilepsy 39 6 38 5 + 1
Uterin Cancer 40 6 47 2 + 4
Ovary Cancer 41 6 30 9 - 4
Anemia 42 5 85 0 + 5
Asthma 43 5 29 10 - 5
Skin Cancers 44 5 63 0 + 5
Oesophagus Cancer 45 4 59 0 + 4
Bladder Cancer 46 3 37 5 - 2
Drug Use 47 3 48 2 + 1
Maternal Conditions 48 3 35 5 - 3
Alcohol 49 3 51 1 + 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease 50 3 42 4 - 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy 51 2 80 0 + 2
Meningitis 52 2 50 1 + 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease 53 2 43 3 - 1
Upper Respiratory 54 1 66 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 55 1 53 0 + 1
Appendicitis 56 1 61 0 + 1
Fires 57 1 41 4 - 3
Schizophrenia 58 1 86 0 + 1
Hepatitis B 59 1 56 0 + 0
Osteoarthritis 60 0 81 0 + 0
Poisonings 61 0 55 0 + 0
Multiple Sclerosis 62 0 57 0 + 0
Encephalitis 63 0 44 3 - 2
Dengue 64 0 33 8 - 7
Syphilis 65 0 58 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 66 0 64 0 + 0
War 67 0 62 0 - 0
Otitis Media 68 0 69 0 + 0
Tetanus 69 0 54 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 70 0 72 0 + 0
Iodine Deficiency 71 0 79 0 + 0
Oral conditions 72 0 82 0 + 0
Chagas disease 73 0 73 0 + 0
Pertussis 74 0 52 0 - 0
Ascariasis 75 0 65 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 76 0 77 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 77 0 76 0 - 0
Diphtheria 78 0 68 0 - 0
Measles 79 0 60 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 80 0 71 0 - 0
Malaria 81 0 75 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 82 0 74 0 - 0
Leprosy 83 0 70 0 - 0
Chlamydia 84 0 67 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 84 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020