MALTA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	276	1	876	- 600
Stroke	2	211	2	291	- 81
Kidney Disease	3	116	11	79	+ 37
Diabetes Mellitus	4	112	6	163	- 50
Lung Disease	5	86	8	127	- 41
Violence	6	77	40	4	+ 72
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	73	3	213	- 139
HIV/AIDS	8	69	41	4	+ 65
Road Traffic Accidents	9	62	31	18	+ 44
Hypertension	10	54	20	33	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	11	42	15	50	- 8
Prostate Cancer	12	41	13	53	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	13	40	32	17	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	37	7	147	- 110
Liver Disease	15	34	24	23	+ 11
Lung Cancers	16	32	5	197	- 165
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	31	4	207	- 176
Endocrine Disorders	18	29	30	19	+ 10
Breast Cancer	19	29	10	85	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	20	28	27	22	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	21	27	26	22	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	22	25	35	11	+ 14
Tuberculosis	23	23	52	2	+ 22
Lymphomas	24	21	12	53	- 31
Leukemia	25	20	21	28	- 8
Cervical Cancer	26	19	39	4	+ 15
Liver Cancer	27	19	18	34	- 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	17	55	1	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	29	14	9	90	- 76
Skin Disease	30	13	25	23	- 10
Malnutrition	31	13	60	0	+ 12
Suicide	32	13	22	27	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	33	12	16	50	- 38
Drownings	34	11	48	2	+ 9
Other Injuries	35	10	33	16	- 6
Birth Trauma	36	10	44	3	+ 7
Falls	37	10	14	52	- 42
Oral Cancer	38	8	23	25	- 17
Epilepsy	39	7	43	3	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	40	7	28	21	- 14
Ovary Cancer	41	7	17	34	- 27
Anemia	42	7	46	3	+ 4
Asthma	43	6	36	8	- 2
Skin Cancers	44	6	34	14	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	45	5	29	20	- 15
Bladder Cancer	46	3	19	33	- 30
Drug Use	47	3	38	7	- 3
Maternal Conditions	48	3	64	0	+ 3
Alcohol	49	3	47	3	+ 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	3	37	7	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	3	42	3	- 0
Meningitis	52	3	56	1	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	3	49	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	54	1	59	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	1	51	2	- 0
Appendicitis	56	1	63	0	+ 1
Fires	57	1	62	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	58	1	57	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	59	1	61	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	60	0	50	2	- 2
Poisonings	61	0	58	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	0	45	3	- 3
Encephalitis	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Dengue	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	53	1	- 1
War	67	0	54	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	86	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.