NAMIBIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,646	5	1,221	+ 425
Stroke	2	1,258	4	1,333	- 75
Kidney Disease	3	694	15	322	+ 372
Diabetes Mellitus	4	671	7	724	- 53
Lung Disease	5	511	10	461	+ 50
Violence	6	458	11	450	+ 8
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	437	2	1,464	- 1,027
HIV/AIDS	8	410	1	2,928	- 2,519
Road Traffic Accidents	9	371	6	868	- 498
Hypertension	10	320	12	428	- 108
Stomach Cancer	11	249	45	33	+ 216
Prostate Cancer	12	244	31	94	+ 150
Congenital Anomalies	13	237	16	283	- 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	221	36	54	+ 167
Liver Disease	15	204	14	336	- 131
Lung Cancers	16	190	35	59	+ 131
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	186	21	176	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	18	175	33	73	+ 102
Breast Cancer	19	175	24	121	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	20	169	22	162	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	21	161	60	8	+ 153
Low Birth Weight	22	149	9	516	- 367
Tuberculosis	23	140	3	1,416	- 1,276
Lymphomas	24	128	40	46	+ 82
Leukemia	25	118	49	24	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	26	116	23	133	- 17
Liver Cancer	27	114	41	45	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	102	8	645	- 543
Pancreas Cancer	29	85	53	18	+ 67
Skin Disease	30	80	47	31	+ 49
Malnutrition	31	77	18	224	- 147
Suicide	32	76	17	243	- 167
Parkinson's Disease	33	72	42	43	+ 28
Drownings	34	65	26	110	- 45
Other Injuries	35	63	19	207	- 144
Birth Trauma	36	59	13	345	- 286
Falls	37	58	34	62	- 4
Oral Cancer	38	49	30	100	- 51
Epilepsy	39	42	38	49	- 7
Uterin Cancer	40	41	56	11	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	41	40	50	23	+ 17
Anemia	42	40	83	0	+ 40
Asthma	43	35	20	200	- 165
Skin Cancers	44	35	29	108	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	45	32	52	21	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	46	21	54	16	+ 5
Drug Use	47	21	46	32	- 11
Maternal Conditions	48	20	25	110	- 90
Alcohol	49	19	48	28	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	19	32	76	- 57
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	18	82	0	+ 18
Meningitis	52	17	27	109	- 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	16	44	33	- 18
Upper Respiratory	54	9	61	6	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	9	57	9	- 1
Appendicitis	56	7	58	9	- 2
Fires	57	7	28	109	- 102
Schizophrenia	58	6	86	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	5	63	4	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	60	3	81	0	+ 3
Poisonings	61	2	39	46	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	64	2	- 1
Encephalitis	63	2	59	8	- 6
Dengue	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	43	35	- 34
Hepatitis C	66	0	66	1	- 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	37	54	- 54
Ascariasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	65	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	80	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	81	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Panama

Namibia

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.