NEPAL VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,268	2	19,677	- 1,408
Stroke	2	13,966	4	12,909	+ 1,057
Kidney Disease	3	7,702	10	4,284	+ 3,418
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,450	14	2,929	+ 4,521
Lung Disease	5	5,675	1	27,027	- 21,352
Violence	6	5,080	35	704	+ 4,377
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,852	6	6,237	- 1,386
HIV/AIDS	8	4,547	34	737	+ 3,810
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,116	9	4,654	- 539
Hypertension	10	3,550	18	2,092	+ 1,459
Stomach Cancer	11	2,764	25	1,379	+ 1,385
Prostate Cancer	12	2,714	58	85	+ 2,629
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,629	21	1,949	+ 680
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,453	26	1,167	+ 1,286
Liver Disease	15	2,266	5	6,383	- 4,117
Lung Cancers	16	2,108	12	3,586	- 1,478
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	2,063	19	2,022	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,943	45	257	+ 1,686
Breast Cancer	19	1,940	27	1,038	+ 902
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,879	48	217	+ 1,662
Other Neoplasms	21	1,783	61	50	+ 1,733
Low Birth Weight	22	1,655	11	3,822	- 2,167
Tuberculosis	23	1,552	3	16,535	- 14,982
Lymphomas	24	1,424	32	768	+ 657
Leukemia	25	1,315	36	668	+ 648
Cervical Cancer	26	1,285	20	1,969	- 685
Liver Cancer	27	1,264	46	256	+ 1,008
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	1,135	7	6,071	- 4,936
Pancreas Cancer	29	940	41	445	+ 495
Skin Disease	30	887	67	17	+ 870
Malnutrition	31	851	31	845	+ 6
Suicide	32	844	16	2,571	- 1,727
Parkinson's Disease	33	798	33	760	+ 38
Drownings	34	719	23	1,505	- 786
Other Injuries	35	695	22	1,655	- 960
Birth Trauma	36	652	15	2,676	- 2,023
Falls	37	640	13	3,321	- 2,682
Oral Cancer	38	545	24	1,389	- 844
Epilepsy	39	463	30	874	- 411
Uterin Cancer	40	457	60	56	+ 400
Ovary Cancer	41	443	37	585	- 141
Anemia	42	439	86	0	+ 439
Asthma	43	391	8	5,930	- 5,539
Skin Cancers	44	388	42	400	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	45	359	38	491	- 132
Bladder Cancer	46	229	44	325	- 96
Drug Use	47	228	57	93	+ 135
Maternal Conditions	48	226	28	977	- 751
Alcohol	49	210	52	168	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	209	49	191	+ 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	195	80	0	+ 195
Meningitis	52	189	43	377	- 189
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	173	17	2,320	- 2,147
Upper Respiratory	54	95	66	24	+ 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	95	51	173	- 78
Appendicitis	56	79	47	220	- 142
Fires	57	78	50	184	- 105
Schizophrenia	58	68	84	0	+ 68
Hepatitis B	59	51	56	117	- 66
Osteoarthritis	60	30	81	0	+ 30
Poisonings	61	27	39	474	- 446
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	63	38	- 19
Encephalitis	63	18	29	882	- 864
Dengue	64	13	55	120	- 106
Syphilis	65	10	54	134	- 124
Hepatitis C	66	5	64	29	- 24
War	67	3	65	24	- 21
Otitis Media	68	3	70	4	- 1
Tetanus	69	3	53	134	- 132
Leishmaniasis	70	3	62	39	- 36
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	79	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	82	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	73	2	74	0	+ 2
Pertussis	74	1	40	453	- 451
Ascariasis	75	1	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	59	60	- 60
Schistosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Panama

Nepal

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.