NEW GUINEA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,897	1	6,835	- 938
Stroke	2	4,508	2	5,095	- 586
Kidney Disease	3	2,486	18	687	+ 1,799
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,405	4	4,533	- 2,128
Lung Disease	5	1,832	3	4,538	- 2,706
Violence	6	1,640	15	969	+ 671
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,566	6	2,595	- 1,029
HIV/AIDS	8	1,468	24	611	+ 857
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,329	12	1,105	+ 223
Hypertension	10	1,146	13	1,096	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	11	892	28	447	+ 445
Prostate Cancer	12	876	36	285	+ 591
Congenital Anomalies	13	848	16	951	- 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	792	29	445	+ 347
Liver Disease	15	731	22	624	+ 107
Lung Cancers	16	681	23	622	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	666	33	343	+ 323
Endocrine Disorders	18	627	47	153	+ 474
Breast Cancer	19	626	17	764	- 138
Inflammatory/Heart	20	607	43	229	+ 378
Other Neoplasms	21	576	60	15	+ 560
Low Birth Weight	22	534	10	1,661	- 1,127
Tuberculosis	23	501	5	3,969	- 3,468
Lymphomas	24	460	32	353	+ 107
Leukemia	25	425	38	253	+ 171
Cervical Cancer	26	415	19	665	- 250
Liver Cancer	27	408	21	644	- 236
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	366	8	2,295	- 1,929
Pancreas Cancer	29	303	52	107	+ 197
Skin Disease	30	286	49	126	+ 160
Malnutrition	31	275	48	134	+ 141
Suicide	32	273	37	259	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	33	257	45	185	+ 73
Drownings	34	232	40	240	- 7
Other Injuries	35	224	20	647	- 422
Birth Trauma	36	211	11	1,504	- 1,293
Falls	37	206	26	502	- 295
Oral Cancer	38	176	25	580	- 404
Epilepsy	39	149	51	111	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	40	147	55	81	+ 66
Ovary Cancer	41	143	46	179	- 36
Anemia	42	142	82	0	+ 142
Asthma	43	126	9	1,842	- 1,716
Skin Cancers	44	125	31	417	- 291
Oesophagus Cancer	45	116	44	199	- 83
Bladder Cancer	46	74	54	82	- 9
Drug Use	47	74	61	13	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	48	73	30	421	- 348
Alcohol	49	68	53	93	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	67	35	302	- 234
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	63	84	0	+ 63
Meningitis	52	61	34	324	- 263
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	56	14	1,072	- 1,016
Upper Respiratory	54	31	68	2	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	31	65	5	+ 25
Appendicitis	56	25	59	20	+ 5
Fires	57	25	27	488	- 463
Schizophrenia	58	22	80	0	+ 22
Hepatitis B	59	16	58	27	- 11
Osteoarthritis	60	10	85	0	+ 10
Poisonings	61	9	50	121	- 113
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	66	5	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	6	57	31	- 25
Dengue	64	4	64	6	- 2
Syphilis	65	3	42	234	- 231
Hepatitis C	66	1	62	8	- 6
War	67	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	56	48	- 47
Leishmaniasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	86	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	0	39	248	- 247
Ascariasis	75	0	63	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	41	238	- 238
Schistosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Panama

New Guinea

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.