NEW ZEALAND VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,030	1	5,095	- 2,066
Stroke	2	2,316	3	2,378	- 62
Kidney Disease	3	1,277	17	432	+ 845
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,235	8	769	+ 467
Lung Disease	5	941	5	1,815	- 874
Violence	6	843	42	57	+ 785
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	805	7	920	- 115
HIV/AIDS	8	754	57	10	+ 744
Road Traffic Accidents	9	683	16	458	+ 225
Hypertension	10	589	20	327	+ 262
Stomach Cancer	11	458	22	323	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	12	450	9	739	- 289
Congenital Anomalies	13	436	30	176	+ 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	407	6	1,495	- 1,088
Liver Disease	15	376	32	158	+ 218
Lung Cancers	16	350	4	1,873	- 1,524
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	342	2	3,032	- 2,690
Endocrine Disorders	18	322	21	325	- 2
Breast Cancer	19	322	10	737	- 415
Inflammatory/Heart	20	312	23	313	- 1
Other Neoplasms	21	296	27	245	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	22	275	38	78	+ 196
Tuberculosis	23	257	52	17	+ 240
Lymphomas	24	236	13	608	- 372
Leukemia	25	218	18	391	- 173
Cervical Cancer	26	213	41	61	+ 152
Liver Cancer	27	210	24	288	- 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	188	37	81	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	29	156	14	543	- 387
Skin Disease	30	147	34	118	+ 29
Malnutrition	31	141	55	14	+ 127
Suicide	32	140	15	528	- 388
Parkinson's Disease	33	132	19	353	- 221
Drownings	34	119	44	54	+ 65
Other Injuries	35	115	28	218	- 103
Birth Trauma	36	108	54	15	+ 94
Falls	37	106	11	627	- 521
Oral Cancer	38	90	31	164	- 73
Epilepsy	39	77	43	55	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	40	76	33	145	- 69
Ovary Cancer	41	73	29	207	- 133
Anemia	42	73	51	17	+ 55
Asthma	43	65	36	91	- 26
Skin Cancers	44	64	12	612	- 547
Oesophagus Cancer	45	59	25	279	- 220
Bladder Cancer	46	38	26	267	- 229
Drug Use	47	38	40	69	- 31
Maternal Conditions	48	38	63	5	+ 33
Alcohol	49	35	45	51	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	35	39	70	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	32	50	22	+ 10
Meningitis	52	31	59	9	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	29	35	113	- 84
Upper Respiratory	54	16	64	4	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	16	46	47	- 31
Appendicitis	56	13	62	6	+ 7
Fires	57	13	53	17	- 4
Schizophrenia	58	11	60	8	+ 3
Hepatitis B	59	8	56	14	- 5
Osteoarthritis	60	5	49	24	- 19
Poisonings	61	5	58	9	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	47	43	- 40
Encephalitis	63	3	66	1	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	75	0	+ 2
Syphilis	65	2	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	48	30	- 29
War	67	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	1	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	61	8	- 7
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Panama

New Zealand

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.