NORTH KOREA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,437	2	31,342	- 15,905
Stroke	2	11,801	1	49,648	- 37,847
Kidney Disease	3	6,508	12	3,959	+ 2,549
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,295	14	3,671	+ 2,625
Lung Disease	5	4,795	3	26,178	- 21,382
Violence	6	4,293	28	1,082	+ 3,211
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,100	6	6,231	- 2,131
HIV/AIDS	8	3,842	31	753	+ 3,089
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,478	7	6,210	- 2,732
Hypertension	10	3,000	8	5,368	- 2,368
Stomach Cancer	11	2,335	13	3,771	- 1,435
Prostate Cancer	12	2,293	48	219	+ 2,075
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,221	29	991	+ 1,230
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,073	15	3,232	- 1,159
Liver Disease	15	1,915	10	4,506	- 2,592
Lung Cancers	16	1,782	5	11,893	- 10,112
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,743	11	4,340	- 2,597
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,642	39	452	+ 1,190
Breast Cancer	19	1,639	23	1,366	+ 273
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,588	34	684	+ 904
Other Neoplasms	21	1,507	59	44	+ 1,463
Low Birth Weight	22	1,399	25	1,208	+ 191
Tuberculosis	23	1,312	4	17,417	- 16,105
Lymphomas	24	1,204	35	560	+ 644
Leukemia	25	1,111	30	965	+ 147
Cervical Cancer	26	1,086	33	704	+ 381
Liver Cancer	27	1,068	9	5,326	- 4,258
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	959	40	374	+ 584
Pancreas Cancer	29	794	21	1,525	- 731
Skin Disease	30	750	52	158	+ 591
Malnutrition	31	719	43	317	+ 402
Suicide	32	714	16	2,407	- 1,693
Parkinson's Disease	33	674	26	1,155	- 481
Drownings	34	608	27	1,126	- 518
Other Injuries	35	587	20	1,531	- 944
Birth Trauma	36	551	32	736	- 185
Falls	37	540	18	1,801	- 1,261
Oral Cancer	38	460	37	513	- 52
Epilepsy	39	391	45	266	+ 125
Uterin Cancer	40	386	53	138	+ 248
Ovary Cancer	41	375	36	532	- 157
Anemia	42	371	85	0	+ 371
Asthma	43	330	22	1,439	- 1,109
Skin Cancers	44	328	51	168	+ 160
Oesophagus Cancer	45	303	24	1,222	- 919
Bladder Cancer	46	193	38	500	- 306
Drug Use	47	193	42	356	- 164
Maternal Conditions	48	191	47	252	- 61
Alcohol	49	178	44	304	- 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	176	19	1,712	- 1,536
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	165	80	0	+ 165
Meningitis	52	159	49	207	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	146	17	2,093	- 1,947
Upper Respiratory	54	80	56	67	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	80	50	198	- 118
Appendicitis	56	67	57	57	+ 10
Fires	57	66	46	253	- 187
Schizophrenia	58	57	83	0	+ 57
Hepatitis B	59	43	55	68	- 26
Osteoarthritis	60	25	81	0	+ 25
Poisonings	61	23	41	366	- 343
Multiple Sclerosis	62	16	60	40	- 23
Encephalitis	63	15	54	117	- 102
Dengue	64	11	76	0	+ 11
Syphilis	65	8	58	54	- 46
Hepatitis C	66	4	64	10	- 7
War	67	3	63	16	- 13
Otitis Media	68	2	70	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	2	62	28	- 25
Leishmaniasis	70	2	75	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	79	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	82	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	73	2	72	0	+ 2
Pertussis	74	1	61	34	- 33
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	65	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Panama

North Korea

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.