SOUTH AFRICA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,479	3	32,739	+ 2,740
Stroke	2	27,123	4	30,693	- 3,571
Kidney Disease	3	14,957	9	15,302	- 345
Diabetes Mellitus	4	14,469	5	30,188	- 15,719
Lung Disease	5	11,021	13	11,895	- 874
Violence	6	9,867	7	21,000	- 11,133
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	9,422	2	39,341	- 29,918
HIV/AIDS	8	8,831	1	71,996	- 63,165
Road Traffic Accidents	9	7,993	11	13,014	- 5,021
Hypertension	10	6,895	12	12,789	- 5,894
Stomach Cancer	11	5,368	39	1,535	+ 3,833
Prostate Cancer	12	5,271	24	4,374	+ 897
Congenital Anomalies	13	5,105	25	4,351	+ 754
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	4,764	28	3,587	+ 1,177
Liver Disease	15	4,401	14	9,013	- 4,612
Lung Cancers	16	4,095	15	7,705	- 3,610
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	4,006	22	4,676	- 670
Endocrine Disorders	18	3,773	19	5,890	- 2,117
Breast Cancer	19	3,767	23	4,533	- 766
Inflammatory/Heart	20	3,649	21	5,408	- 1,759
Other Neoplasms	21	3,463	58	267	+ 3,196
Low Birth Weight	22	3,215	16	6,250	- 3,035
Tuberculosis	23	3,015	6	21,965	- 18,951
Lymphomas	24	2,766	31	2,818	- 51
Leukemia	25	2,555	40	1,464	+ 1,091
Cervical Cancer	26	2,495	20	5,555	- 3,060
Liver Cancer	27	2,455	33	2,383	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	2,204	8	15,843	- 13,639
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,826	35	2,007	- 181
Skin Disease	30	1,723	45	1,101	+ 621
Malnutrition	31	1,653	34	2,381	- 727
Suicide	32	1,640	10	13,774	- 12,134
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,549	46	1,077	+ 472
Drownings	34	1,397	32	2,403	- 1,006
Other Injuries	35	1,349	17	6,014	- 4,665
Birth Trauma	36	1,266	30	3,004	- 1,737
Falls	37	1,242	42	1,399	- 157
Oral Cancer	38	1,058	41	1,406	- 347
Epilepsy	39	899	37	1,870	- 971
Uterin Cancer	40	887	54	512	+ 375
Ovary Cancer	41	861	51	951	- 90
Anemia	42	852	82	0	+ 852
Asthma	43	759	18	5,966	- 5,207
Skin Cancers	44	754	48	993	- 239
Oesophagus Cancer	45	697	29	3,486	- 2,789
Bladder Cancer	46	444	52	829	- 385
Drug Use	47	444	53	770	- 326
Maternal Conditions	48	439	38	1,700	- 1,260
Alcohol	49	409	49	987	- 578
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	405	36	1,894	- 1,489
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	380	86	0	+ 380
Meningitis	52	366	26	3,660	- 3,294
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	335	47	1,015	- 679
Upper Respiratory	54	185	60	223	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	184	55	376	- 192
Appendicitis	56	153	56	274	- 121
Fires	57	152	27	3,618	- 3,465
Schizophrenia	58	131	80	0	+ 131
Hepatitis B	59	98	61	139	- 41
Osteoarthritis	60	58	85	0	+ 58
Poisonings	61	53	50	975	- 922
Multiple Sclerosis	62	37	62	113	- 76
Encephalitis	63	35	59	234	- 199
Dengue	64	26	73	0	+ 26
Syphilis	65	19	44	1,130	- 1,110
Hepatitis C	66	9	70	8	+ 1
War	67	7	64	66	- 59
Otitis Media	68	5	67	19	- 14
Tetanus	69	5	65	38	- 33
Leishmaniasis	70	5	77	0	+ 5
Iodine Deficiency	71	5	79	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	72	5	84	0	+ 5
Chagas disease	73	4	78	0	+ 4
Pertussis	74	3	43	1,142	- 1,140
Ascariasis	75	1	71	3	- 2
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	16	- 16
Measles	79	0	57	270	- 270
Schistosomiasis	80	0	66	35	- 35
Malaria	81	0	63	83	- 83
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Panama

South Africa

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.