SOUTH KOREA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,571	1	28,043	+ 2,528
Stroke	2	23,371	3	25,596	- 2,225
Kidney Disease	3	12,888	9	10,107	+ 2,781
Diabetes Mellitus	4	12,467	13	6,812	+ 5,655
Lung Disease	5	9,497	11	8,526	+ 970
Violence	6	8,502	44	386	+ 8,116
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	8,119	2	26,650	- 18,531
HIV/AIDS	8	7,609	55	84	+ 7,525
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,888	15	4,399	+ 2,489
Hypertension	10	5,941	17	3,711	+ 2,230
Stomach Cancer	11	4,625	10	8,625	- 4,000
Prostate Cancer	12	4,542	22	2,316	+ 2,226
Congenital Anomalies	13	4,399	41	518	+ 3,881
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	4,105	8	10,180	- 6,076
Liver Disease	15	3,792	14	6,348	- 2,556
Lung Cancers	16	3,528	4	20,293	- 16,765
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	3,452	6	12,145	- 8,693
Endocrine Disorders	18	3,251	25	1,891	+ 1,361
Breast Cancer	19	3,246	21	2,880	+ 366
Inflammatory/Heart	20	3,145	31	1,325	+ 1,819
Other Neoplasms	21	2,984	26	1,807	+ 1,177
Low Birth Weight	22	2,770	45	370	+ 2,400
Tuberculosis	23	2,598	24	1,950	+ 647
Lymphomas	24	2,384	19	3,477	- 1,094
Leukemia	25	2,201	23	2,140	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	26	2,150	34	1,065	+ 1,085
Liver Cancer	27	2,115	7	11,589	- 9,474
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	1,899	35	929	+ 970
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,573	12	6,994	- 5,420
Skin Disease	30	1,485	36	704	+ 780
Malnutrition	31	1,424	53	88	+ 1,336
Suicide	32	1,413	5	14,636	- 13,222
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,335	16	3,951	- 2,616
Drownings	34	1,204	42	501	+ 703
Other Injuries	35	1,163	18	3,634	- 2,471
Birth Trauma	36	1,091	54	88	+ 1,003
Falls	37	1,070	20	2,934	- 1,864
Oral Cancer	38	912	29	1,457	- 545
Epilepsy	39	775	40	524	+ 250
Uterin Cancer	40	764	43	420	+ 345
Ovary Cancer	41	742	30	1,330	- 588
Anemia	42	735	46	329	+ 405
Asthma	43	654	32	1,150	- 496
Skin Cancers	44	650	37	585	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	45	600	28	1,733	- 1,132
Bladder Cancer	46	383	27	1,768	- 1,385
Drug Use	47	382	50	154	+ 228
Maternal Conditions	48	378	61	34	+ 344
Alcohol	49	352	33	1,081	- 728
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	349	38	540	- 190
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	327	59	49	+ 278
Meningitis	52	316	58	51	+ 265
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	289	48	224	+ 65
Upper Respiratory	54	159	63	26	+ 134
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	159	51	150	+ 9
Appendicitis	56	132	57	54	+ 78
Fires	57	131	47	263	- 132
Schizophrenia	58	113	56	77	+ 36
Hepatitis B	59	85	39	526	- 441
Osteoarthritis	60	50	60	41	+ 9
Poisonings	61	46	52	115	- 69
Multiple Sclerosis	62	32	66	11	+ 21
Encephalitis	63	30	65	19	+ 11
Dengue	64	22	77	0	+ 22
Syphilis	65	17	62	27	- 10
Hepatitis C	66	8	49	168	- 160
War	67	6	68	5	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	5	70	5	+ 0
Tetanus	69	4	69	5	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	4	79	0	+ 4
Iodine Deficiency	71	4	81	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	72	4	64	21	- 17
Chagas disease	73	4	80	0	+ 4
Pertussis	74	2	67	6	- 4
Ascariasis	75	1	74	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	81	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Panama

South 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.