SRI LANKA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,903	1	26,304	- 13,401
Stroke	2	9,864	6	6,805	+ 3,059
Kidney Disease	3	5,440	5	6,858	- 1,418
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,262	2	12,460	- 7,198
Lung Disease	5	4,008	3	9,456	- 5,448
Violence	6	3,588	31	499	+ 3,089
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,427	8	5,117	- 1,690
HIV/AIDS	8	3,212	55	39	+ 3,172
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,907	9	4,200	- 1,293
Hypertension	10	2,508	20	1,055	+ 1,452
Stomach Cancer	11	1,952	16	1,321	+ 631
Prostate Cancer	12	1,917	30	507	+ 1,410
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,857	22	989	+ 867
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,733	24	911	+ 821
Liver Disease	15	1,601	17	1,303	+ 298
Lung Cancers	16	1,489	12	1,775	- 286
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,457	4	6,939	- 5,482
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,372	32	462	+ 910
Breast Cancer	19	1,370	15	1,383	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,327	35	425	+ 902
Other Neoplasms	21	1,259	50	86	+ 1,174
Low Birth Weight	22	1,169	29	536	+ 633
Tuberculosis	23	1,096	25	769	+ 327
Lymphomas	24	1,006	21	1,027	- 21
Leukemia	25	929	18	1,155	- 226
Cervical Cancer	26	907	26	762	+ 145
Liver Cancer	27	893	19	1,090	- 198
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	801	28	605	+ 197
Pancreas Cancer	29	664	43	214	+ 451
Skin Disease	30	627	36	293	+ 334
Malnutrition	31	601	54	43	+ 558
Suicide	32	596	10	2,977	- 2,381
Parkinson's Disease	33	563	45	168	+ 396
Drownings	34	508	27	731	- 223
Other Injuries	35	491	14	1,529	- 1,039
Birth Trauma	36	461	44	193	+ 268
Falls	37	452	23	964	- 512
Oral Cancer	38	385	11	2,893	- 2,508
Epilepsy	39	327	39	269	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	40	323	42	218	+ 105
Ovary Cancer	41	313	37	281	+ 32
Anemia	42	310	33	445	- 135
Asthma	43	276	7	6,471	- 6,195
Skin Cancers	44	274	52	58	+ 216
Oesophagus Cancer	45	253	13	1,544	- 1,291
Bladder Cancer	46	162	34	432	- 270
Drug Use	47	161	40	257	- 96
Maternal Conditions	48	160	48	96	+ 64
Alcohol	49	149	51	82	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	147	56	38	+ 109
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	138	70	2	+ 136
Meningitis	52	133	46	146	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	122	53	49	+ 73
Upper Respiratory	54	67	66	5	+ 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	67	60	11	+ 56
Appendicitis	56	56	64	5	+ 50
Fires	57	55	41	239	- 183
Schizophrenia	58	48	65	5	+ 43
Hepatitis B	59	36	62	6	+ 30
Osteoarthritis	60	21	67	3	+ 18
Poisonings	61	19	49	93	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	69	2	+ 11
Encephalitis	63	13	61	10	+ 2
Dengue	64	9	47	131	- 122
Syphilis	65	7	58	15	- 8
Hepatitis C	66	3	75	0	+ 3
War	67	2	38	280	- 277
Otitis Media	68	2	76	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	2	57	27	- 26
Leishmaniasis	70	2	73	0	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	68	3	- 1
Chagas disease	73	1	83	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	59	15	- 14
Ascariasis	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	63	6	- 6
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 SRI LANKA

Panama

Sri Lanka

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.