SURINAME VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	380	1	650	- 271
Stroke	2	290	2	615	- 325
Kidney Disease	3	160	4	281	- 121
Diabetes Mellitus	4	155	3	286	- 131
Lung Disease	5	118	12	93	+ 25
Violence	6	106	26	34	+ 72
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	101	5	171	- 70
HIV/AIDS	8	94	7	138	- 44
Road Traffic Accidents	9	86	13	89	- 4
Hypertension	10	74	9	134	- 60
Stomach Cancer	11	57	33	25	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	12	56	14	78	- 22
Congenital Anomalies	13	55	22	40	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	51	16	72	- 22
Liver Disease	15	47	8	134	- 87
Lung Cancers	16	44	11	102	- 58
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	43	10	117	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	18	40	24	37	+ 3
Breast Cancer	19	40	17	55	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	20	39	23	37	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	21	37	54	3	+ 34
Low Birth Weight	22	34	19	51	- 17
Tuberculosis	23	32	37	17	+ 16
Lymphomas	24	30	34	23	+ 7
Leukemia	25	27	35	20	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	26	27	20	48	- 21
Liver Cancer	27	26	21	45	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	24	27	31	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	29	20	32	26	- 7
Skin Disease	30	18	18	53	- 35
Malnutrition	31	18	43	13	+ 4
Suicide	32	18	6	148	- 130
Parkinson's Disease	33	17	31	28	- 11
Drownings	34	15	29	28	- 13
Other Injuries	35	14	15	73	- 58
Birth Trauma	36	14	30	28	- 14
Falls	37	13	25	34	- 21
Oral Cancer	38	11	40	16	- 4
Epilepsy	39	10	36	18	- 9
Uterin Cancer	40	9	49	5	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	41	9	42	14	- 4
Anemia	42	9	81	0	+ 9
Asthma	43	8	39	16	- 7
Skin Cancers	44	8	60	1	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	45	7	56	2	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	46	5	48	5	- 0
Drug Use	47	5	45	7	- 3
Maternal Conditions	48	5	41	14	- 9
Alcohol	49	4	38	16	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	4	28	29	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	4	85	0	+ 4
Meningitis	52	4	50	5	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	4	47	6	- 3
Upper Respiratory	54	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	2	58	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	56	2	53	3	- 1
Fires	57	2	44	13	- 11
Schizophrenia	58	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	63	1	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	60	1	84	0	+ 1
Poisonings	61	1	57	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	0	61	1	- 1
Encephalitis	63	0	51	4	- 4
Dengue	64	0	46	7	- 6
Syphilis	65	0	52	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	0	70	0	+ 0
War	67	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	86	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	74	0	59	1	- 1
Ascariasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	55	2	- 2
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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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.