SWAZILAND VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	668	5	755	- 87
Stroke	2	511	4	800	- 290
Kidney Disease	3	282	8	381	- 100
Diabetes Mellitus	4	272	3	892	- 620
Lung Disease	5	208	12	264	- 57
Violence	6	186	16	212	- 27
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	177	2	921	- 743
HIV/AIDS	8	166	1	2,314	- 2,147
Road Traffic Accidents	9	151	7	384	- 234
Hypertension	10	130	10	292	- 162
Stomach Cancer	11	101	53	7	+ 94
Prostate Cancer	12	99	31	45	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	13	96	19	160	- 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	90	43	19	+ 71
Liver Disease	15	83	11	274	- 191
Lung Cancers	16	77	46	17	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	75	27	77	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	18	71	28	74	- 3
Breast Cancer	19	71	35	37	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	20	69	24	94	- 25
Other Neoplasms	21	65	61	4	+ 61
Low Birth Weight	22	61	14	233	- 172
Tuberculosis	23	57	13	256	- 199
Lymphomas	24	52	36	31	+ 21
Leukemia	25	48	47	16	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	26	47	15	215	- 168
Liver Cancer	27	46	37	29	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	41	6	517	- 476
Pancreas Cancer	29	34	56	6	+ 28
Skin Disease	30	32	40	25	+ 7
Malnutrition	31	31	22	106	- 75
Suicide	32	31	9	338	- 307
Parkinson's Disease	33	29	41	24	+ 5
Drownings	34	26	25	87	- 61
Other Injuries	35	25	17	190	- 165
Birth Trauma	36	24	18	166	- 143
Falls	37	23	32	41	- 18
Oral Cancer	38	20	51	10	+ 10
Epilepsy	39	17	30	46	- 29
Uterin Cancer	40	17	50	11	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	41	16	52	10	+ 6
Anemia	42	16	84	0	+ 16
Asthma	43	14	20	150	- 135
Skin Cancers	44	14	42	20	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	45	13	44	18	- 5
Bladder Cancer	46	8	55	6	+ 2
Drug Use	47	8	38	27	- 18
Maternal Conditions	48	8	21	116	- 108
Alcohol	49	8	48	16	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	8	29	51	- 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	7	80	0	+ 7
Meningitis	52	7	23	97	- 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	39	26	- 20
Upper Respiratory	54	3	60	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	3	58	5	- 1
Appendicitis	56	3	54	7	- 4
Fires	57	3	26	84	- 81
Schizophrenia	58	2	83	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	57	6	- 4
Osteoarthritis	60	1	81	0	+ 1
Poisonings	61	1	34	37	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	63	1	- 1
Encephalitis	63	1	59	5	- 4
Dengue	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	45	17	- 17
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	- 0
War	67	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	33	39	- 39
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	81	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Panama

Swaziland

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.