SWITZERLAND VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,201	1	10,713	- 5,512
Stroke	2	3,976	3	3,918	+ 58
Kidney Disease	3	2,193	13	1,261	+ 932
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,121	17	1,022	+ 1,099
Lung Disease	5	1,616	5	2,902	- 1,286
Violence	6	1,446	51	42	+ 1,404
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,381	8	1,949	- 568
HIV/AIDS	8	1,295	54	29	+ 1,265
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,172	34	193	+ 979
Hypertension	10	1,011	6	2,471	- 1,461
Stomach Cancer	11	787	24	614	+ 173
Prostate Cancer	12	773	10	1,579	- 807
Congenital Anomalies	13	748	31	305	+ 443
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	698	7	1,995	- 1,296
Liver Disease	15	645	21	677	- 32
Lung Cancers	16	600	4	3,520	- 2,919
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	587	2	7,192	- 6,605
Endocrine Disorders	18	553	25	593	- 40
Breast Cancer	19	552	11	1,577	- 1,025
Inflammatory/Heart	20	535	16	1,027	- 492
Other Neoplasms	21	508	20	681	- 174
Low Birth Weight	22	471	43	105	+ 366
Tuberculosis	23	442	56	21	+ 421
Lymphomas	24	406	15	1,131	- 726
Leukemia	25	374	22	671	- 297
Cervical Cancer	26	366	42	105	+ 261
Liver Cancer	27	360	19	805	- 445
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	323	35	186	+ 137
Pancreas Cancer	29	268	12	1,486	- 1,218
Skin Disease	30	253	40	129	+ 123
Malnutrition	31	242	47	84	+ 158
Suicide	32	240	14	1,249	- 1,009
Parkinson's Disease	33	227	18	857	- 630
Drownings	34	205	50	49	+ 155
Other Injuries	35	198	30	410	- 212
Birth Trauma	36	186	52	32	+ 154
Falls	37	182	9	1,919	- 1,737
Oral Cancer	38	155	26	500	- 345
Epilepsy	39	132	39	159	- 27
Uterin Cancer	40	130	33	224	- 94
Ovary Cancer	41	126	29	457	- 331
Anemia	42	125	44	102	+ 23
Asthma	43	111	46	95	+ 17
Skin Cancers	44	111	27	493	- 383
Oesophagus Cancer	45	102	28	491	- 389
Bladder Cancer	46	65	23	669	- 604
Drug Use	47	65	36	176	- 111
Maternal Conditions	48	64	64	4	+ 60
Alcohol	49	60	32	229	- 169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	59	41	122	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	56	53	32	+ 24
Meningitis	52	54	57	20	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	49	48	78	- 29
Upper Respiratory	54	27	61	11	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	27	49	68	- 41
Appendicitis	56	22	59	15	+ 8
Fires	57	22	55	21	+ 1
Schizophrenia	58	19	45	96	- 77
Hepatitis B	59	14	63	5	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	60	8	37	170	- 161
Poisonings	61	8	60	13	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	38	160	- 154
Encephalitis	63	5	68	1	+ 5
Dengue	64	4	81	0	+ 4
Syphilis	65	3	65	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	58	15	- 14
War	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	66	1	- 0
Oral conditions	72	1	62	8	- 7
Chagas disease	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Panama

Switzerland

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.