TRINIDAD/TOB. VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	827	1	1,476	- 649
Stroke	2	632	3	822	- 190
Kidney Disease	3	349	5	439	- 91
Diabetes Mellitus	4	337	2	1,275	- 938
Lung Disease	5	257	16	129	+ 128
Violence	6	230	4	549	- 319
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	220	10	205	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	8	206	12	196	+ 10
Road Traffic Accidents	9	186	15	130	+ 56
Hypertension	10	161	11	201	- 41
Stomach Cancer	11	125	26	69	+ 56
Prostate Cancer	12	123	6	330	- 207
Congenital Anomalies	13	119	22	93	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	111	13	196	- 85
Liver Disease	15	103	14	136	- 33
Lung Cancers	16	95	8	217	- 122
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	93	9	215	- 121
Endocrine Disorders	18	88	18	119	- 31
Breast Cancer	19	88	7	258	- 170
Inflammatory/Heart	20	85	25	72	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	21	81	51	10	+ 71
Low Birth Weight	22	75	23	83	- 8
Tuberculosis	23	70	43	22	+ 49
Lymphomas	24	64	20	111	- 47
Leukemia	25	60	29	62	- 3
Cervical Cancer	26	58	21	97	- 39
Liver Cancer	27	57	28	66	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	51	45	18	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	29	43	19	114	- 71
Skin Disease	30	40	36	39	+ 1
Malnutrition	31	39	47	17	+ 22
Suicide	32	38	17	121	- 83
Parkinson's Disease	33	36	32	51	- 15
Drownings	34	33	39	31	+ 2
Other Injuries	35	31	30	61	- 30
Birth Trauma	36	30	40	25	+ 4
Falls	37	29	33	43	- 14
Oral Cancer	38	25	38	31	- 6
Epilepsy	39	21	37	32	- 11
Uterin Cancer	40	21	27	68	- 47
Ovary Cancer	41	20	24	80	- 60
Anemia	42	20	85	0	+ 20
Asthma	43	18	35	40	- 23
Skin Cancers	44	18	57	4	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	45	16	41	24	- 8
Bladder Cancer	46	10	34	41	- 30
Drug Use	47	10	44	19	- 8
Maternal Conditions	48	10	50	10	- 0
Alcohol	49	10	42	23	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	9	31	52	- 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	9	82	0	+ 9
Meningitis	52	9	52	9	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	8	49	11	- 3
Upper Respiratory	54	4	64	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	4	53	8	- 4
Appendicitis	56	4	56	4	- 1
Fires	57	4	48	16	- 13
Schizophrenia	58	3	86	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	59	2	60	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	60	1	81	0	+ 1
Poisonings	61	1	59	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	58	2	- 1
Encephalitis	63	1	54	6	- 5
Dengue	64	1	55	5	- 5
Syphilis	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	62	0	+ 0
War	67	0	46	17	- 17
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	63	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Panama

Trinidad/Tob.

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.