UNITED KINGDOM VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	40,184	2	71,728	- 31,543
Stroke	2	30,720	4	37,626	- 6,906
Kidney Disease	3	16,941	18	5,471	+ 11,470
Diabetes Mellitus	4	16,388	17	5,842	+ 10,545
Lung Disease	5	12,483	6	32,896	- 20,413
Violence	6	11,175	46	868	+ 10,308
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	10,672	3	40,540	- 29,868
HIV/AIDS	8	10,002	55	188	+ 9,814
Road Traffic Accidents	9	9,053	33	2,169	+ 6,884
Hypertension	10	7,809	23	5,208	+ 2,601
Stomach Cancer	11	6,080	24	4,999	+ 1,081
Prostate Cancer	12	5,970	8	13,289	- 7,319
Congenital Anomalies	13	5,782	35	2,127	+ 3,655
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	5,396	7	18,446	- 13,051
Liver Disease	15	4,985	14	7,666	- 2,681
Lung Cancers	16	4,638	5	35,715	- 31,077
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	4,537	1	98,135	- 93,597
Endocrine Disorders	18	4,274	28	3,297	+ 977
Breast Cancer	19	4,267	9	12,718	- 8,451
Inflammatory/Heart	20	4,133	29	3,126	+ 1,007
Other Neoplasms	21	3,922	26	3,986	- 64
Low Birth Weight	22	3,641	40	1,313	+ 2,328
Tuberculosis	23	3,414	47	351	+ 3,063
Lymphomas	24	3,133	10	9,350	- 6,217
Leukemia	25	2,893	22	5,211	- 2,318
Cervical Cancer	26	2,826	43	1,099	+ 1,727
Liver Cancer	27	2,781	21	5,237	- 2,456
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	2,496	38	1,599	+ 897
Pancreas Cancer	29	2,068	11	8,995	- 6,927
Skin Disease	30	1,951	34	2,134	- 182
Malnutrition	31	1,872	58	116	+ 1,757
Suicide	32	1,858	20	5,325	- 3,467
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,754	13	8,573	- 6,818
Drownings	34	1,582	49	301	+ 1,281
Other Injuries	35	1,528	19	5,464	- 3,936
Birth Trauma	36	1,434	54	190	+ 1,245
Falls	37	1,407	15	7,618	- 6,211
Oral Cancer	38	1,199	30	3,109	- 1,910
Epilepsy	39	1,018	42	1,193	- 175
Uterin Cancer	40	1,005	32	2,346	- 1,341
Ovary Cancer	41	975	25	4,019	- 3,044
Anemia	42	966	50	277	+ 689
Asthma	43	860	41	1,302	- 442
Skin Cancers	44	854	27	3,727	- 2,873
Oesophagus Cancer	45	789	12	8,727	- 7,938
Bladder Cancer	46	503	16	6,133	- 5,630
Drug Use	47	502	31	2,824	- 2,322
Maternal Conditions	48	497	64	47	+ 451
Alcohol	49	463	39	1,555	- 1,092
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	459	36	2,090	- 1,631
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	430	56	184	+ 246
Meningitis	52	415	52	232	+ 183
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	380	45	876	- 496
Upper Respiratory	54	210	63	48	+ 161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	208	44	1,014	- 805
Appendicitis	56	173	59	105	+ 68
Fires	57	173	48	334	- 162
Schizophrenia	58	148	60	101	+ 47
Hepatitis B	59	111	65	40	+ 72
Osteoarthritis	60	66	57	167	- 101
Poisonings	61	60	53	221	- 160
Multiple Sclerosis	62	42	37	1,856	- 1,814
Encephalitis	63	40	68	6	+ 34
Dengue	64	30	73	0	+ 29
Syphilis	65	22	62	49	- 27
Hepatitis C	66	10	51	267	- 257
War	67	7	67	10	- 2
Otitis Media	68	6	66	16	- 9
Tetanus	69	6	72	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	70	6	70	0	+ 5
Iodine Deficiency	71	5	84	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	72	5	61	54	- 48
Chagas disease	73	5	71	0	+ 4
Pertussis	74	3	69	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	75	1	80	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Panama

United Kingdom

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.