VIET NAM VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		VIET NAM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,079	2	91,939	- 29,860
Stroke	2	47,458	1	159,032	- 111,575
Kidney Disease	3	26,171	8	25,251	+ 920
Diabetes Mellitus	4	25,316	4	33,860	- 8,544
Lung Disease	5	19,284	3	35,875	- 16,591
Violence	6	17,264	36	1,785	+ 15,479
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	16,487	7	27,836	- 11,350
HIV/AIDS	8	15,451	27	4,993	+ 10,459
Road Traffic Accidents	9	13,986	5	29,475	- 15,489
Hypertension	10	12,064	12	19,880	- 7,816
Stomach Cancer	11	9,392	14	15,134	- 5,742
Prostate Cancer	12	9,223	35	1,911	+ 7,311
Congenital Anomalies	13	8,932	21	7,064	+ 1,868
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	8,335	16	8,258	+ 77
Liver Disease	15	7,700	10	23,900	- 16,200
Lung Cancers	16	7,165	11	21,294	- 14,129
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	7,010	6	29,307	- 22,297
Endocrine Disorders	18	6,602	34	2,082	+ 4,520
Breast Cancer	19	6,592	22	6,187	+ 404
Inflammatory/Heart	20	6,385	24	5,357	+ 1,029
Other Neoplasms	21	6,059	57	325	+ 5,734
Low Birth Weight	22	5,625	19	7,132	- 1,507
Tuberculosis	23	5,275	15	9,446	- 4,171
Lymphomas	24	4,840	30	2,964	+ 1,876
Leukemia	25	4,470	28	4,899	- 429
Cervical Cancer	26	4,366	31	2,391	+ 1,974
Liver Cancer	27	4,295	9	24,995	- 20,699
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	3,856	29	4,390	- 534
Pancreas Cancer	29	3,195	44	929	+ 2,265
Skin Disease	30	3,015	40	1,515	+ 1,499
Malnutrition	31	2,893	63	120	+ 2,773
Suicide	32	2,870	18	7,249	- 4,379
Parkinson's Disease	33	2,710	25	5,338	- 2,628
Drownings	34	2,444	26	5,097	- 2,653
Other Injuries	35	2,361	23	5,539	- 3,178
Birth Trauma	36	2,216	32	2,340	- 124
Falls	37	2,173	13	15,427	- 13,253
Oral Cancer	38	1,852	20	7,088	- 5,236
Epilepsy	39	1,573	53	583	+ 990
Uterin Cancer	40	1,552	42	1,159	+ 394
Ovary Cancer	41	1,506	47	864	+ 643
Anemia	42	1,492	81	0	+ 1,492
Asthma	43	1,328	17	8,150	- 6,822
Skin Cancers	44	1,320	54	467	+ 852
Oesophagus Cancer	45	1,219	33	2,265	- 1,046
Bladder Cancer	46	777	45	896	- 119
Drug Use	47	776	41	1,366	- 590
Maternal Conditions	48	768	49	773	- 5
Alcohol	49	715	46	867	- 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	709	43	957	- 248
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	664	84	0	+ 664
Meningitis	52	641	51	624	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	587	38	1,708	- 1,121
Upper Respiratory	54	324	66	34	+ 290
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	322	59	224	+ 98
Appendicitis	56	268	60	201	+ 67
Fires	57	267	52	595	- 328
Schizophrenia	58	229	82	0	+ 229
Hepatitis B	59	172	55	379	- 207
Osteoarthritis	60	101	85	0	+ 101
Poisonings	61	93	48	832	- 738
Multiple Sclerosis	62	65	61	135	- 70
Encephalitis	63	62	39	1,558	- 1,497
Dengue	64	46	62	127	- 81
Syphilis	65	34	56	328	- 294
Hepatitis C	66	15	64	78	- 63
War	67	11	65	34	- 23
Otitis Media	68	10	71	1	+ 9
Tetanus	69	9	58	286	- 277
Leishmaniasis	70	9	78	0	+ 9
Iodine Deficiency	71	8	75	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	72	8	86	0	+ 8
Chagas disease	73	7	76	0	+ 7
Pertussis	74	5	50	705	- 700
Ascariasis	75	2	68	9	- 7
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	37	1,780	- 1,780
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	67	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VIET NAM

Panama

Viet Nam

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.