ZAMBIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,209	10	4,432	+ 7,777
Stroke	2	9,333	3	7,948	+ 1,385
Kidney Disease	3	5,147	18	1,760	+ 3,387
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,979	14	2,395	+ 2,584
Lung Disease	5	3,793	21	1,273	+ 2,520
Violence	6	3,395	23	1,153	+ 2,242
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,242	2	9,517	- 6,274
HIV/AIDS	8	3,039	1	17,234	- 14,196
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,751	11	3,654	- 903
Hypertension	10	2,373	13	2,616	- 244
Stomach Cancer	11	1,847	42	206	+ 1,641
Prostate Cancer	12	1,814	30	561	+ 1,252
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,757	12	3,146	- 1,389
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,639	43	203	+ 1,437
Liver Disease	15	1,514	9	4,501	- 2,986
Lung Cancers	16	1,409	41	226	+ 1,183
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,379	29	590	+ 789
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,298	37	354	+ 945
Breast Cancer	19	1,296	35	366	+ 931
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,256	33	501	+ 755
Other Neoplasms	21	1,192	65	20	+ 1,172
Low Birth Weight	22	1,106	8	4,857	- 3,751
Tuberculosis	23	1,037	6	5,941	- 4,904
Lymphomas	24	952	31	548	+ 404
Leukemia	25	879	39	261	+ 618
Cervical Cancer	26	859	17	1,799	- 940
Liver Cancer	27	845	46	177	+ 668
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	758	5	6,275	- 5,517
Pancreas Cancer	29	628	62	42	+ 586
Skin Disease	30	593	52	126	+ 467
Malnutrition	31	569	15	2,303	- 1,734
Suicide	32	564	20	1,303	- 738
Parkinson's Disease	33	533	47	164	+ 369
Drownings	34	481	27	689	- 208
Other Injuries	35	464	19	1,729	- 1,264
Birth Trauma	36	436	7	5,062	- 4,626
Falls	37	427	28	596	- 169
Oral Cancer	38	364	48	155	+ 209
Epilepsy	39	309	38	332	- 23
Uterin Cancer	40	305	64	30	+ 276
Ovary Cancer	41	296	57	82	+ 214
Anemia	42	293	83	0	+ 293
Asthma	43	261	26	741	- 480
Skin Cancers	44	260	54	108	+ 151
Oesophagus Cancer	45	240	36	359	- 119
Bladder Cancer	46	153	50	132	+ 21
Drug Use	47	153	53	122	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	48	151	22	1,188	- 1,037
Alcohol	49	141	49	140	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	139	40	246	- 106
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	131	84	0	+ 131
Meningitis	52	126	16	1,976	- 1,850
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	115	45	190	- 74
Upper Respiratory	54	64	60	68	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	63	63	30	+ 33
Appendicitis	56	53	56	84	- 31
Fires	57	52	32	546	- 494
Schizophrenia	58	45	81	0	+ 45
Hepatitis B	59	34	55	104	- 70
Osteoarthritis	60	20	85	0	+ 20
Poisonings	61	18	34	456	- 438
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	67	13	- 1
Encephalitis	63	12	59	70	- 58
Dengue	64	9	74	1	+ 8
Syphilis	65	7	24	885	- 878
Hepatitis C	66	3	66	18	- 15
War	67	2	69	6	- 4
Otitis Media	68	2	70	5	- 3
Tetanus	69	2	44	190	- 188
Leishmaniasis	70	2	58	72	- 71
Iodine Deficiency	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	72	2	86	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	25	743	- 742
Ascariasis	75	0	68	9	- 8
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	73	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	61	48	- 48
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	128	- 128
Malaria	81	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	3	- 3
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Panama

Zambia

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.