ZIMBABWE VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,067	3	8,493	+ 1,574
Stroke	2	7,696	5	5,126	+ 2,570
Kidney Disease	3	4,244	12	2,214	+ 2,031
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,105	9	3,344	+ 762
Lung Disease	5	3,127	23	1,163	+ 1,964
Violence	6	2,800	18	1,916	+ 883
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,674	2	10,779	- 8,106
HIV/AIDS	8	2,506	1	19,988	- 17,483
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,268	4	6,037	- 3,769
Hypertension	10	1,956	24	1,146	+ 811
Stomach Cancer	11	1,523	33	559	+ 964
Prostate Cancer	12	1,496	32	628	+ 868
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,448	11	2,217	- 769
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,352	40	505	+ 847
Liver Disease	15	1,249	17	1,941	- 693
Lung Cancers	16	1,162	43	286	+ 876
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,137	31	768	+ 369
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,071	34	553	+ 517
Breast Cancer	19	1,069	28	839	+ 230
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,035	25	1,047	- 12
Other Neoplasms	21	983	62	37	+ 945
Low Birth Weight	22	912	7	4,038	- 3,125
Tuberculosis	23	855	16	1,999	- 1,144
Lymphomas	24	785	26	960	- 175
Leukemia	25	725	45	244	+ 481
Cervical Cancer	26	708	14	2,023	- 1,315
Liver Cancer	27	697	38	510	+ 187
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	625	6	4,595	- 3,969
Pancreas Cancer	29	518	47	217	+ 301
Skin Disease	30	489	52	173	+ 316
Malnutrition	31	469	10	2,396	- 1,927
Suicide	32	465	13	2,069	- 1,603
Parkinson's Disease	33	439	46	226	+ 214
Drownings	34	396	27	956	- 559
Other Injuries	35	383	20	1,656	- 1,273
Birth Trauma	36	359	8	3,405	- 3,046
Falls	37	352	41	465	- 112
Oral Cancer	38	300	49	208	+ 93
Epilepsy	39	255	39	508	- 253
Uterin Cancer	40	252	50	182	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	41	244	51	173	+ 71
Anemia	42	242	84	0	+ 242
Asthma	43	215	21	1,531	- 1,315
Skin Cancers	44	214	44	264	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	45	198	29	801	- 604
Bladder Cancer	46	126	54	125	+ 1
Drug Use	47	126	48	213	- 87
Maternal Conditions	48	125	19	1,749	- 1,624
Alcohol	49	116	61	48	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	115	35	548	- 433
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	108	80	0	+ 108
Meningitis	52	104	22	1,325	- 1,221
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	95	36	542	- 447
Upper Respiratory	54	52	59	65	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	52	64	26	+ 26
Appendicitis	56	43	58	66	- 23
Fires	57	43	30	793	- 749
Schizophrenia	58	37	86	0	+ 37
Hepatitis B	59	28	60	57	- 29
Osteoarthritis	60	16	81	0	+ 16
Poisonings	61	15	37	515	- 500
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	67	14	- 4
Encephalitis	63	10	56	117	- 107
Dengue	64	7	73	0	+ 7
Syphilis	65	5	55	124	- 119
Hepatitis C	66	2	66	14	- 12
War	67	2	65	26	- 24
Otitis Media	68	2	68	3	- 2
Tetanus	69	1	57	102	- 100
Leishmaniasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Pertussis	74	1	42	419	- 418
Ascariasis	75	0	70	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	63	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	80	0	53	172	- 172
Malaria	81	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	71	2	- 2
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Panama

Zimbabwe

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.