PANAMA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,102	7	697	+ 1,405
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,888	1	2,624	- 736
Stroke	3	1,059	2	2,006	- 947
Kidney Disease	4	992	3	1,106	- 114
Liver Disease	5	874	15	325	+ 549
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	797	17	296	+ 501
Stomach Cancer	7	695	11	397	+ 298
Diabetes Mellitus	8	608	4	1,070	- 462
Road Traffic Accidents	9	605	9	591	+ 14
Lung Cancers	10	434	16	303	+ 132
Prostate Cancer	11	434	12	390	+ 44
Violence	12	413	6	730	- 317
Other Injuries	13	394	35	100	+ 295
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	362	14	352	+ 10
Lung Disease	15	345	5	815	- 470
Liver Cancer	16	340	27	182	+ 158
Tuberculosis	17	326	23	223	+ 103
Lymphomas	18	309	24	205	+ 104
Congenital Anomalies	19	274	13	378	- 104
Breast Cancer	20	270	19	279	- 9
Cervical Cancer	21	264	26	185	+ 79
Leukemia	22	254	25	189	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	23	220	29	135	+ 85
Low Birth Weight	24	202	22	238	- 35
Falls	25	176	37	92	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	26	174	33	115	+ 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	152	28	163	- 11
Hypertension	28	145	10	510	- 364
Malnutrition	29	138	31	122	+ 16
Suicide	30	124	32	121	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	31	116	8	653	- 537
Skin Cancers	32	108	44	56	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	33	98	41	64	+ 34
Drug Use	34	87	47	33	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	83	50	30	+ 53
Drownings	36	80	34	103	- 23
Birth Trauma	37	74	36	94	- 20
Oral Cancer	38	71	38	78	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	39	68	20	270	- 202
Endocrine Disorders	40	65	18	279	- 214
Bladder Cancer	41	63	46	33	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	42	54	45	52	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	43	47	48	32	+ 15
Alcohol	44	44	49	30	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	45	42	40	66	- 24
Encephalitis	46	38	63	3	+ 36
Epilepsy	47	36	39	66	- 31
Pertussis	48	36	74	0	+ 36
Fires	49	33	57	11	+ 21
Asthma	50	29	43	56	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	27	53	25	+ 2
Syphilis	52	25	65	1	+ 24
Appendicitis	53	23	56	11	+ 12
Skin Disease	54	21	30	127	- 106
Poisonings	55	17	61	4	+ 13
Meningitis	56	16	52	27	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	15	55	14	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	7	21	256	- 249
Chagas disease	59	7	73	0	+ 6
Tetanus	60	7	69	0	+ 6
Malaria	61	5	81	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	62	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	54	14	- 12
Hepatitis B	64	1	59	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	1	- 0
Dengue	66	0	64	2	- 1
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Schizophrenia	83	0	58	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.