PANAMA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,640	1	2,624	+ 3,016
Stroke	2	5,404	2	2,006	+ 3,398
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,149	17	296	+ 2,853
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,001	7	697	+ 2,304
Lung Cancers	5	1,930	16	303	+ 1,627
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,922	14	352	+ 1,570
Lung Disease	7	1,877	5	815	+ 1,062
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,577	4	1,070	+ 507
Kidney Disease	9	1,228	3	1,106	+ 121
Stomach Cancer	10	1,109	11	397	+ 712
Prostate Cancer	11	930	12	390	+ 540
Breast Cancer	12	875	19	279	+ 596
Other Injuries	13	848	35	100	+ 749
Hypertension	14	823	10	510	+ 313
Pancreas Cancer	15	731	29	135	+ 596
Lymphomas	16	704	24	205	+ 499
Endocrine Disorders	17	677	18	279	+ 398
Liver Cancer	18	556	27	182	+ 375
Suicide	19	513	32	121	+ 392
Bladder Cancer	20	513	46	33	+ 480
Parkinson's Disease	21	499	33	115	+ 384
Liver Disease	22	493	15	325	+ 167
Falls	23	452	37	92	+ 360
Leukemia	24	445	25	189	+ 256
Oral Cancer	25	399	38	78	+ 321
Inflammatory/Heart	26	398	20	270	+ 128
Road Traffic Accidents	27	367	9	591	- 224
Other Neoplasms	28	286	21	256	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	29	273	45	52	+ 221
Skin Cancers	30	229	44	56	+ 173
Epilepsy	31	182	39	66	+ 115
Uterin Cancer	32	178	40	66	+ 112
Ovary Cancer	33	174	41	64	+ 110
Cervical Cancer	34	144	26	185	- 41
HIV/AIDS	35	140	8	653	- 513
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	101	28	163	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	100	50	30	+ 70
Tuberculosis	38	93	23	223	- 130
Skin Disease	39	89	30	127	- 39
Congenital Anomalies	40	86	13	378	- 292
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	74	53	25	+ 49
Anemia	42	66	42	63	+ 3
Asthma	43	64	43	56	+ 8
Drug Use	44	56	47	33	+ 23
Alcohol	45	49	49	30	+ 18
Fires	46	47	57	11	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	43	55	14	+ 30
Violence	48	42	6	730	- 688
Hepatitis C	49	38	66	1	+ 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	36	51	28	+ 8
Drownings	51	35	34	103	- 69
Low Birth Weight	52	35	22	238	- 203
Malnutrition	53	34	31	122	- 88
Multiple Sclerosis	54	25	62	3	+ 22
Schizophrenia	55	22	58	10	+ 12
Meningitis	56	19	52	27	- 8
Poisonings	57	13	61	4	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	58	13	60	4	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	11	59	7	+ 4
Birth Trauma	60	10	36	94	- 83
Appendicitis	61	9	56	11	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	6	54	14	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	3	48	32	- 29
Syphilis	64	1	65	1	- 0
Oral conditions	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	1	63	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	68	1	70	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Portugal

Panama

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.