PANAMA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,775	1	2,624	+ 2,151
Stroke	2	2,054	2	2,006	+ 48
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,507	9	591	+ 916
Kidney Disease	4	1,107	3	1,106	+ 1
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	750	7	697	+ 53
Falls	6	653	37	92	+ 561
Liver Disease	7	603	15	325	+ 278
Other Injuries	8	490	35	100	+ 390
Diabetes Mellitus	9	476	4	1,070	- 594
Lung Disease	10	348	5	815	- 467
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	299	17	296	+ 2
Congenital Anomalies	12	282	13	378	- 95
Suicide	13	250	32	121	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	199	14	352	- 153
Endocrine Disorders	15	177	18	279	- 102
Inflammatory/Heart	16	164	20	270	- 106
Asthma	17	143	43	56	+ 87
Low Birth Weight	18	121	22	238	- 117
Leukemia	19	113	25	189	- 76
Breast Cancer	20	111	19	279	- 168
Liver Cancer	21	103	27	182	- 78
Hypertension	22	102	10	510	- 408
Fires	23	101	57	11	+ 90
Drownings	24	100	34	103	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	25	95	33	115	- 20
Lung Cancers	26	95	16	303	- 208
Tuberculosis	27	92	23	223	- 131
Lymphomas	28	88	24	205	- 117
Epilepsy	29	85	39	66	+ 18
Violence	30	79	6	730	- 651
Pancreas Cancer	31	64	29	135	- 71
Skin Disease	32	63	30	127	- 64
Drug Use	33	60	47	33	+ 27
Oral Cancer	34	57	38	78	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	56	28	163	- 107
Stomach Cancer	36	48	11	397	- 349
Birth Trauma	37	42	36	94	- 52
Uterin Cancer	38	40	40	66	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	34	53	25	+ 9
Poisonings	40	34	61	4	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	34	50	30	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	42	30	41	64	- 33
Encephalitis	43	29	63	3	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	44	28	45	52	- 23
Meningitis	45	28	52	27	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	46	26	46	33	- 7
HIV/AIDS	47	23	8	653	- 630
Maternal Conditions	48	21	48	32	- 11
Cervical Cancer	49	19	26	185	- 165
Prostate Cancer	50	18	12	390	- 372
Alcohol	51	16	49	30	- 15
Malnutrition	52	10	31	122	- 113
Hepatitis B	53	7	59	7	- 0
Pertussis	54	7	74	0	+ 7
Skin Cancers	55	7	44	56	- 49
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	62	3	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	57	5	21	256	- 251
Appendicitis	58	4	56	11	- 7
Syphilis	59	4	65	1	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	60	3	80	0	+ 3
Tetanus	61	2	69	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	55	14	- 13
Dengue	63	1	64	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	+ 0
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	54	14	- 14
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.