PANAMA VS SINGAPORE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SINGAPORE		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,924	1	2,624	+ 1,300
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,848	7	697	+ 3,151
Stroke	3	1,156	2	2,006	- 850
Lung Cancers	4	1,142	16	303	+ 839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	892	14	352	+ 539
Kidney Disease	6	763	3	1,106	- 344
Liver Cancer	7	553	27	182	+ 371
Hypertension	8	543	10	510	+ 33
Suicide	9	482	32	121	+ 361
Breast Cancer	10	449	19	279	+ 170
Pancreas Cancer	11	398	29	135	+ 263
Stomach Cancer	12	300	11	397	- 97
Lymphomas	13	294	24	205	+ 90
Lung Disease	14	284	5	815	- 531
Oral Cancer	15	235	38	78	+ 157
Prostate Cancer	16	224	12	390	- 165
Leukemia	17	185	25	189	- 4
Falls	18	161	37	92	+ 69
Inflammatory/Heart	19	160	20	270	- 110
Liver Disease	20	155	15	325	- 170
Ovary Cancer	21	151	41	64	+ 87
Other Neoplasms	22	145	21	256	- 111
Uterin Cancer	23	109	40	66	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	24	101	45	52	+ 50
Skin Disease	25	101	30	127	- 27
Road Traffic Accidents	26	90	9	591	- 501
Bladder Cancer	27	89	46	33	+ 56
Diabetes Mellitus	28	80	4	1,070	- 990
Parkinson's Disease	29	67	33	115	- 48
Cervical Cancer	30	63	26	185	- 121
Congenital Anomalies	31	59	13	378	- 319
Other Injuries	32	59	35	100	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	51	50	30	+ 21
Skin Cancers	34	42	44	56	- 14
Asthma	35	27	43	56	- 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	24	17	296	- 272
Endocrine Disorders	37	23	18	279	- 257
Drownings	38	21	34	103	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	21	28	163	- 142
Tuberculosis	40	19	23	223	- 204
Low Birth Weight	41	19	22	238	- 219
Epilepsy	42	18	39	66	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	16	53	25	- 8
Drug Use	44	14	47	33	- 19
HIV/AIDS	45	13	8	653	- 640
Violence	46	11	6	730	- 719
Alcohol	47	8	49	30	- 23
Meningitis	48	6	52	27	- 21
Fires	49	5	57	11	- 6
Appendicitis	50	4	56	11	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	4	51	28	- 24
Hepatitis B	52	3	59	7	- 4
Maternal Conditions	53	2	48	32	- 30
Upper Respiratory	54	2	54	14	- 11
Birth Trauma	55	2	36	94	- 91
Hepatitis C	56	2	66	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	62	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	55	14	- 12
War	59	2	67	0	+ 1
Poisonings	60	1	61	4	- 3
Encephalitis	61	0	63	3	- 3
Pertussis	62	0	74	0	- 0
Malnutrition	63	0	31	122	- 122
Diphtheria	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	66	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	68	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	69	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Otitis Media	79	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	81	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	60	4	- 4
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

Singapore

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.