PANAMA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,325	8	653	+ 4,672
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,910	7	697	+ 2,213
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,421	1	2,624	- 203
Stroke	4	2,270	2	2,006	+ 264
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,233	4	1,070	+ 1,163
Tuberculosis	6	1,625	23	223	+ 1,402
Violence	7	1,553	6	730	+ 823
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,172	28	163	+ 1,009
Kidney Disease	9	1,132	3	1,106	+ 25
Suicide	10	1,019	32	121	+ 897
Road Traffic Accidents	11	963	9	591	+ 371
Hypertension	12	946	10	510	+ 436
Lung Disease	13	880	5	815	+ 65
Liver Disease	14	667	15	325	+ 341
Lung Cancers	15	570	16	303	+ 267
Low Birth Weight	16	462	22	238	+ 224
Other Injuries	17	445	35	100	+ 345
Asthma	18	441	43	56	+ 385
Endocrine Disorders	19	436	18	279	+ 157
Cervical Cancer	20	411	26	185	+ 226
Inflammatory/Heart	21	400	20	270	+ 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	346	17	296	+ 50
Breast Cancer	23	335	19	279	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	24	323	12	390	- 66
Congenital Anomalies	25	322	13	378	- 56
Meningitis	26	271	52	27	+ 244
Fires	27	268	57	11	+ 256
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	265	14	352	- 87
Oesophagus Cancer	29	258	45	52	+ 206
Birth Trauma	30	222	36	94	+ 128
Lymphomas	31	208	24	205	+ 4
Drownings	32	178	34	103	+ 74
Liver Cancer	33	176	27	182	- 5
Malnutrition	34	176	31	122	+ 54
Pancreas Cancer	35	148	29	135	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	140	50	30	+ 110
Epilepsy	37	138	39	66	+ 72
Maternal Conditions	38	126	48	32	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	39	113	11	397	- 283
Leukemia	40	108	25	189	- 81
Oral Cancer	41	104	38	78	+ 26
Falls	42	103	37	92	+ 12
Pertussis	43	84	74	0	+ 84
Syphilis	44	84	65	1	+ 82
Skin Disease	45	81	30	127	- 46
Parkinson's Disease	46	80	33	115	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	75	53	25	+ 50
Skin Cancers	48	73	44	56	+ 18
Alcohol	49	73	49	30	+ 43
Poisonings	50	72	61	4	+ 68
Ovary Cancer	51	70	41	64	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	52	61	46	33	+ 28
Drug Use	53	57	47	33	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	54	38	40	66	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	28	55	14	+ 14
Appendicitis	56	20	56	11	+ 9
Measles	57	20	79	0	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	58	20	21	256	- 236
Encephalitis	59	17	63	3	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	60	16	54	14	+ 3
Hepatitis B	61	10	59	7	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	62	3	+ 6
Malaria	63	6	81	0	+ 6
War	64	5	67	0	+ 4
Tetanus	65	3	69	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	66	3	80	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	42	63	- 63
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	51	28	- 28
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

South Africa

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.