PANAMA VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,407	1	2,624	- 217
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,287	7	697	+ 1,591
Stroke	3	2,197	2	2,006	+ 191
Lung Cancers	4	1,742	16	303	+ 1,439
Suicide	5	1,256	32	121	+ 1,135
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,042	17	296	+ 746
Liver Cancer	7	995	27	182	+ 813
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	874	14	352	+ 521
Kidney Disease	9	867	3	1,106	- 239
Stomach Cancer	10	740	11	397	+ 343
Lung Disease	11	732	5	815	- 83
Pancreas Cancer	12	600	29	135	+ 465
Diabetes Mellitus	13	585	4	1,070	- 485
Liver Disease	14	545	15	325	+ 219
Road Traffic Accidents	15	378	9	591	- 214
Parkinson's Disease	16	339	33	115	+ 225
Hypertension	17	318	10	510	- 191
Other Injuries	18	312	35	100	+ 212
Lymphomas	19	298	24	205	+ 94
Falls	20	252	37	92	+ 160
Breast Cancer	21	247	19	279	- 31
Prostate Cancer	22	199	12	390	- 191
Leukemia	23	184	25	189	- 5
Tuberculosis	24	167	23	223	- 56
Endocrine Disorders	25	162	18	279	- 117
Other Neoplasms	26	155	21	256	- 101
Bladder Cancer	27	152	46	33	+ 119
Oesophagus Cancer	28	149	45	52	+ 97
Oral Cancer	29	125	38	78	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	30	114	41	64	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	31	114	20	270	- 156
Asthma	32	99	43	56	+ 43
Alcohol	33	93	49	30	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	34	91	26	185	- 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	80	28	163	- 83
Skin Disease	36	60	30	127	- 67
Skin Cancers	37	50	44	56	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	46	50	30	+ 16
Hepatitis B	39	45	59	7	+ 38
Epilepsy	40	45	39	66	- 21
Congenital Anomalies	41	44	13	378	- 333
Drownings	42	43	34	103	- 60
Uterin Cancer	43	36	40	66	- 30
Violence	44	33	6	730	- 697
Low Birth Weight	45	32	22	238	- 206
Anemia	46	28	42	63	- 35
Fires	47	23	57	11	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	19	53	25	- 6
Hepatitis C	49	14	66	1	+ 14
Drug Use	50	13	47	33	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	13	55	14	- 1
Poisonings	52	10	61	4	+ 6
Malnutrition	53	8	31	122	- 115
Birth Trauma	54	8	36	94	- 86
HIV/AIDS	55	7	8	653	- 646
Schizophrenia	56	7	58	10	- 3
Appendicitis	57	5	56	11	- 7
Meningitis	58	4	52	27	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	4	51	28	- 24
Osteoarthritis	60	4	60	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	61	3	48	32	- 30
Syphilis	62	2	65	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	2	54	14	- 11
Oral conditions	64	2	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	62	3	- 2
Pertussis	67	1	74	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	64	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

South Korea

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.