PANAMA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,887	1	2,624	+ 2,263
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,003	17	296	+ 3,707
Stroke	3	2,742	2	2,006	+ 736
Lung Cancers	4	2,092	16	303	+ 1,790
Lung Disease	5	1,789	5	815	+ 974
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,603	14	352	+ 1,251
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,297	7	697	+ 600
Kidney Disease	8	919	3	1,106	- 187
Hypertension	9	862	10	510	+ 352
Diabetes Mellitus	10	735	4	1,070	- 335
Breast Cancer	11	668	19	279	+ 390
Pancreas Cancer	12	638	29	135	+ 503
Prostate Cancer	13	607	12	390	+ 217
Stomach Cancer	14	548	11	397	+ 151
Other Injuries	15	523	35	100	+ 424
Lymphomas	16	504	24	205	+ 300
Bladder Cancer	17	494	46	33	+ 461
Liver Cancer	18	482	27	182	+ 300
Inflammatory/Heart	19	471	20	270	+ 201
Parkinson's Disease	20	467	33	115	+ 353
Endocrine Disorders	21	460	18	279	+ 181
Other Neoplasms	22	449	21	256	+ 193
Liver Disease	23	400	15	325	+ 75
Leukemia	24	357	25	189	+ 168
Suicide	25	341	32	121	+ 220
Falls	26	307	37	92	+ 215
Oral Cancer	27	244	38	78	+ 166
Ovary Cancer	28	192	41	64	+ 128
Oesophagus Cancer	29	190	45	52	+ 139
Skin Disease	30	174	30	127	+ 47
Road Traffic Accidents	31	173	9	591	- 418
Skin Cancers	32	170	44	56	+ 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	152	53	25	+ 128
Uterin Cancer	34	152	40	66	+ 87
Asthma	35	107	43	56	+ 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	101	28	163	- 62
Anemia	37	86	42	63	+ 23
Congenital Anomalies	38	82	13	378	- 296
Cervical Cancer	39	81	26	185	- 104
Epilepsy	40	78	39	66	+ 11
Drug Use	41	73	47	33	+ 41
Hepatitis C	42	62	66	1	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	43	51	8	653	- 602
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	45	50	30	+ 15
Drownings	45	42	34	103	- 61
Alcohol	46	32	49	30	+ 1
Malnutrition	47	29	31	122	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	28	55	14	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	49	27	62	3	+ 24
Tuberculosis	50	26	23	223	- 197
Violence	51	25	6	730	- 705
Low Birth Weight	52	24	22	238	- 214
Osteoarthritis	53	20	60	4	+ 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	19	51	28	- 9
Fires	55	17	57	11	+ 6
Schizophrenia	56	17	58	10	+ 7
Poisonings	57	16	61	4	+ 12
Hepatitis B	58	15	59	7	+ 8
Meningitis	59	12	52	27	- 15
Birth Trauma	60	11	36	94	- 83
Appendicitis	61	7	56	11	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	54	14	- 9
Oral conditions	63	4	72	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	64	1	48	32	- 31
Leishmaniasis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	1	65	1	- 1
War	68	1	67	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	63	3	- 2
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.