PANAMA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,349	1	2,624	+ 2,725
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,534	4	1,070	+ 1,464
Lung Disease	3	1,923	5	815	+ 1,108
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,411	17	296	+ 1,115
Kidney Disease	5	1,395	3	1,106	+ 288
Stroke	6	1,384	2	2,006	- 622
Asthma	7	1,316	43	56	+ 1,260
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,041	7	697	+ 344
Road Traffic Accidents	9	854	9	591	+ 263
Suicide	10	605	32	121	+ 484
Oral Cancer	11	588	38	78	+ 510
Lung Cancers	12	361	16	303	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	13	314	45	52	+ 262
Other Injuries	14	311	35	100	+ 211
Breast Cancer	15	281	19	279	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	16	269	11	397	- 128
Liver Disease	17	265	15	325	- 61
Leukemia	18	235	25	189	+ 46
Liver Cancer	19	222	27	182	+ 40
Hypertension	20	215	10	510	- 295
Lymphomas	21	209	24	205	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	22	201	13	378	- 176
Falls	23	196	37	92	+ 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	185	14	352	- 167
Tuberculosis	25	156	23	223	- 67
Cervical Cancer	26	155	26	185	- 30
Drownings	27	149	34	103	+ 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	123	28	163	- 40
Low Birth Weight	29	109	22	238	- 129
Prostate Cancer	30	103	12	390	- 287
Violence	31	101	6	730	- 628
Endocrine Disorders	32	94	18	279	- 185
Anemia	33	91	42	63	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	34	88	46	33	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	35	86	20	270	- 183
Skin Disease	36	59	30	127	- 68
Ovary Cancer	37	57	41	64	- 6
War	38	57	67	0	+ 56
Epilepsy	39	55	39	66	- 12
Drug Use	40	52	47	33	+ 19
Fires	41	49	57	11	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	42	44	40	66	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	43	43	29	135	- 92
Birth Trauma	44	39	36	94	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	45	34	33	115	- 80
Meningitis	46	30	52	27	+ 3
Dengue	47	27	64	2	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	48	20	48	32	- 13
Poisonings	49	19	61	4	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	50	17	21	256	- 239
Alcohol	51	17	49	30	- 13
Skin Cancers	52	12	44	56	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	10	53	25	- 15
Malnutrition	54	9	31	122	- 113
HIV/AIDS	55	8	8	653	- 645
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	8	50	30	- 22
Tetanus	57	6	69	0	+ 5
Syphilis	58	3	65	1	+ 2
Pertussis	59	3	74	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	55	14	- 11
Encephalitis	61	2	63	3	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	59	7	- 6
Leprosy	63	1	83	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	56	11	- 10
Schizophrenia	65	1	58	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	66	1	54	14	- 13
Osteoarthritis	67	1	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	68	1	72	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	62	3	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	51	28	- 28
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	73	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

Sri Lanka

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.