PANAMA VS SWITZERLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWITZERLAND		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,405	1	2,624	+ 2,781
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,629	17	296	+ 3,332
Stroke	3	1,976	2	2,006	- 29
Lung Cancers	4	1,776	16	303	+ 1,473
Lung Disease	5	1,464	5	815	+ 649
Hypertension	6	1,247	10	510	+ 737
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,006	14	352	+ 654
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	983	7	697	+ 287
Falls	9	968	37	92	+ 876
Prostate Cancer	10	797	12	390	+ 407
Breast Cancer	11	796	19	279	+ 517
Pancreas Cancer	12	750	29	135	+ 615
Kidney Disease	13	636	3	1,106	- 470
Suicide	14	630	32	121	+ 509
Lymphomas	15	571	24	205	+ 366
Inflammatory/Heart	16	518	20	270	+ 248
Diabetes Mellitus	17	516	4	1,070	- 555
Parkinson's Disease	18	432	33	115	+ 318
Liver Cancer	19	406	27	182	+ 225
Other Neoplasms	20	344	21	256	+ 88
Liver Disease	21	342	15	325	+ 16
Leukemia	22	339	25	189	+ 150
Bladder Cancer	23	338	46	33	+ 305
Stomach Cancer	24	310	11	397	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	25	299	18	279	+ 20
Oral Cancer	26	252	38	78	+ 174
Skin Cancers	27	249	44	56	+ 193
Oesophagus Cancer	28	248	45	52	+ 196
Ovary Cancer	29	231	41	64	+ 167
Other Injuries	30	207	35	100	+ 107
Congenital Anomalies	31	154	13	378	- 224
Alcohol	32	115	49	30	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	33	113	40	66	+ 47
Road Traffic Accidents	34	97	9	591	- 494
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	94	28	163	- 69
Drug Use	36	89	47	33	+ 56
Osteoarthritis	37	86	60	4	+ 81
Multiple Sclerosis	38	81	62	3	+ 78
Epilepsy	39	80	39	66	+ 13
Skin Disease	40	65	30	127	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	62	50	30	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	42	53	26	185	- 132
Low Birth Weight	43	53	22	238	- 185
Anemia	44	51	42	63	- 12
Schizophrenia	45	49	58	10	+ 39
Asthma	46	48	43	56	- 8
Malnutrition	47	42	31	122	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	39	53	25	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	34	55	14	+ 21
Drownings	50	25	34	103	- 78
Violence	51	21	6	730	- 708
Birth Trauma	52	16	36	94	- 78
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	16	51	28	- 12
HIV/AIDS	54	15	8	653	- 638
Fires	55	11	57	11	- 1
Tuberculosis	56	11	23	223	- 212
Meningitis	57	10	52	27	- 17
Hepatitis C	58	8	66	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	7	56	11	- 4
Poisonings	60	7	61	4	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	61	5	54	14	- 8
Oral conditions	62	4	72	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	2	59	7	- 5
Maternal Conditions	64	2	48	32	- 30
Syphilis	65	1	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	66	1	71	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	63	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Switzerland

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.