PANAMA VS THAILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	THAILAND		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,280	1	2,624	+ 656
Stroke	2	3,214	2	2,006	+ 1,208
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,000	7	697	+ 1,304
Kidney Disease	4	1,715	3	1,106	+ 609
Liver Cancer	5	1,527	27	182	+ 1,345
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,461	17	296	+ 1,165
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,434	9	591	+ 843
Lung Cancers	8	1,425	16	303	+ 1,123
Lung Disease	9	1,245	5	815	+ 430
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,200	4	1,070	+ 130
Liver Disease	11	1,125	15	325	+ 799
HIV/AIDS	12	890	8	653	+ 237
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	633	14	352	+ 281
Tuberculosis	14	611	23	223	+ 388
Diarrhoeal diseases	15	439	28	163	+ 276
Suicide	16	393	32	121	+ 272
Breast Cancer	17	387	19	279	+ 108
Falls	18	346	37	92	+ 254
Cervical Cancer	19	327	26	185	+ 142
Oral Cancer	20	317	38	78	+ 239
Other Injuries	21	311	35	100	+ 212
Lymphomas	22	290	24	205	+ 86
Parkinson's Disease	23	274	33	115	+ 160
Asthma	24	267	43	56	+ 211
Drownings	25	253	34	103	+ 150
Leukemia	26	249	25	189	+ 61
Stomach Cancer	27	221	11	397	- 176
Skin Disease	28	216	30	127	+ 88
Oesophagus Cancer	29	202	45	52	+ 150
Prostate Cancer	30	193	12	390	- 197
Violence	31	190	6	730	- 540
Inflammatory/Heart	32	184	20	270	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	33	152	29	135	+ 17
Hypertension	34	139	10	510	- 371
Congenital Anomalies	35	135	13	378	- 243
Ovary Cancer	36	128	41	64	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	37	121	18	279	- 158
Bladder Cancer	38	115	46	33	+ 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	107	50	30	+ 77
Low Birth Weight	40	99	22	238	- 139
Skin Cancers	41	72	44	56	+ 17
Malnutrition	42	61	31	122	- 61
Meningitis	43	59	52	27	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	44	55	40	66	- 10
Drug Use	45	51	47	33	+ 18
Encephalitis	46	46	63	3	+ 44
Epilepsy	47	44	39	66	- 22
Fires	48	39	57	11	+ 28
Alcohol	49	35	49	30	+ 5
Birth Trauma	50	34	36	94	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	28	53	25	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	52	15	48	32	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	12	55	14	- 1
Other Neoplasms	54	12	21	256	- 244
Dengue	55	11	64	2	+ 9
Hepatitis B	56	10	59	7	+ 3
Poisonings	57	8	61	4	+ 4
Tetanus	58	7	69	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	7	56	11	- 4
War	60	6	67	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	62	3	+ 3
Pertussis	62	5	74	0	+ 5
Measles	63	4	79	0	+ 4
Syphilis	64	2	65	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	54	14	- 13
Malaria	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	82	0	60	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	85	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Thailand

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.