PANAMA VS UNITED KINGDOM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED KINGDOM		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	6,408	17	296	+ 6,112
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,684	1	2,624	+ 2,060
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,647	7	697	+ 1,950
Stroke	4	2,457	2	2,006	+ 451
Lung Cancers	5	2,332	16	303	+ 2,029
Lung Disease	6	2,148	5	815	+ 1,333
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,204	14	352	+ 852
Prostate Cancer	8	868	12	390	+ 478
Breast Cancer	9	830	19	279	+ 552
Lymphomas	10	611	24	205	+ 406
Pancreas Cancer	11	587	29	135	+ 452
Oesophagus Cancer	12	570	45	52	+ 518
Parkinson's Disease	13	560	33	115	+ 445
Liver Disease	14	501	15	325	+ 175
Falls	15	497	37	92	+ 406
Bladder Cancer	16	400	46	33	+ 368
Diabetes Mellitus	17	381	4	1,070	- 689
Kidney Disease	18	357	3	1,106	- 749
Other Injuries	19	357	35	100	+ 257
Suicide	20	348	32	121	+ 226
Liver Cancer	21	342	27	182	+ 160
Leukemia	22	340	25	189	+ 151
Hypertension	23	340	10	510	- 170
Stomach Cancer	24	326	11	397	- 71
Ovary Cancer	25	262	41	64	+ 199
Other Neoplasms	26	260	21	256	+ 4
Skin Cancers	27	243	44	56	+ 188
Endocrine Disorders	28	215	18	279	- 64
Inflammatory/Heart	29	204	20	270	- 66
Oral Cancer	30	203	38	78	+ 125
Drug Use	31	184	47	33	+ 152
Uterin Cancer	32	153	40	66	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	33	142	9	591	- 450
Skin Disease	34	139	30	127	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	35	139	13	378	- 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	136	50	30	+ 106
Multiple Sclerosis	37	121	62	3	+ 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	104	28	163	- 59
Alcohol	39	102	49	30	+ 71
Low Birth Weight	40	86	22	238	- 152
Asthma	41	85	43	56	+ 29
Epilepsy	42	78	39	66	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	43	72	26	185	- 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	66	55	14	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	57	53	25	+ 32
Violence	46	57	6	730	- 673
Tuberculosis	47	23	23	223	- 200
Fires	48	22	57	11	+ 11
Drownings	49	20	34	103	- 84
Anemia	50	18	42	63	- 45
Hepatitis C	51	17	66	1	+ 17
Meningitis	52	15	52	27	- 12
Poisonings	53	14	61	4	+ 10
Birth Trauma	54	12	36	94	- 81
HIV/AIDS	55	12	8	653	- 641
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	12	51	28	- 16
Osteoarthritis	57	11	60	4	+ 7
Malnutrition	58	8	31	122	- 115
Appendicitis	59	7	56	11	- 4
Schizophrenia	60	7	58	10	- 3
Oral conditions	61	4	72	0	+ 3
Syphilis	62	3	65	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	3	54	14	- 11
Maternal Conditions	64	3	48	32	- 29
Hepatitis B	65	3	59	7	- 5
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 1
War	67	1	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	63	3	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

United Kingdom

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.