PANAMA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,600	1	2,624	+ 3,976
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,754	17	296	+ 3,458
Lung Disease	3	2,554	5	815	+ 1,739
Stroke	4	2,072	2	2,006	+ 66
Lung Cancers	5	2,033	16	303	+ 1,730
Kidney Disease	6	1,122	3	1,106	+ 16
Drug Use	7	973	47	33	+ 940
Hypertension	8	862	10	510	+ 352
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	808	14	352	+ 456
Diabetes Mellitus	10	803	4	1,070	- 267
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	788	7	697	+ 92
Suicide	12	694	32	121	+ 573
Breast Cancer	13	636	19	279	+ 358
Endocrine Disorders	14	614	18	279	+ 335
Pancreas Cancer	15	579	29	135	+ 444
Liver Disease	16	567	15	325	+ 242
Road Traffic Accidents	17	545	9	591	- 46
Falls	18	528	37	92	+ 436
Lymphomas	19	527	24	205	+ 322
Prostate Cancer	20	466	12	390	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	21	451	33	115	+ 336
Inflammatory/Heart	22	425	20	270	+ 155
Liver Cancer	23	354	27	182	+ 172
Leukemia	24	353	25	189	+ 164
Other Injuries	25	340	35	100	+ 240
Bladder Cancer	26	257	46	33	+ 224
Violence	27	248	6	730	- 482
Oesophagus Cancer	28	233	45	52	+ 182
Other Neoplasms	29	232	21	256	- 24
Alcohol	30	192	49	30	+ 161
Ovary Cancer	31	191	41	64	+ 127
Skin Cancers	32	187	44	56	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	33	171	11	397	- 226
Congenital Anomalies	34	154	13	378	- 224
Oral Cancer	35	151	38	78	+ 73
Uterin Cancer	36	132	40	66	+ 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	130	28	163	- 33
Cervical Cancer	38	91	26	185	- 93
Low Birth Weight	39	91	22	238	- 147
Malnutrition	40	88	31	122	- 34
Hepatitis C	41	74	66	1	+ 74
HIV/AIDS	42	74	8	653	- 579
Skin Disease	43	71	30	127	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	44	66	62	3	+ 63
Drownings	45	53	34	103	- 50
Asthma	46	50	43	56	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	48	53	25	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	45	50	30	+ 15
Fires	49	42	57	11	+ 30
Epilepsy	50	41	39	66	- 25
Anemia	51	41	42	63	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	32	55	14	+ 19
Poisonings	53	22	61	4	+ 18
Birth Trauma	54	16	36	94	- 78
War	55	16	67	0	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	56	10	48	32	- 22
Schizophrenia	57	9	58	10	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	9	51	28	- 19
Hepatitis B	59	8	59	7	+ 1
Meningitis	60	8	52	27	- 19
Osteoarthritis	61	8	60	4	+ 3
Tuberculosis	62	7	23	223	- 216
Appendicitis	63	6	56	11	- 6
Oral conditions	64	4	72	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	3	54	14	- 11
Syphilis	66	1	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	63	3	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	64	2	- 2
Malaria	77	0	81	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	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

United States

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.