PANAMA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,385	1	2,624	+ 3,761
Stroke	2	4,054	2	2,006	+ 2,048
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,783	4	1,070	+ 713
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,748	7	697	+ 1,051
Lung Disease	5	1,524	5	815	+ 709
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,123	28	163	+ 960
Kidney Disease	7	990	3	1,106	- 116
Suicide	8	760	32	121	+ 639
Liver Disease	9	723	15	325	+ 398
Congenital Anomalies	10	671	13	378	+ 293
Hypertension	11	661	10	510	+ 151
Road Traffic Accidents	12	627	9	591	+ 35
Asthma	13	626	43	56	+ 570
Low Birth Weight	14	609	22	238	+ 371
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	492	53	25	+ 467
Drownings	16	489	34	103	+ 386
Other Injuries	17	420	35	100	+ 320
Liver Cancer	18	386	27	182	+ 205
Birth Trauma	19	276	36	94	+ 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	259	50	30	+ 229
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	247	17	296	- 49
Tuberculosis	22	229	23	223	+ 6
Lung Cancers	23	211	16	303	- 92
Maternal Conditions	24	198	48	32	+ 166
Falls	25	185	37	92	+ 93
Breast Cancer	26	182	19	279	- 97
Cervical Cancer	27	180	26	185	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	28	163	33	115	+ 49
Inflammatory/Heart	29	156	20	270	- 114
Pertussis	30	143	74	0	+ 142
Malnutrition	31	141	31	122	+ 19
Leukemia	32	126	25	189	- 63
Endocrine Disorders	33	123	18	279	- 156
Prostate Cancer	34	122	12	390	- 268
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	119	14	352	- 233
Meningitis	36	113	52	27	+ 86
Syphilis	37	108	65	1	+ 106
Violence	38	95	6	730	- 634
Skin Disease	39	95	30	127	- 32
Stomach Cancer	40	86	11	397	- 311
Epilepsy	41	74	39	66	+ 8
Fires	42	59	57	11	+ 48
Alcohol	43	56	49	30	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	44	55	41	64	- 8
Lymphomas	45	45	24	205	- 160
Tetanus	46	40	69	0	+ 40
Poisonings	47	31	61	4	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	48	28	40	66	- 38
Bladder Cancer	49	26	46	33	- 7
Appendicitis	50	19	56	11	+ 8
Hepatitis B	51	17	59	7	+ 10
Encephalitis	52	15	63	3	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	53	12	29	135	- 123
Oral Cancer	54	12	38	78	- 67
Other Neoplasms	55	10	21	256	- 246
Drug Use	56	6	47	33	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	62	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	55	14	- 10
Dengue	59	3	64	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	2	66	1	+ 2
Measles	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	75	0	+ 1
War	64	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	54	14	- 13
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	8	653	- 653
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	79	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	80	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	45	52	- 52
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	58	10	- 10
Skin Cancers	86	0	44	56	- 56
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Vanuatu

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.