PANAMA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,849	1	2,624	+ 1,225
Violence	2	2,594	6	730	+ 1,864
Stroke	3	1,736	2	2,006	- 270
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,599	4	1,070	+ 529
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,592	9	591	+ 1,001
HIV/AIDS	6	1,071	8	653	+ 418
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,028	7	697	+ 331
Kidney Disease	8	849	3	1,106	- 258
Hypertension	9	743	10	510	+ 233
Lung Disease	10	737	5	815	- 78
Lung Cancers	11	558	16	303	+ 255
Low Birth Weight	12	442	22	238	+ 204
Prostate Cancer	13	407	12	390	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	14	407	13	378	+ 30
Breast Cancer	15	367	19	279	+ 88
Liver Disease	16	335	15	325	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	17	311	11	397	- 86
Other Neoplasms	18	310	21	256	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	291	14	352	- 61
Cervical Cancer	20	284	26	185	+ 100
Other Injuries	21	242	35	100	+ 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	194	28	163	+ 31
Lymphomas	23	178	24	205	- 26
Birth Trauma	24	156	36	94	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	25	155	29	135	+ 20
Liver Cancer	26	147	27	182	- 34
Leukemia	27	144	25	189	- 45
Falls	28	124	37	92	+ 32
Chagas disease	29	118	73	0	+ 118
Endocrine Disorders	30	109	18	279	- 170
Tuberculosis	31	107	23	223	- 116
Malnutrition	32	90	31	122	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	33	86	20	270	- 184
Suicide	34	84	32	121	- 38
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	82	17	296	- 214
Ovary Cancer	36	80	41	64	+ 17
Skin Cancers	37	79	44	56	+ 23
Oral Cancer	38	78	38	78	- 0
Maternal Conditions	39	60	48	32	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	60	50	30	+ 30
Epilepsy	41	59	39	66	- 8
Malaria	42	57	81	0	+ 57
Drownings	43	56	34	103	- 48
Oesophagus Cancer	44	53	45	52	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	45	52	46	33	+ 19
Asthma	46	44	43	56	- 12
Uterin Cancer	47	44	40	66	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	48	36	33	115	- 79
Meningitis	49	36	52	27	+ 9
Drug Use	50	32	47	33	- 1
War	51	26	67	0	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	26	55	14	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	22	51	28	- 7
Fires	54	21	57	11	+ 9
Anemia	55	18	42	63	- 45
Appendicitis	56	14	56	11	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	11	53	25	- 13
Poisonings	58	10	61	4	+ 6
Dengue	59	9	64	2	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	62	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	61	5	63	3	+ 3
Alcohol	62	5	49	30	- 25
Hepatitis B	63	4	59	7	- 3
Pertussis	64	4	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	66	3	30	127	- 125
Syphilis	67	2	65	1	+ 1
Tetanus	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	69	1	58	10	- 9
Ascariasis	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Leprosy	71	1	83	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	0	60	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	54	14	- 13
Otitis Media	75	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	80	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Venezuela

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.