PANAMA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,722	2	2,006	+ 4,716
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,886	1	2,624	+ 1,262
Lung Disease	3	1,516	5	815	+ 701
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,431	4	1,070	+ 361
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,246	9	591	+ 655
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,239	17	296	+ 942
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,177	7	697	+ 480
Kidney Disease	8	1,067	3	1,106	- 39
Liver Cancer	9	1,056	27	182	+ 875
Liver Disease	10	1,010	15	325	+ 685
Lung Cancers	11	900	16	303	+ 597
Hypertension	12	840	10	510	+ 330
Falls	13	652	37	92	+ 560
Stomach Cancer	14	640	11	397	+ 243
Tuberculosis	15	399	23	223	+ 176
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	349	14	352	- 3
Asthma	17	344	43	56	+ 288
Suicide	18	306	32	121	+ 185
Low Birth Weight	19	301	22	238	+ 64
Oral Cancer	20	300	38	78	+ 221
Congenital Anomalies	21	299	13	378	- 79
Breast Cancer	22	262	19	279	- 17
Other Injuries	23	234	35	100	+ 134
Inflammatory/Heart	24	226	20	270	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	25	226	33	115	+ 111
Drownings	26	215	34	103	+ 112
HIV/AIDS	27	211	8	653	- 442
Leukemia	28	207	25	189	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	186	28	163	+ 23
Lymphomas	30	125	24	205	- 79
Cervical Cancer	31	101	26	185	- 83
Birth Trauma	32	99	36	94	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	33	96	45	52	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	34	88	18	279	- 191
Prostate Cancer	35	81	12	390	- 309
Violence	36	75	6	730	- 654
Measles	37	75	79	0	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	72	53	25	+ 47
Encephalitis	39	66	63	3	+ 63
Skin Disease	40	64	30	127	- 63
Drug Use	41	58	47	33	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	42	49	40	66	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	40	50	30	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	44	39	29	135	- 96
Bladder Cancer	45	38	46	33	+ 5
Alcohol	46	37	49	30	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	47	37	41	64	- 27
Poisonings	48	35	61	4	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	49	33	48	32	+ 0
Pertussis	50	30	74	0	+ 30
Meningitis	51	26	52	27	- 1
Fires	52	25	57	11	+ 14
Epilepsy	53	25	39	66	- 42
Skin Cancers	54	20	44	56	- 36
Hepatitis B	55	16	59	7	+ 9
Syphilis	56	14	65	1	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	57	14	21	256	- 242
Tetanus	58	12	69	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	55	14	- 4
Appendicitis	60	8	56	11	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	62	3	+ 3
Dengue	62	5	64	2	+ 3
Malnutrition	63	5	31	122	- 117
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	1	+ 3
War	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	54	14	- 12
Malaria	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	63	- 63
Schizophrenia	82	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	85	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.