PANAMA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,704	8	653	+ 3,051
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,045	7	697	+ 1,349
Stroke	3	1,708	2	2,006	- 298
Malaria	4	1,694	81	0	+ 1,694
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,349	28	163	+ 1,186
Tuberculosis	6	1,277	23	223	+ 1,054
Birth Trauma	7	1,088	36	94	+ 994
Low Birth Weight	8	1,044	22	238	+ 806
Liver Disease	9	967	15	325	+ 642
Coronary Heart Disease	10	952	1	2,624	- 1,671
Road Traffic Accidents	11	785	9	591	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	12	676	13	378	+ 299
Hypertension	13	562	10	510	+ 52
Diabetes Mellitus	14	515	4	1,070	- 555
Malnutrition	15	495	31	122	+ 373
Meningitis	16	425	52	27	+ 398
Cervical Cancer	17	387	26	185	+ 202
Kidney Disease	18	378	3	1,106	- 728
Other Injuries	19	372	35	100	+ 272
Suicide	20	280	32	121	+ 159
Lung Disease	21	273	5	815	- 542
Maternal Conditions	22	255	48	32	+ 223
Violence	23	248	6	730	- 482
Syphilis	24	190	65	1	+ 189
Pertussis	25	160	74	0	+ 159
Asthma	26	159	43	56	+ 103
Drownings	27	148	34	103	+ 45
Falls	28	128	37	92	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	127	17	296	- 170
Prostate Cancer	30	121	12	390	- 269
Lymphomas	31	118	24	205	- 87
Fires	32	117	57	11	+ 106
Inflammatory/Heart	33	108	20	270	- 162
Poisonings	34	98	61	4	+ 94
Breast Cancer	35	79	19	279	- 200
Oesophagus Cancer	36	77	45	52	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	37	76	18	279	- 203
Epilepsy	38	71	39	66	+ 5
Leukemia	39	56	25	189	- 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	53	50	30	+ 23
Lung Cancers	41	49	16	303	- 254
Stomach Cancer	42	44	11	397	- 353
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	44	14	352	- 309
Tetanus	44	41	69	0	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	41	53	25	+ 16
Liver Cancer	46	38	27	182	- 144
Parkinson's Disease	47	35	33	115	- 79
Oral Cancer	48	33	38	78	- 45
Alcohol	49	30	49	30	- 0
Bladder Cancer	50	28	46	33	- 5
Schistosomiasis	51	28	80	0	+ 28
Skin Disease	52	27	30	127	- 100
Drug Use	53	26	47	33	- 6
Skin Cancers	54	23	44	56	- 33
Hepatitis B	55	22	59	7	+ 15
Appendicitis	56	18	56	11	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	57	18	41	64	- 46
Leishmaniasis	58	16	70	0	+ 15
Encephalitis	59	15	63	3	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	60	15	54	14	+ 1
Measles	61	10	79	0	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	62	9	29	135	- 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	55	14	- 7
Uterin Cancer	64	6	40	66	- 59
Other Neoplasms	65	4	21	256	- 252
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	62	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	2	75	0	+ 2
War	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	1	78	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	58	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
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

Zambia

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.