PANAMA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,974	1	2,624	+ 1,350
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,944	4	1,070	+ 1,874
Kidney Disease	3	1,526	3	1,106	+ 419
Stroke	4	1,360	2	2,006	- 645
Violence	5	1,110	6	730	+ 380
Liver Disease	6	1,020	15	325	+ 695
Lung Disease	7	996	5	815	+ 181
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	848	7	697	+ 152
Hypertension	9	609	10	510	+ 99
Road Traffic Accidents	10	557	9	591	- 34
Other Injuries	11	416	35	100	+ 316
Endocrine Disorders	12	387	18	279	+ 108
Congenital Anomalies	13	358	13	378	- 20
Malnutrition	14	258	31	122	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	15	256	12	390	- 134
Breast Cancer	16	252	19	279	- 26
Lung Cancers	17	251	16	303	- 52
Low Birth Weight	18	245	22	238	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	19	237	11	397	- 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	235	14	352	- 117
Liver Cancer	21	233	27	182	+ 52
Suicide	22	232	32	121	+ 110
Other Neoplasms	23	212	21	256	- 44
Lymphomas	24	170	24	205	- 35
Leukemia	25	165	25	189	- 24
Cervical Cancer	26	164	26	185	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	27	154	29	135	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	28	141	8	653	- 512
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	119	28	163	- 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	118	17	296	- 178
Skin Disease	31	104	30	127	- 24
Alcohol	32	101	49	30	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	93	50	30	+ 64
Ovary Cancer	34	91	41	64	+ 27
Falls	35	90	37	92	- 2
Birth Trauma	36	87	36	94	- 6
Anemia	37	75	42	63	+ 12
Tuberculosis	38	66	23	223	- 157
Epilepsy	39	65	39	66	- 1
Skin Cancers	40	65	44	56	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	41	64	20	270	- 206
Drownings	42	62	34	103	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	43	54	33	115	- 61
Drug Use	44	50	47	33	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	48	55	14	+ 35
Oral Cancer	46	46	38	78	- 32
Asthma	47	46	43	56	- 10
Bladder Cancer	48	44	46	33	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	49	43	45	52	- 9
Uterin Cancer	50	31	40	66	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	31	51	28	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	29	53	25	+ 5
Appendicitis	53	26	56	11	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	54	26	48	32	- 7
Hepatitis C	55	21	66	1	+ 21
Fires	56	21	57	11	+ 9
Poisonings	57	18	61	4	+ 14
Meningitis	58	12	52	27	- 15
Osteoarthritis	59	10	60	4	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	62	3	+ 7
Hepatitis B	61	7	59	7	- 0
Encephalitis	62	5	63	3	+ 2
Schizophrenia	63	4	58	10	- 5
Upper Respiratory	64	4	54	14	- 9
Oral conditions	65	4	72	0	+ 4
War	66	4	67	0	+ 3
Dengue	67	1	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Pertussis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	73	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.