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HEALTH PROFILE: Panama

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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Panama PANAMA POPULATION PYRAMID
5,852,939
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Panama
COUNTRY PROFILE
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Panama PANAMA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
76.7
82.1
37
33
Age 5
77.9
83.2
37
32
Age 10
78.0
83.3
37
32
Age 15
78.1
83.4
37
31
Age 20
78.5
83.5
37
30
Age 25
78.9
83.6
37
29
Age 30
79.4
83.8
33
29
Age 35
79.7
84.1
31
28
Age 40
80.1
84.3
29
26
Age 45
80.5
84.6
29
26
Age 50
81.0
84.9
29
23
Age 55
81.7
85.4
26
19
Age 60
82.6
86.0
24
15
Age 65
83.7
86.7
24
14
Age 70
85.1
87.6
19
12
Age 75
87.0
88.8
11
11
Age 80
89.1
90.3
5
10
Age 85
91.7
92.1
4
10
Panama PANAMA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.54
159
2. Stroke
40.58
138
3. Kidney Disease
23.93
85
4. Diabetes Mellitus
23.54
103
5. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
6. Violence
17.46
25
7. Lung Disease
15.81
135
8. HIV/AIDS
15.42
48
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.99
104
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.90
141
11. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
12. Hypertension
10.48
131
13. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
14. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
16. Liver Disease
7.57
147
17. Congenital Anomalies
7.51
41
18. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
19. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
54
20. Inflammatory/Heart
5.91
67
21. Other Neoplasms
5.68
8
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.37
166
23. Tuberculosis
5.19
83
24. Lymphomas
4.74
88
25. Leukemia
4.35
55
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
27. Low Birth Weight
4.04
105
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.62
85
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
30. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
31. Suicide
2.86
163
32. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
33. Malnutrition
2.51
79
34. Skin Disease
2.50
38
35. Drownings
2.44
91
36. Parkinson's Disease
2.35
155
37. Other Injuries
2.30
178
38. Falls
2.01
172
39. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
40. Birth Trauma
1.55
101
41. Epilepsy
1.48
99
42. Anemia
1.31
12
43. Asthma
1.22
124
44. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
45. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
46. Maternal Conditions
0.78
94
47. Drug Use
0.75
136
48. Alcohol
0.72
130
49. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.66
166
Panama PANAMA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,624
14.96
2. Stroke
2,006
11.43
3. Kidney Disease
1,106
6.30
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,070
6.10
5. Lung Disease
815
4.65
6. Violence
730
4.16
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
697
3.97
8. HIV/AIDS
653
3.72
9. Road Traffic Accidents
591
3.37
10. Hypertension
510
2.91
11. Stomach Cancer
397
2.26
12. Prostate Cancer
390
2.22
13. Congenital Anomalies
378
2.15
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
352
2.01
15. Liver Disease
325
1.85
16. Lung Cancers
303
1.73
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
296
1.69
18. Breast Cancer
279
1.59
19. Endocrine Disorders
279
1.59
20. Inflammatory/Heart
270
1.54
21. Other Neoplasms
256
1.46
22. Low Birth Weight
238
1.36
23. Tuberculosis
223
1.27
24. Lymphomas
205
1.17
25. Leukemia
189
1.08
  Deaths %
26. Cervical Cancer
185
1.05
27. Liver Cancer
182
1.04
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
163
0.93
29. Pancreas Cancer
135
0.77
30. Skin Disease
127
0.72
31. Malnutrition
122
0.70
32. Suicide
121
0.69
33. Parkinson's Disease
115
0.66
34. Drownings
103
0.59
35. Other Injuries
100
0.57
36. Birth Trauma
94
0.54
37. Falls
92
0.52
38. Oral Cancer
78
0.44
39. Epilepsy
66
0.38
40. Uterin Cancer
66
0.38
41. Ovary Cancer
64
0.36
42. Anemia
63
0.36
43. Asthma
56
0.32
44. Skin Cancers
56
0.32
45. Oesophagus Cancer
52
0.30
46. Bladder Cancer
33
0.19
47. Drug Use
33
0.19
48. Maternal Conditions
32
0.18
49. Alcohol
30
0.17
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
30
0.17
Panama PANAMA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
2. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
3. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
4. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
6. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
7. Lymphomas
4.74
88
8. Leukemia
4.35
55
  Rate World Rank
9. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
11. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
12. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
13. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
14. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
Panama PANAMA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
7.8
66
SMOKING %
M F Rank
8.0
2.3
160
125
OBESITY %
M F Rank
17.8
27.6
92
58
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
6.31
35
Panama PANAMA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
59.9
62.0
60.9
58
61
60
1970
64.2
67.0
65.6
52
60
57
1980
67.8
72.4
70.1
37
54
47
1990
69.8
75.2
72.5
40
46
39
2000
73.2
78.4
75.7
33
34
34
2010
73.5
79.8
76.5
43
37
38
2019
76.7
82.1
79.3
37
33
35
Panama PANAMA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
  Value World Rank
Population Total
3.929m
127
Sex Ratio M / F
1.01
47
Population 0-14
25.6%
95
Population 15-64
65.4%
90
Population 65 +
9.0%
75
Birth Rate / 1000
17.99
79
Death Rate / 1000
6.11
133
Fertility Rate
2.21
82
Infant Mortality
11.25
121
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
135
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
109
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
56
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.84
66
Net Migration
-0.11
80
Population Growth
1.16%
77
Literacy Total
95.7%
85
Literacy Male
98.8%
43
Literacy Female
95.4%
61
Unemployment
6.1%
101
Life Expectancy / Birth
79.3
35
Healthy Life Expectancy
68.7
38
GDP per Capita USD
$25,400
53

COVID-19 REPORT

  CASES    DEATHS 
1,059,893
8,727
4/1/24
Panama COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Panama causes.

 
 
Panama COVID-19 CASE CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
Panama COVID-19 DEATH CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.