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Panama
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Panama and Belgium health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Belgium
COUNTRY #2
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
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Panama Population Pyramid
5,852,939
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Panama PANAMA   Belgium BELGIUM
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
59.9
62.0
60.9
58
61
60
 
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
1970
64.2
67.0
65.6
52
60
57
 
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
1980
67.8
72.4
70.1
37
54
47
 
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
1990
69.8
75.2
72.5
40
46
39
 
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
2000
73.2
78.4
75.7
33
34
34
 
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
2010
73.5
79.8
76.5
43
37
38
 
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
2019
76.7
82.1
79.3
37
33
35
 
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Belgium BELGIUM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
82.1
37
33
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age
76.7
82.1
37
33
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age 5
77.9
83.2
37
32
79.6
83.8
24
27
Age 10
78.0
83.3
37
32
79.6
83.8
25
27
Age 15
78.1
83.4
37
31
79.7
83.8
25
27
Age 20
78.5
83.5
37
30
79.7
83.9
25
27
Age 25
78.9
83.6
37
29
79.9
83.9
26
27
Age 30
79.4
83.8
33
29
80.0
84.0
26
27
Age 35
79.7
84.1
31
28
80.2
84.1
26
27
Age 40
80.1
84.3
29
26
80.4
84.2
26
28
Age 45
80.5
84.6
29
26
80.7
84.4
27
28
Age 50
81.0
84.9
29
23
81.1
84.7
27
28
Age 55
81.7
85.4
26
19
81.5
85.0
29
28
Age 60
82.6
86.0
24
15
82.3
85.6
29
26
Age 65
83.7
86.7
24
14
83.4
86.3
29
23
Age 70
85.1
87.6
19
12
84.8
87.2
28
21
Age 75
87.0
88.8
11
11
86.4
88.2
28
20
Age 80
89.1
90.3
5
10
88.3
89.5
30
24
Age 85
91.7
92.1
4
10
90.6
91.3
49
43
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Belgium BELGIUM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.54
159
44.62
167
2. Stroke
40.58
138
21.11
166
3. Kidney Disease
23.93
85
7.64
153
4. Diabetes Mellitus
23.54
103
4.21
177
5. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
13.32
117
6. Violence
17.46
25
1.19
147
7. Lung Disease
15.81
135
20.24
104
8. HIV/AIDS
15.42
48
0.26
139
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.99
104
5.10
154
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.90
141
14.69
138
11. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
19.18
58
12. Hypertension
10.48
131
1.78
179
13. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
3.31
144
14. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
2.23
163
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
11.97
51
16. Liver Disease
7.57
147
7.38
149
17. Congenital Anomalies
7.51
41
2.57
165
18. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
28.49
16
19. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
54
4.82
64
20. Inflammatory/Heart
5.91
67
3.38
126
21. Other Neoplasms
5.68
8
5.38
11
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.37
166
22.30
27
23. Tuberculosis
5.19
83
0.18
165
24. Lymphomas
4.74
88
5.59
61
25. Leukemia
4.35
55
4.44
48
26. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
3.89
137
27. Low Birth Weight
4.04
105
0.79
170
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.62
85
1.14
131
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
7.06
43
30. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
2.39
88
31. Suicide
2.86
163
13.93
35
32. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
4.84
74
33. Malnutrition
2.51
79
0.71
108
34. Skin Disease
2.50
38
0.98
112
35. Drownings
2.44
91
0.52
168
36. Parkinson's Disease
2.35
155
3.89
104
37. Other Injuries
2.30
178
6.43
110
38. Falls
2.01
172
5.68
89
39. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
3.11
81
40. Birth Trauma
1.55
101
0.53
151
41. Epilepsy
1.48
99
1.63
89
42. Anemia
1.31
12
0.45
27
43. Asthma
1.22
124
0.46
166
44. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
2.14
75
45. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
3.84
48
46. Maternal Conditions
0.78
94
0.06
162
47. Drug Use
0.75
136
1.97
46
48. Alcohol
0.72
130
2.78
43
49. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
3.54
39
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.66
166
0.65
167
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Panama PANAMA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,624
14.96
15,281
16.50
2. Stroke
2,006
11.43
7,408
8.00
3. Kidney Disease
1,106
6.30
2,952
3.19
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,070
6.10
1,269
1.37
5. Lung Disease
815
4.65
6,438
6.95
6. Violence
730
4.16
149
0.16
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
697
3.97
5,677
6.13
8. HIV/AIDS
653
3.72
36
0.04
9. Road Traffic Accidents
591
3.37
666
0.72
10. Hypertension
510
2.91
740
0.80
11. Stomach Cancer
397
2.26
863
0.93
12. Prostate Cancer
390
2.22
1,824
1.97
13. Congenital Anomalies
378
2.15
282
0.30
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
352
2.01
3,329
3.59
15. Liver Disease
325
1.85
1,433
1.55
16. Lung Cancers
303
1.73
6,777
7.32
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
296
1.69
9,416
10.17
18. Breast Cancer
279
1.59
2,587
2.79
19. Endocrine Disorders
279
1.59
1,432
1.55
20. Inflammatory/Heart
270
1.54
1,060
1.14
21. Other Neoplasms
256
1.46
1,828
1.97
22. Low Birth Weight
238
1.36
70
0.08
23. Tuberculosis
223
1.27
46
0.05
24. Lymphomas
205
1.17
1,552
1.68
25. Leukemia
189
1.08
1,199
1.29
26. Cervical Cancer
185
1.05
243
0.26
27. Liver Cancer
182
1.04
976
1.05
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
163
0.93
418
0.45
29. Pancreas Cancer
135
0.77
1,809
1.95
30. Skin Disease
127
0.72
380
0.41
31. Malnutrition
122
0.70
291
0.31
32. Suicide
121
0.69
2,111
2.28
33. Parkinson's Disease
115
0.66
1,378
1.49
34. Drownings
103
0.59
79
0.09
35. Other Injuries
100
0.57
2,006
2.17
36. Birth Trauma
94
0.54
47
0.05
37. Falls
92
0.52
1,756
1.90
38. Oral Cancer
78
0.44
675
0.73
39. Uterin Cancer
66
0.38
384
0.41
40. Epilepsy
66
0.38
348
0.38
41. Ovary Cancer
64
0.36
653
0.71
42. Anemia
63
0.36
199
0.21
43. Skin Cancers
56
0.32
522
0.56
44. Asthma
56
0.32
128
0.14
45. Oesophagus Cancer
52
0.30
898
0.97
46. Bladder Cancer
33
0.19
1,078
1.16
47. Drug Use
33
0.19
287
0.31
48. Maternal Conditions
32
0.18
6
0.01
49. Alcohol
30
0.17
500
0.54
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
30
0.17
213
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
13.32
117
2. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
19.18
58
3. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
3.31
144
4. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
2.23
163
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
11.97
51
6. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
28.49
16
7. Lymphomas
4.74
88
5.59
61
8. Leukemia
4.35
55
4.44
48
9. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
3.89
137
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
7.06
43
11. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
2.39
88
12. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
4.84
74
13. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
3.11
81
14. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
2.14
75
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
3.84
48
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
3.54
39
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.