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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
PANAMA VS GUATEMALA

Compare Panama and Guatemala 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.

Guatemala
COUNTRY #2
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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%
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Guatemala Population Pyramid
26,920,714
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   Guatemala GUATEMALA
  Panama PANAMA   Guatemala GUATEMALA
       
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
  
45.2
46.6
45.9
110
117
116
1970
64.2
67.0
65.6
52
60
57
  
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
1980
67.8
72.4
70.1
37
54
47
  
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
1990
69.8
75.2
72.5
40
46
39
  
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
2000
73.2
78.4
75.7
33
34
34
  
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
2010
73.5
79.8
76.5
43
37
38
  
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
2019
76.7
82.1
79.3
37
33
35
  
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Guatemala GUATEMALA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
82.1
37
33
69.0
75.0
112
105
Age
76.7
82.1
37
33
69.0
75.0
112
105
Age 5
77.9
83.2
37
32
70.8
76.7
111
100
Age 10
78.0
83.3
37
32
70.9
76.8
112
100
Age 15
78.1
83.4
37
31
71.1
76.9
111
100
Age 20
78.5
83.5
37
30
71.6
77.2
109
100
Age 25
78.9
83.6
37
29
72.4
77.4
100
97
Age 30
79.4
83.8
33
29
73.2
77.7
95
95
Age 35
79.7
84.1
31
28
73.9
78.0
91
95
Age 40
80.1
84.3
29
26
74.7
78.3
86
94
Age 45
80.5
84.6
29
26
75.6
78.8
80
95
Age 50
81.0
84.9
29
23
76.6
79.4
78
94
Age 55
81.7
85.4
26
19
77.9
80.2
74
93
Age 60
82.6
86.0
24
15
79.4
81.4
63
89
Age 65
83.7
86.7
24
14
81.0
82.8
62
80
Age 70
85.1
87.6
19
12
83.1
84.6
55
65
Age 75
87.0
88.8
11
11
85.1
86.2
58
66
Age 80
89.1
90.3
5
10
87.4
88.4
58
58
Age 85
91.7
92.1
4
10
90.0
90.8
78
63
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Guatemala GUATEMALA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.54
159
85.26
127
2. Stroke
40.58
138
42.01
137
3. Kidney Disease
23.93
85
55.14
8
4. Diabetes Mellitus
23.54
103
63.24
23
5. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
16.99
80
6. Violence
17.46
25
27.04
13
7. Lung Disease
15.81
135
16.50
130
8. HIV/AIDS
15.42
48
9.24
61
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.99
104
26.54
56
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.90
141
70.32
51
11. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
7.97
176
12. Hypertension
10.48
131
5.92
153
13. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
14.12
13
14. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
12.90
67
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
4.10
167
16. Liver Disease
7.57
147
48.70
12
17. Congenital Anomalies
7.51
41
5.53
98
18. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
3.51
151
19. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
54
3.67
85
20. Inflammatory/Heart
5.91
67
1.73
169
21. Other Neoplasms
5.68
8
0.34
125
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.37
166
16.66
114
23. Tuberculosis
5.19
83
2.31
105
24. Lymphomas
4.74
88
1.95
174
25. Leukemia
4.35
55
4.02
69
26. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
16.25
13
27. Low Birth Weight
4.04
105
5.13
87
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.62
85
18.72
59
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
2.59
127
30. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
0.46
177
31. Suicide
2.86
163
6.23
124
32. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
2.09
171
33. Malnutrition
2.51
79
14.81
15
34. Skin Disease
2.50
38
1.94
72
35. Drownings
2.44
91
2.75
79
36. Parkinson's Disease
2.35
155
3.48
126
37. Other Injuries
2.30
178
15.26
22
38. Falls
2.01
172
10.84
17
39. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
1.29
168
40. Birth Trauma
1.55
101
4.47
70
41. Epilepsy
1.48
99
2.89
33
42. Anemia
1.31
12
0.00
106
43. Asthma
1.22
124
2.78
102
44. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
1.71
105
45. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
1.31
138
46. Maternal Conditions
0.78
94
2.61
63
47. Drug Use
0.75
136
1.89
50
48. Alcohol
0.72
130
13.98
4
49. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
0.52
179
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.66
166
8.86
17
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Panama PANAMA   Guatemala GUATEMALA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,624
14.96
9,825
11.28
2. Stroke
2,006
11.43
4,849
5.57
3. Kidney Disease
1,106
6.30
6,277
7.21
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,070
6.10
6,932
7.96
5. Lung Disease
815
4.65
1,901
2.18
6. Violence
730
4.16
4,411
5.06
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
697
3.97
9,245
10.61
8. HIV/AIDS
653
3.72
1,173
1.35
9. Road Traffic Accidents
591
3.37
4,026
4.62
10. Hypertension
510
2.91
679
0.78
11. Stomach Cancer
397
2.26
1,570
1.80
12. Prostate Cancer
390
2.22
846
0.97
13. Congenital Anomalies
378
2.15
1,517
1.74
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
352
2.01
464
0.53
15. Liver Disease
325
1.85
5,684
6.53
16. Lung Cancers
303
1.73
391
0.45
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
296
1.69
1,957
2.25
18. Breast Cancer
279
1.59
495
0.57
19. Endocrine Disorders
279
1.59
486
0.56
20. Inflammatory/Heart
270
1.54
225
0.26
21. Other Neoplasms
256
1.46
42
0.05
22. Low Birth Weight
238
1.36
1,658
1.90
23. Tuberculosis
223
1.27
301
0.35
24. Lymphomas
205
1.17
229
0.26
25. Leukemia
189
1.08
601
0.69
26. Cervical Cancer
185
1.05
808
0.93
27. Liver Cancer
182
1.04
1,765
2.03
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
163
0.93
2,617
3.00
29. Pancreas Cancer
135
0.77
282
0.32
30. Skin Disease
127
0.72
232
0.27
31. Malnutrition
122
0.70
1,981
2.27
32. Suicide
121
0.69
1,039
1.19
33. Parkinson's Disease
115
0.66
393
0.45
34. Drownings
103
0.59
463
0.53
35. Other Injuries
100
0.57
2,466
2.83
36. Birth Trauma
94
0.54
1,466
1.68
37. Falls
92
0.52
1,371
1.57
38. Oral Cancer
78
0.44
142
0.16
39. Uterin Cancer
66
0.38
27
0.03
40. Epilepsy
66
0.38
463
0.53
41. Ovary Cancer
64
0.36
133
0.15
42. Anemia
63
0.36
0
0.00
43. Skin Cancers
56
0.32
195
0.22
44. Asthma
56
0.32
335
0.38
45. Oesophagus Cancer
52
0.30
144
0.17
46. Bladder Cancer
33
0.19
57
0.07
47. Drug Use
33
0.19
272
0.31
48. Maternal Conditions
32
0.18
468
0.54
49. Alcohol
30
0.17
1,799
2.07
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
30
0.17
1,029
1.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Guatemala GUATEMALA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
16.99
80
2. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
7.97
176
3. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
14.12
13
4. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
12.90
67
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
4.10
167
6. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
3.51
151
7. Lymphomas
4.74
88
1.95
174
8. Leukemia
4.35
55
4.02
69
9. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
16.25
13
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
2.59
127
11. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
0.46
177
12. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
2.09
171
13. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
1.29
168
14. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
1.71
105
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
1.31
138
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
0.52
179
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.