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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 DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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%
DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
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   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Panama PANAMA   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
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
 
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
64.2
67.0
65.6
52
60
57
 
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
67.8
72.4
70.1
37
54
47
 
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
69.8
75.2
72.5
40
46
39
 
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
73.2
78.4
75.7
33
34
34
 
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
73.5
79.8
76.5
43
37
38
 
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
76.7
82.1
79.3
37
33
35
 
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
82.1
37
33
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
76.7
82.1
37
33
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
77.9
83.2
37
32
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
78.0
83.3
37
32
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
78.1
83.4
37
31
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
78.5
83.5
37
30
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
78.9
83.6
37
29
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
79.4
83.8
33
29
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
79.7
84.1
31
28
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
80.1
84.3
29
26
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
80.5
84.6
29
26
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
81.0
84.9
29
23
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
81.7
85.4
26
19
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
82.6
86.0
24
15
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
83.7
86.7
24
14
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
85.1
87.6
19
12
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
87.0
88.8
11
11
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
89.1
90.3
5
10
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
91.7
92.1
4
10
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.54
159
108.48
92
2. Stroke
40.58
138
112.53
56
3. Kidney Disease
23.93
85
24.38
79
4. Diabetes Mellitus
23.54
103
36.82
69
5. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
31.05
27
6. Violence
17.46
25
16.45
27
7. Lung Disease
15.81
135
44.15
23
8. HIV/AIDS
15.42
48
19.43
44
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.99
104
39.80
25
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.90
141
117.32
16
11. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
15.42
112
12. Hypertension
10.48
131
50.51
14
13. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
6.55
82
14. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
22.64
30
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
9.05
87
16. Liver Disease
7.57
147
36.25
41
17. Congenital Anomalies
7.51
41
7.74
35
18. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
3.48
152
19. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
54
10.69
18
20. Inflammatory/Heart
5.91
67
9.82
29
21. Other Neoplasms
5.68
8
0.25
151
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.37
166
19.83
52
23. Tuberculosis
5.19
83
79.20
9
24. Lymphomas
4.74
88
4.48
101
25. Leukemia
4.35
55
3.40
102
26. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
9.59
31
27. Low Birth Weight
4.04
105
11.44
22
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.62
85
55.99
28
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
2.92
114
30. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
1.91
111
31. Suicide
2.86
163
12.41
45
32. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
3.08
143
33. Malnutrition
2.51
79
11.91
24
34. Skin Disease
2.50
38
1.81
79
35. Drownings
2.44
91
3.10
72
36. Parkinson's Disease
2.35
155
3.70
117
37. Other Injuries
2.30
178
12.62
40
38. Falls
2.01
172
8.41
41
39. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
2.21
121
40. Birth Trauma
1.55
101
10.95
18
41. Epilepsy
1.48
99
2.36
50
42. Anemia
1.31
12
0.00
92
43. Asthma
1.22
124
20.76
18
44. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
2.16
74
45. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
2.18
101
46. Maternal Conditions
0.78
94
16.42
13
47. Drug Use
0.75
136
1.25
88
48. Alcohol
0.72
130
1.51
82
49. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
0.78
167
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.66
166
5.00
58
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Panama PANAMA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,624
14.96
34,713
5.28
2. Stroke
2,006
11.43
36,596
5.56
3. Kidney Disease
1,106
6.30
9,077
1.38
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,070
6.10
12,902
1.96
5. Lung Disease
815
4.65
13,527
2.06
6. Violence
730
4.16
11,120
1.69
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
697
3.97
73,546
11.18
8. HIV/AIDS
653
3.72
13,286
2.02
9. Road Traffic Accidents
591
3.37
30,256
4.60
10. Hypertension
510
2.91
15,743
2.39
11. Stomach Cancer
397
2.26
2,579
0.39
12. Prostate Cancer
390
2.22
3,948
0.60
13. Congenital Anomalies
378
2.15
16,256
2.47
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
352
2.01
2,966
0.45
15. Liver Disease
325
1.85
15,044
2.29
16. Lung Cancers
303
1.73
1,158
0.18
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
296
1.69
4,548
0.69
18. Breast Cancer
279
1.59
3,416
0.52
19. Endocrine Disorders
279
1.59
7,380
1.12
20. Inflammatory/Heart
270
1.54
4,045
0.61
21. Other Neoplasms
256
1.46
88
0.01
22. Low Birth Weight
238
1.36
34,668
5.27
23. Tuberculosis
223
1.27
43,759
6.65
24. Lymphomas
205
1.17
2,061
0.31
25. Leukemia
189
1.08
1,871
0.28
26. Cervical Cancer
185
1.05
4,823
0.73
27. Liver Cancer
182
1.04
3,840
0.58
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
163
0.93
41,301
6.28
29. Pancreas Cancer
135
0.77
1,017
0.15
30. Skin Disease
127
0.72
781
0.12
31. Malnutrition
122
0.70
8,910
1.35
32. Suicide
121
0.69
5,812
0.88
33. Parkinson's Disease
115
0.66
1,035
0.16
34. Drownings
103
0.59
3,454
0.52
35. Other Injuries
100
0.57
8,272
1.26
36. Birth Trauma
94
0.54
33,075
5.03
37. Falls
92
0.52
3,483
0.53
38. Oral Cancer
78
0.44
1,003
0.15
39. Epilepsy
66
0.38
1,727
0.26
40. Uterin Cancer
66
0.38
352
0.05
41. Ovary Cancer
64
0.36
656
0.10
42. Anemia
63
0.36
0
0.00
43. Asthma
56
0.32
7,733
1.18
44. Skin Cancers
56
0.32
765
0.12
45. Oesophagus Cancer
52
0.30
790
0.12
46. Bladder Cancer
33
0.19
270
0.04
47. Drug Use
33
0.19
638
0.10
48. Maternal Conditions
32
0.18
10,513
1.60
49. Alcohol
30
0.17
635
0.10
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
30
0.17
1,923
0.29
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
31.05
27
2. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
15.42
112
3. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
6.55
82
4. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
22.64
30
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
9.05
87
6. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
3.48
152
7. Lymphomas
4.74
88
4.48
101
8. Leukemia
4.35
55
3.40
102
9. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
9.59
31
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
2.92
114
11. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
1.91
111
12. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
3.08
143
13. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
2.21
121
14. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
2.16
74
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
2.18
101
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
0.78
167
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.