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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 GAMBIA

Compare Panama and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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%
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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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   Gambia GAMBIA
  Panama PANAMA   Gambia GAMBIA
       
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
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
64.2
67.0
65.6
52
60
57
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
67.8
72.4
70.1
37
54
47
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
69.8
75.2
72.5
40
46
39
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
73.2
78.4
75.7
33
34
34
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
73.5
79.8
76.5
43
37
38
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
76.7
82.1
79.3
37
33
35
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
82.1
37
33
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
76.7
82.1
37
33
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
77.9
83.2
37
32
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
78.0
83.3
37
32
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
78.1
83.4
37
31
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
78.5
83.5
37
30
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
78.9
83.6
37
29
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
79.4
83.8
33
29
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
79.7
84.1
31
28
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
80.1
84.3
29
26
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
80.5
84.6
29
26
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
81.0
84.9
29
23
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
81.7
85.4
26
19
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
82.6
86.0
24
15
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
83.7
86.7
24
14
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
85.1
87.6
19
12
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
87.0
88.8
11
11
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
89.1
90.3
5
10
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
91.7
92.1
4
10
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.54
159
142.59
53
2. Stroke
40.58
138
108.94
59
3. Kidney Disease
23.93
85
32.04
48
4. Diabetes Mellitus
23.54
103
37.65
66
5. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
6.08
156
6. Violence
17.46
25
11.94
43
7. Lung Disease
15.81
135
29.40
54
8. HIV/AIDS
15.42
48
70.82
17
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.99
104
51.34
8
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.90
141
113.77
18
11. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
4.44
182
12. Hypertension
10.48
131
22.89
68
13. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
1.43
178
14. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
25.76
23
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
1.05
183
16. Liver Disease
7.57
147
33.48
48
17. Congenital Anomalies
7.51
41
6.72
59
18. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
3.62
150
19. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
54
11.17
16
20. Inflammatory/Heart
5.91
67
6.44
58
21. Other Neoplasms
5.68
8
0.42
95
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.37
166
19.89
49
23. Tuberculosis
5.19
83
28.42
38
24. Lymphomas
4.74
88
0.74
181
25. Leukemia
4.35
55
0.09
183
26. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
30.83
3
27. Low Birth Weight
4.04
105
9.17
43
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.62
85
41.12
43
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
0.54
179
30. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
0.23
180
31. Suicide
2.86
163
9.64
77
32. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
0.44
183
33. Malnutrition
2.51
79
7.13
39
34. Skin Disease
2.50
38
2.12
59
35. Drownings
2.44
91
2.58
84
36. Parkinson's Disease
2.35
155
6.31
18
37. Other Injuries
2.30
178
11.81
46
38. Falls
2.01
172
9.85
22
39. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
0.01
181
40. Birth Trauma
1.55
101
10.44
21
41. Epilepsy
1.48
99
2.78
36
42. Anemia
1.31
12
0.00
103
43. Asthma
1.22
124
15.88
35
44. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
0.01
177
45. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
0.48
177
46. Maternal Conditions
0.78
94
18.68
8
47. Drug Use
0.75
136
2.38
34
48. Alcohol
0.72
130
1.23
103
49. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
0.44
181
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.66
166
6.56
37
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Panama PANAMA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,624
14.96
1,007
7.83
2. Stroke
2,006
11.43
802
6.24
3. Kidney Disease
1,106
6.30
266
2.07
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,070
6.10
290
2.25
5. Lung Disease
815
4.65
206
1.60
6. Violence
730
4.16
195
1.52
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
697
3.97
1,340
10.42
8. HIV/AIDS
653
3.72
1,125
8.75
9. Road Traffic Accidents
591
3.37
695
5.40
10. Hypertension
510
2.91
172
1.34
11. Stomach Cancer
397
2.26
14
0.11
12. Prostate Cancer
390
2.22
21
0.16
13. Congenital Anomalies
378
2.15
383
2.98
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
352
2.01
11
0.09
15. Liver Disease
325
1.85
323
2.51
16. Lung Cancers
303
1.73
34
0.26
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
296
1.69
89
0.69
18. Breast Cancer
279
1.59
26
0.20
19. Endocrine Disorders
279
1.59
230
1.79
20. Inflammatory/Heart
270
1.54
59
0.46
21. Other Neoplasms
256
1.46
3
0.02
22. Low Birth Weight
238
1.36
662
5.15
23. Tuberculosis
223
1.27
445
3.46
24. Lymphomas
205
1.17
12
0.09
25. Leukemia
189
1.08
2
0.02
26. Cervical Cancer
185
1.05
145
1.13
27. Liver Cancer
182
1.04
377
2.93
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
163
0.93
626
4.87
29. Pancreas Cancer
135
0.77
6
0.05
30. Skin Disease
127
0.72
19
0.15
31. Malnutrition
122
0.70
110
0.86
32. Suicide
121
0.69
113
0.88
33. Parkinson's Disease
115
0.66
34
0.26
34. Drownings
103
0.59
69
0.54
35. Other Injuries
100
0.57
194
1.51
36. Birth Trauma
94
0.54
754
5.86
37. Falls
92
0.52
83
0.65
38. Oral Cancer
78
0.44
0
0.00
39. Epilepsy
66
0.38
43
0.33
40. Uterin Cancer
66
0.38
1
0.01
41. Ovary Cancer
64
0.36
2
0.02
42. Anemia
63
0.36
0
0.00
43. Asthma
56
0.32
134
1.04
44. Skin Cancers
56
0.32
0
0.00
45. Oesophagus Cancer
52
0.30
5
0.04
46. Bladder Cancer
33
0.19
4
0.03
47. Drug Use
33
0.19
28
0.22
48. Maternal Conditions
32
0.18
345
2.68
49. Alcohol
30
0.17
12
0.09
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
30
0.17
56
0.44
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Panama PANAMA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.10
75
6.08
156
2. Breast Cancer
12.10
139
4.44
182
3. Stomach Cancer
9.06
52
1.43
178
4. Cervical Cancer
8.37
92
25.76
23
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.95
104
1.05
183
6. Lung Cancers
6.93
121
3.62
150
7. Lymphomas
4.74
88
0.74
181
8. Leukemia
4.35
55
0.09
183
9. Liver Cancer
4.09
125
30.83
3
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.08
109
0.54
179
11. Uterin Cancer
2.90
64
0.23
180
12. Ovary Cancer
2.79
151
0.44
183
13. Oral Cancer
1.78
145
0.01
181
14. Skin Cancers
1.20
131
0.01
177
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.19
145
0.48
177
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
171
0.44
181
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.