Japan vs Panama: Cancer death rate by age group
Japan
1.41 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Panama
1.28 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Japan rank
61st
Panama rank
64th
Cancer death rate by age group over time
- Japan
- Panama
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people in Panama, a difference of 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.
The two have swapped places 30 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 61st and Panama ranks 64th of 111 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Panama in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 5.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5132 deaths per 100,000 people | Japan |
| 1960s | 6.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.17 deaths per 100,000 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 5.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.65 deaths per 100,000 people | Japan |
| 1980s | 3.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8621 deaths per 100,000 people | Panama |
| 1990s | 2.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.76 deaths per 100,000 people | Panama |
| 2000s | 1.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people | Panama |
| 2010s | 1.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6166 deaths per 100,000 people | Panama |
| 2020s | 1.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0388 deaths per 100,000 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cancer death rate by age group, Japan or Panama?
- Japan, at 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people in Panama as of 2022.
- What is the difference in cancer death rate by age group between Japan and Panama?
- 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Panama?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Panama rank globally for cancer death rate by age group?
- Japan ranks 61st and Panama ranks 64th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cancer death rate by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reported deaths from malignant neoplasms per 100,000 people in both sexes aged less than 1 year.