ALGERIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		ALGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	59,326	1	54,547	+ 4,779
Stroke	2	56,845	2	23,393	+ 33,453
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	33,127	7	5,635	+ 27,493
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	31,563	6	7,289	+ 24,274
Lung Cancers	5	20,298	12	3,931	+ 16,367
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	20,222	16	3,139	+ 17,082
Lung Disease	7	19,745	10	4,668	+ 15,077
Diabetes Mellitus	8	16,591	9	4,678	+ 11,912
Kidney Disease	9	12,914	5	7,528	+ 5,386
Stomach Cancer	10	11,665	19	2,032	+ 9,633
Prostate Cancer	11	9,784	29	1,069	+ 8,715
Breast Cancer	12	9,200	14	3,465	+ 5,734
Other Injuries	13	8,923	22	1,401	+ 7,522
Hypertension	14	8,660	4	8,369	+ 291
Pancreas Cancer	15	7,690	31	973	+ 6,717
Lymphomas	16	7,405	20	1,833	+ 5,573
Endocrine Disorders	17	7,125	32	926	+ 6,200
Liver Cancer	18	5,853	41	551	+ 5,302
Suicide	19	5,399	28	1,072	+ 4,327
Bladder Cancer	20	5,393	21	1,423	+ 3,970
Parkinson's Disease	21	5,249	24	1,249	+ 4,000
Liver Disease	22	5,186	15	3,464	+ 1,721
Falls	23	4,757	23	1,315	+ 3,443
Leukemia	24	4,678	25	1,157	+ 3,520
Oral Cancer	25	4,201	38	695	+ 3,506
Inflammatory/Heart	26	4,186	34	825	+ 3,361
Road Traffic Accidents	27	3,861	3	8,996	- 5,135
Other Neoplasms	28	3,004	58	58	+ 2,946
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,869	46	313	+ 2,555
Skin Cancers	30	2,412	37	711	+ 1,700
Epilepsy	31	1,912	44	355	+ 1,558
Uterin Cancer	32	1,870	56	75	+ 1,795
Ovary Cancer	33	1,830	40	611	+ 1,219
Cervical Cancer	34	1,515	27	1,088	+ 427
HIV/AIDS	35	1,472	48	193	+ 1,279
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,062	26	1,111	- 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,053	35	721	+ 332
Tuberculosis	38	981	17	2,840	- 1,859
Skin Disease	39	932	52	111	+ 821
Congenital Anomalies	40	905	11	4,357	- 3,453
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	778	43	362	+ 416
Anemia	42	694	82	0	+ 694
Asthma	43	675	18	2,040	- 1,366
Drug Use	44	591	30	983	- 392
Alcohol	45	512	54	81	+ 431
Fires	46	499	39	636	- 138
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	456	64	22	+ 434
Violence	48	444	36	713	- 269
Hepatitis C	49	400	65	4	+ 396
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	380	84	0	+ 380
Drownings	51	365	42	451	- 85
Low Birth Weight	52	363	8	5,441	- 5,078
Malnutrition	53	362	53	82	+ 281
Multiple Sclerosis	54	259	57	74	+ 185
Schizophrenia	55	226	81	0	+ 226
Meningitis	56	196	45	320	- 124
Poisonings	57	135	47	287	- 152
Osteoarthritis	58	132	85	0	+ 132
Hepatitis B	59	120	50	165	- 45
Birth Trauma	60	110	13	3,800	- 3,691
Appendicitis	61	96	55	80	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	62	68	68	2	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	63	33	33	917	- 884
Syphilis	64	14	61	41	- 27
Oral conditions	65	13	86	0	+ 13
Otitis Media	66	11	71	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	67	6	51	145	- 139
Leishmaniasis	68	5	66	3	+ 2
War	69	5	62	41	- 36
Leprosy	70	2	79	0	+ 2
Measles	71	1	59	55	- 54
Pertussis	72	0	49	169	- 169
Tetanus	73	0	60	52	- 52
Diphtheria	74	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	63	22	- 22
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALGERIA

Portugal

Algeria

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.