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ALGERIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Portugal 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

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020