CHILE VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,548	1	10,685	+ 12,863
Stroke	2	22,564	2	9,731	+ 12,832
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	13,149	5	4,000	+ 9,149
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,528	6	3,920	+ 8,609
Lung Cancers	5	8,057	9	3,452	+ 4,604
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	8,027	11	3,022	+ 5,004
Lung Disease	7	7,837	4	4,062	+ 3,775
Diabetes Mellitus	8	6,585	10	3,177	+ 3,409
Kidney Disease	9	5,126	3	4,065	+ 1,061
Stomach Cancer	10	4,630	8	3,631	+ 1,000
Prostate Cancer	11	3,884	14	2,435	+ 1,448
Breast Cancer	12	3,652	16	1,689	+ 1,963
Other Injuries	13	3,542	21	1,310	+ 2,232
Hypertension	14	3,437	7	3,817	- 379
Pancreas Cancer	15	3,052	17	1,567	+ 1,485
Lymphomas	16	2,939	18	1,394	+ 1,546
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,828	22	1,286	+ 1,542
Liver Cancer	18	2,323	19	1,369	+ 954
Suicide	19	2,143	15	1,700	+ 443
Bladder Cancer	20	2,140	32	641	+ 1,499
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,083	26	790	+ 1,293
Liver Disease	22	2,058	13	2,647	- 589
Falls	23	1,888	23	904	+ 984
Leukemia	24	1,857	24	879	+ 978
Oral Cancer	25	1,668	40	307	+ 1,361
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,662	31	709	+ 953
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,533	12	2,826	- 1,294
Other Neoplasms	28	1,192	20	1,358	- 165
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,139	30	722	+ 417
Skin Cancers	30	957	34	526	+ 432
Epilepsy	31	759	43	294	+ 465
Uterin Cancer	32	742	45	275	+ 467
Ovary Cancer	33	727	35	514	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	34	601	27	780	- 178
HIV/AIDS	35	584	33	539	+ 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	422	39	334	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	418	46	223	+ 195
Tuberculosis	38	389	38	410	- 21
Skin Disease	39	370	28	763	- 393
Congenital Anomalies	40	359	25	858	- 499
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	309	52	104	+ 204
Anemia	42	276	49	180	+ 96
Asthma	43	268	42	295	- 27
Drug Use	44	235	50	149	+ 86
Alcohol	45	203	47	207	- 4
Fires	46	198	41	295	- 97
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	181	48	187	- 6
Violence	48	176	29	744	- 567
Hepatitis C	49	159	61	27	+ 132
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	151	56	73	+ 77
Drownings	51	145	44	283	- 138
Low Birth Weight	52	144	36	437	- 293
Malnutrition	53	144	37	420	- 276
Multiple Sclerosis	54	103	62	27	+ 76
Schizophrenia	55	90	58	38	+ 52
Meningitis	56	78	53	95	- 17
Poisonings	57	54	57	68	- 15
Osteoarthritis	58	52	51	131	- 79
Hepatitis B	59	48	60	30	+ 18
Birth Trauma	60	44	54	87	- 44
Appendicitis	61	38	59	37	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	27	67	4	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	63	13	63	24	- 11
Syphilis	64	6	66	5	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	5	65	5	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	5	71	2	+ 3
Encephalitis	67	2	70	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	2	81	0	+ 2
War	69	2	64	14	- 12
Leprosy	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	68	3	- 2
Tetanus	73	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	79	- 79
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Portugal

Chile

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.