SWEDEN VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,361	1	15,136	- 1,775
Stroke	2	12,802	3	6,035	+ 6,767
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	7,461	2	10,917	- 3,456
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,108	7	2,659	+ 4,450
Lung Cancers	5	4,571	5	3,722	+ 849
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,554	6	3,049	+ 1,505
Lung Disease	7	4,447	4	4,344	+ 102
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,736	11	1,834	+ 1,902
Kidney Disease	9	2,908	12	1,629	+ 1,279
Stomach Cancer	10	2,627	26	612	+ 2,015
Prostate Cancer	11	2,203	8	2,622	- 419
Breast Cancer	12	2,072	13	1,582	+ 489
Other Injuries	13	2,010	15	1,374	+ 636
Hypertension	14	1,950	10	1,838	+ 112
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,732	9	1,849	- 117
Lymphomas	16	1,668	16	1,357	+ 311
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,605	24	702	+ 903
Liver Cancer	18	1,318	22	752	+ 566
Suicide	19	1,216	14	1,479	- 264
Bladder Cancer	20	1,214	21	760	+ 454
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,182	19	943	+ 239
Liver Disease	22	1,168	23	723	+ 444
Falls	23	1,071	17	1,109	- 38
Leukemia	24	1,053	20	825	+ 228
Oral Cancer	25	946	31	379	+ 567
Inflammatory/Heart	26	943	28	547	+ 396
Road Traffic Accidents	27	870	34	315	+ 555
Other Neoplasms	28	677	18	1,036	- 360
Oesophagus Cancer	29	646	29	538	+ 108
Skin Cancers	30	543	25	650	- 107
Epilepsy	31	431	44	121	+ 310
Uterin Cancer	32	421	33	345	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	33	412	27	553	- 140
Cervical Cancer	34	341	38	228	+ 114
HIV/AIDS	35	332	61	13	+ 319
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	239	36	289	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	237	37	277	- 40
Tuberculosis	38	221	56	24	+ 197
Skin Disease	39	210	39	220	- 10
Congenital Anomalies	40	204	35	308	- 104
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	175	48	110	+ 65
Anemia	42	156	40	175	- 18
Asthma	43	152	42	158	- 6
Drug Use	44	133	30	423	- 290
Alcohol	45	115	32	359	- 243
Fires	46	112	49	65	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	103	43	129	- 26
Violence	48	100	47	113	- 13
Hepatitis C	49	90	53	44	+ 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	86	52	46	+ 40
Drownings	51	82	46	114	- 32
Low Birth Weight	52	82	51	50	+ 31
Malnutrition	53	82	45	117	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	54	58	41	170	- 112
Schizophrenia	55	51	50	63	- 12
Meningitis	56	44	54	35	+ 9
Poisonings	57	30	60	18	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	58	30	57	24	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	27	62	9	+ 18
Birth Trauma	60	25	55	34	- 9
Appendicitis	61	22	59	18	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	15	58	20	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	7	64	5	+ 2
Syphilis	64	3	72	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	3	63	8	- 5
Otitis Media	66	3	66	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	75	0	+ 1
War	69	1	65	2	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Portugal

Sweden

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.