PORTUGAL VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,071	1	12,878	+ 2,193
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,573	3	7,191	+ 1,382
Lung Disease	3	5,832	7	4,286	+ 1,546
Stroke	4	4,732	2	12,339	- 7,608
Lung Cancers	5	4,642	5	4,406	+ 236
Kidney Disease	6	2,563	9	2,803	- 240
Drug Use	7	2,222	44	128	+ 2,093
Hypertension	8	1,969	14	1,880	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,845	6	4,389	- 2,544
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,833	8	3,601	- 1,768
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,800	4	6,851	- 5,051
Suicide	12	1,585	19	1,172	+ 413
Breast Cancer	13	1,453	12	1,997	- 544
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,402	17	1,547	- 144
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,322	15	1,669	- 347
Liver Disease	16	1,296	22	1,126	+ 170
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,245	27	838	+ 406
Falls	18	1,206	23	1,033	+ 174
Lymphomas	19	1,202	16	1,608	- 405
Prostate Cancer	20	1,063	11	2,124	- 1,061
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,030	21	1,139	- 110
Inflammatory/Heart	22	971	26	909	+ 62
Liver Cancer	23	808	18	1,270	- 463
Leukemia	24	805	24	1,015	- 211
Other Injuries	25	776	13	1,937	- 1,161
Bladder Cancer	26	586	20	1,171	- 585
Violence	27	566	48	96	+ 470
Oesophagus Cancer	28	532	29	623	- 91
Other Neoplasms	29	530	28	652	- 122
Alcohol	30	438	45	111	+ 326
Ovary Cancer	31	436	33	397	+ 38
Skin Cancers	32	427	30	523	- 96
Stomach Cancer	33	390	10	2,532	- 2,142
Congenital Anomalies	34	351	40	196	+ 155
Oral Cancer	35	345	25	912	- 567
Uterin Cancer	36	300	32	406	- 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	297	36	231	+ 67
Cervical Cancer	38	208	34	329	- 120
Low Birth Weight	39	207	52	79	+ 128
Malnutrition	40	202	53	79	+ 123
Hepatitis C	41	170	49	87	+ 83
HIV/AIDS	42	169	35	320	- 151
Skin Disease	43	161	39	202	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	44	151	54	56	+ 95
Drownings	45	121	51	79	+ 42
Asthma	46	114	43	146	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	109	41	169	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	103	37	229	- 125
Fires	49	95	46	108	- 13
Epilepsy	50	94	31	415	- 321
Anemia	51	93	42	151	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	73	47	99	- 25
Poisonings	53	50	57	29	+ 21
Birth Trauma	54	37	60	24	+ 13
War	55	36	69	1	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	56	23	63	7	+ 16
Schizophrenia	57	22	55	49	- 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	20	50	82	- 62
Hepatitis B	59	18	59	26	- 8
Meningitis	60	18	56	43	- 25
Osteoarthritis	61	17	58	29	- 11
Tuberculosis	62	16	38	213	- 197
Appendicitis	63	13	61	21	- 8
Oral conditions	64	9	65	3	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	65	7	62	15	- 8
Syphilis	66	1	64	3	- 2
Otitis Media	67	1	66	2	- 1
Encephalitis	68	1	67	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

United States

Portugal

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.