PORTUGAL VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,843	1	12,878	- 7,035
Stroke	2	5,322	2	12,339	- 7,018
Kidney Disease	3	2,223	9	2,803	- 580
Lung Disease	4	2,222	7	4,286	- 2,064
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,187	3	7,191	- 5,004
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,144	4	6,851	- 4,708
Hypertension	7	2,087	14	1,880	+ 207
Stomach Cancer	8	1,985	10	2,532	- 547
Lung Cancers	9	1,888	5	4,406	- 2,518
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,737	8	3,601	- 1,864
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,653	6	4,389	- 2,737
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,546	27	838	+ 708
Liver Disease	13	1,448	22	1,126	+ 322
Prostate Cancer	14	1,332	11	2,124	- 792
Suicide	15	930	19	1,172	- 242
Breast Cancer	16	923	12	1,997	- 1,074
Pancreas Cancer	17	857	15	1,669	- 812
Lymphomas	18	762	16	1,608	- 845
Liver Cancer	19	749	18	1,270	- 522
Other Neoplasms	20	743	28	652	+ 90
Other Injuries	21	717	13	1,937	- 1,220
Endocrine Disorders	22	703	17	1,547	- 843
Falls	23	495	23	1,033	- 538
Leukemia	24	481	24	1,015	- 535
Congenital Anomalies	25	469	40	196	+ 273
Parkinson's Disease	26	432	21	1,139	- 707
Cervical Cancer	27	426	34	329	+ 98
Skin Disease	28	417	39	202	+ 215
Violence	29	407	48	96	+ 310
Oesophagus Cancer	30	395	29	623	- 228
Inflammatory/Heart	31	388	26	909	- 521
Bladder Cancer	32	351	20	1,171	- 820
HIV/AIDS	33	295	35	320	- 25
Skin Cancers	34	287	30	523	- 236
Ovary Cancer	35	281	33	397	- 116
Low Birth Weight	36	239	52	79	+ 160
Malnutrition	37	230	53	79	+ 151
Tuberculosis	38	224	38	213	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	183	36	231	- 48
Oral Cancer	40	168	25	912	- 744
Fires	41	162	46	108	+ 53
Asthma	42	161	43	146	+ 15
Epilepsy	43	161	31	415	- 254
Drownings	44	155	51	79	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	45	150	32	406	- 256
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	122	37	229	- 106
Alcohol	47	113	45	111	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	102	47	99	+ 3
Anemia	49	98	42	151	- 52
Drug Use	50	81	44	128	- 47
Osteoarthritis	51	72	58	29	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	57	41	169	- 112
Meningitis	53	52	56	43	+ 9
Birth Trauma	54	48	60	24	+ 24
Chagas disease	55	43	79	0	+ 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	40	50	82	- 42
Poisonings	57	37	57	29	+ 8
Schizophrenia	58	21	55	49	- 28
Appendicitis	59	20	61	21	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	16	59	26	- 10
Hepatitis C	61	15	49	87	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	54	56	- 42
Maternal Conditions	63	13	63	7	+ 6
War	64	7	69	1	+ 6
Oral conditions	65	3	65	3	- 0
Syphilis	66	3	64	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	2	62	15	- 12
Pertussis	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	1	66	2	- 2
Ascariasis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Chile

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.