PORTUGAL VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,549	35	320	+ 7,229
Tuberculosis	2	4,655	38	213	+ 4,442
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,312	4	6,851	- 2,539
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,175	1	12,878	- 8,703
Stroke	5	3,794	2	12,339	- 8,545
Malaria	6	3,309	78	0	+ 3,309
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,675	27	838	+ 1,837
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,183	36	231	+ 1,953
Low Birth Weight	9	2,148	52	79	+ 2,069
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,757	8	3,601	- 1,844
Birth Trauma	11	1,670	60	24	+ 1,646
Hypertension	12	1,561	14	1,880	- 319
Liver Disease	13	1,558	22	1,126	+ 432
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,220	40	196	+ 1,024
Kidney Disease	15	1,026	9	2,803	- 1,777
Maternal Conditions	16	967	63	7	+ 960
Lung Disease	17	905	7	4,286	- 3,381
Violence	18	902	48	96	+ 805
Suicide	19	584	19	1,172	- 588
Other Injuries	20	558	13	1,937	- 1,379
Pertussis	21	551	72	0	+ 551
Meningitis	22	501	56	43	+ 458
Asthma	23	487	43	146	+ 340
Malnutrition	24	455	53	79	+ 376
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	385	3	7,191	- 6,806
Inflammatory/Heart	26	368	26	909	- 541
Endocrine Disorders	27	348	17	1,547	- 1,199
Prostate Cancer	28	331	11	2,124	- 1,793
Cervical Cancer	29	328	34	329	- 0
Liver Cancer	30	284	18	1,270	- 987
Measles	31	267	71	0	+ 266
Breast Cancer	32	266	12	1,997	- 1,731
Falls	33	249	23	1,033	- 784
Syphilis	34	178	64	3	+ 175
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	176	37	229	- 53
Drownings	36	174	51	79	+ 95
Fires	37	151	46	108	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	149	6	4,389	- 4,241
Stomach Cancer	39	147	10	2,532	- 2,385
Epilepsy	40	127	31	415	- 288
Poisonings	41	118	57	29	+ 89
Parkinson's Disease	42	116	21	1,139	- 1,024
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	111	41	169	- 57
Drug Use	44	110	44	128	- 19
Lymphomas	45	102	16	1,608	- 1,505
Leukemia	46	96	24	1,015	- 919
Lung Cancers	47	90	5	4,406	- 4,316
Ovary Cancer	48	83	33	397	- 315
Alcohol	49	77	45	111	- 34
Skin Disease	50	77	39	202	- 126
Schistosomiasis	51	75	77	0	+ 75
Pancreas Cancer	52	70	15	1,669	- 1,599
Skin Cancers	53	60	30	523	- 463
Oral Cancer	54	55	25	912	- 857
Tetanus	55	39	73	0	+ 39
Encephalitis	56	33	67	1	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	57	33	29	623	- 590
Appendicitis	58	31	61	21	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	25	47	99	- 74
Uterin Cancer	60	24	32	406	- 381
Bladder Cancer	61	24	20	1,171	- 1,146
Hepatitis B	62	24	59	26	- 2
Other Neoplasms	63	13	28	652	- 639
Upper Respiratory	64	11	62	15	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	11	80	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	54	56	- 50
Hepatitis C	67	4	49	87	- 83
Diphtheria	68	3	74	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	2	83	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	66	2	- 1
War	72	1	69	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	68	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	49	- 49
Anemia	82	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Congo

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.