PORTUGAL VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,953	1	12,878	+ 3,075
Liver Disease	2	5,516	22	1,126	+ 4,391
Stroke	3	4,022	2	12,339	- 8,317
Liver Cancer	4	2,249	18	1,270	+ 979
Hypertension	5	1,935	14	1,880	+ 56
Kidney Disease	6	1,935	9	2,803	- 869
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,899	4	6,851	- 4,953
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,755	8	3,601	- 1,846
Lung Disease	9	1,229	7	4,286	- 3,057
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,116	40	196	+ 920
Low Birth Weight	11	1,045	52	79	+ 966
Road Traffic Accidents	12	930	27	838	+ 92
Breast Cancer	13	842	12	1,997	- 1,155
Lymphomas	14	692	16	1,608	- 916
Asthma	15	652	43	146	+ 505
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	640	3	7,191	- 6,551
Birth Trauma	17	561	60	24	+ 537
Lung Cancers	18	521	5	4,406	- 3,885
Bladder Cancer	19	471	20	1,171	- 700
Violence	20	382	48	96	+ 286
Other Injuries	21	350	13	1,937	- 1,587
Leukemia	22	345	24	1,015	- 670
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	339	36	231	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	283	6	4,389	- 4,107
Suicide	25	277	19	1,172	- 895
Pancreas Cancer	26	267	15	1,669	- 1,403
Inflammatory/Heart	27	228	26	909	- 680
Parkinson's Disease	28	219	21	1,139	- 920
Endocrine Disorders	29	218	17	1,547	- 1,329
Falls	30	185	23	1,033	- 847
Ovary Cancer	31	178	33	397	- 219
Stomach Cancer	32	169	10	2,532	- 2,363
Fires	33	144	46	108	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	123	37	229	- 106
Prostate Cancer	35	118	11	2,124	- 2,006
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	115	41	169	- 54
Drownings	37	103	51	79	+ 24
Encephalitis	38	96	67	1	+ 95
Skin Cancers	39	93	30	523	- 431
Hepatitis B	40	91	59	26	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	41	87	29	623	- 535
Pertussis	42	83	72	0	+ 83
Meningitis	43	76	56	43	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	44	73	63	7	+ 66
Oral Cancer	45	73	25	912	- 839
Malnutrition	46	70	53	79	- 9
War	47	65	69	1	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	48	57	34	329	- 271
Tetanus	49	50	73	0	+ 50
Epilepsy	50	41	31	415	- 374
Tuberculosis	51	40	38	213	- 173
Uterin Cancer	52	39	32	406	- 367
HIV/AIDS	53	36	35	320	- 283
Schistosomiasis	54	20	77	0	+ 20
Skin Disease	55	20	39	202	- 182
Multiple Sclerosis	56	20	54	56	- 37
Poisonings	57	18	57	29	- 11
Syphilis	58	15	64	3	+ 12
Appendicitis	59	13	61	21	- 8
Alcohol	60	13	45	111	- 98
Other Neoplasms	61	11	28	652	- 641
Drug Use	62	11	44	128	- 118
Hepatitis C	63	9	49	87	- 78
Measles	64	4	71	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	47	99	- 97
Leishmaniasis	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	15	- 14
Dengue	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	49	- 49
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	42	151	- 151
Depression	83	0	85	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

Egypt

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.