PORTUGAL VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,260	1	12,878	+ 3,382
Stroke	2	10,487	2	12,339	- 1,853
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,939	3	7,191	- 252
Lung Cancers	4	5,718	5	4,406	+ 1,312
Lung Disease	5	5,422	7	4,286	+ 1,136
Hypertension	6	5,011	14	1,880	+ 3,131
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,558	6	4,389	- 831
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,321	8	3,601	- 280
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,736	4	6,851	- 4,116
Breast Cancer	10	2,322	12	1,997	+ 325
Kidney Disease	11	2,131	9	2,803	- 673
Other Injuries	12	2,028	13	1,937	+ 91
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,025	15	1,669	+ 356
Stomach Cancer	14	1,717	10	2,532	- 816
Other Neoplasms	15	1,672	28	652	+ 1,020
Lymphomas	16	1,619	16	1,608	+ 12
Liver Cancer	17	1,611	18	1,270	+ 340
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,412	17	1,547	- 135
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,411	21	1,139	+ 272
Prostate Cancer	20	1,408	11	2,124	- 716
Leukemia	21	1,127	24	1,015	+ 111
Bladder Cancer	22	1,124	20	1,171	- 47
Liver Disease	23	931	22	1,126	- 195
Inflammatory/Heart	24	926	26	909	+ 17
Falls	25	707	23	1,033	- 326
Suicide	26	677	19	1,172	- 495
Oral Cancer	27	560	25	912	- 352
Ovary Cancer	28	549	33	397	+ 152
Skin Cancers	29	542	30	523	+ 19
Road Traffic Accidents	30	539	27	838	- 299
Hepatitis C	31	410	49	87	+ 323
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	371	41	169	+ 202
Uterin Cancer	33	368	32	406	- 38
Oesophagus Cancer	34	342	29	623	- 280
Anemia	35	280	42	151	+ 129
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	272	36	231	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	37	242	40	196	+ 45
Skin Disease	38	241	39	202	+ 39
Epilepsy	39	224	31	415	- 191
Cervical Cancer	40	193	34	329	- 136
Malnutrition	41	130	53	79	+ 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	117	47	99	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	116	37	229	- 113
Multiple Sclerosis	44	113	54	56	+ 57
Drug Use	45	110	44	128	- 19
HIV/AIDS	46	87	35	320	- 233
Asthma	47	83	43	146	- 64
Osteoarthritis	48	81	58	29	+ 52
Schizophrenia	49	71	55	49	+ 22
Violence	50	68	48	96	- 28
Low Birth Weight	51	60	52	79	- 19
Drownings	52	58	51	79	- 22
Tuberculosis	53	56	38	213	- 157
Hepatitis B	54	56	59	26	+ 30
Alcohol	55	46	45	111	- 65
Fires	56	45	46	108	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	40	50	82	- 42
Poisonings	58	26	57	29	- 4
Birth Trauma	59	23	60	24	- 0
Meningitis	60	21	56	43	- 21
Appendicitis	61	8	61	21	- 13
Oral conditions	62	8	65	3	+ 5
Tetanus	63	4	73	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	3	62	15	- 11
Otitis Media	65	3	66	2	+ 0
War	66	1	69	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	63	7	- 6
Encephalitis	68	1	67	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	1	64	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	1	68	1	- 1
Measles	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	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

Italy

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.