PORTUGAL VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,075	1	12,878	- 3,803
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,723	8	3,601	+ 3,121
Kidney Disease	3	3,484	9	2,803	+ 680
Stroke	4	3,106	2	12,339	- 9,233
Violence	5	2,533	48	96	+ 2,437
Liver Disease	6	2,330	22	1,126	+ 1,204
Lung Disease	7	2,274	7	4,286	- 2,012
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,937	4	6,851	- 4,914
Hypertension	9	1,390	14	1,880	- 490
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,273	27	838	+ 435
Other Injuries	11	951	13	1,937	- 987
Endocrine Disorders	12	883	17	1,547	- 664
Congenital Anomalies	13	816	40	196	+ 620
Malnutrition	14	590	53	79	+ 511
Prostate Cancer	15	585	11	2,124	- 1,539
Breast Cancer	16	576	12	1,997	- 1,421
Lung Cancers	17	574	5	4,406	- 3,832
Low Birth Weight	18	559	52	79	+ 480
Stomach Cancer	19	542	10	2,532	- 1,990
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	536	6	4,389	- 3,853
Liver Cancer	21	532	18	1,270	- 738
Suicide	22	529	19	1,172	- 643
Other Neoplasms	23	484	28	652	- 168
Lymphomas	24	387	16	1,608	- 1,220
Leukemia	25	377	24	1,015	- 638
Cervical Cancer	26	374	34	329	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	27	352	15	1,669	- 1,317
HIV/AIDS	28	322	35	320	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	271	36	231	+ 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	269	3	7,191	- 6,922
Skin Disease	31	236	39	202	+ 34
Alcohol	32	230	45	111	+ 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	213	37	229	- 15
Ovary Cancer	34	207	33	397	- 190
Falls	35	205	23	1,033	- 827
Birth Trauma	36	199	60	24	+ 175
Anemia	37	170	42	151	+ 20
Tuberculosis	38	152	38	213	- 61
Epilepsy	39	149	31	415	- 266
Skin Cancers	40	149	30	523	- 374
Inflammatory/Heart	41	146	26	909	- 763
Drownings	42	140	51	79	+ 61
Parkinson's Disease	43	122	21	1,139	- 1,017
Drug Use	44	115	44	128	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	110	47	99	+ 12
Oral Cancer	46	106	25	912	- 806
Asthma	47	105	43	146	- 42
Bladder Cancer	48	99	20	1,171	- 1,071
Oesophagus Cancer	49	98	29	623	- 525
Uterin Cancer	50	70	32	406	- 336
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	70	50	82	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	67	41	169	- 102
Appendicitis	53	60	61	21	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	54	59	63	7	+ 51
Hepatitis C	55	49	49	87	- 38
Fires	56	47	46	108	- 61
Poisonings	57	41	57	29	+ 12
Meningitis	58	28	56	43	- 15
Osteoarthritis	59	24	58	29	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	23	54	56	- 33
Hepatitis B	61	16	59	26	- 10
Encephalitis	62	11	67	1	+ 10
Schizophrenia	63	10	55	49	- 39
Upper Respiratory	64	10	62	15	- 5
Oral conditions	65	10	65	3	+ 7
War	66	9	69	1	+ 8
Dengue	67	2	84	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	66	2	- 0
Chagas disease	69	2	79	0	+ 2
Pertussis	70	2	72	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Syphilis	73	0	64	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Mexico

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.