PORTUGAL VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,115	1	12,878	+ 8,237
Stroke	2	8,698	2	12,339	- 3,641
Hypertension	3	2,931	14	1,880	+ 1,051
Kidney Disease	4	2,789	9	2,803	- 14
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,014	8	3,601	- 1,587
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,976	4	6,851	- 4,876
Lung Cancers	7	1,798	5	4,406	- 2,608
Lung Disease	8	1,719	7	4,286	- 2,567
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,689	27	838	+ 850
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,356	3	7,191	- 5,835
Liver Disease	11	1,328	22	1,126	+ 203
Breast Cancer	12	984	12	1,997	- 1,013
Asthma	13	912	43	146	+ 766
Low Birth Weight	14	902	52	79	+ 823
Tuberculosis	15	784	38	213	+ 571
Suicide	16	715	19	1,172	- 457
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	698	6	4,389	- 3,692
Cervical Cancer	18	685	34	329	+ 356
Falls	19	671	23	1,033	- 362
Lymphomas	20	621	16	1,608	- 987
Other Injuries	21	620	13	1,937	- 1,317
Congenital Anomalies	22	580	40	196	+ 384
Birth Trauma	23	564	60	24	+ 541
Prostate Cancer	24	523	11	2,124	- 1,601
Stomach Cancer	25	462	10	2,532	- 2,070
Parkinson's Disease	26	413	21	1,139	- 727
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	325	36	231	+ 95
Endocrine Disorders	28	308	17	1,547	- 1,238
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	294	37	229	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	30	292	20	1,171	- 879
Leukemia	31	282	24	1,015	- 733
Inflammatory/Heart	32	279	26	909	- 630
Fires	33	247	46	108	+ 139
Ovary Cancer	34	218	33	397	- 179
Oral Cancer	35	213	25	912	- 699
Pancreas Cancer	36	204	15	1,669	- 1,465
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	196	41	169	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	38	192	63	7	+ 185
Violence	39	173	48	96	+ 76
Meningitis	40	148	56	43	+ 105
Skin Cancers	41	130	30	523	- 393
Oesophagus Cancer	42	120	29	623	- 503
Drownings	43	116	51	79	+ 37
Liver Cancer	44	115	18	1,270	- 1,155
Epilepsy	45	92	31	415	- 323
Pertussis	46	89	72	0	+ 88
Drug Use	47	88	44	128	- 41
Hepatitis B	48	86	59	26	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	49	79	35	320	- 241
Poisonings	50	73	57	29	+ 43
Malnutrition	51	55	53	79	- 24
Encephalitis	52	48	67	1	+ 47
Uterin Cancer	53	42	32	406	- 364
Skin Disease	54	41	39	202	- 162
Syphilis	55	38	64	3	+ 35
Appendicitis	56	36	61	21	+ 15
Alcohol	57	30	45	111	- 81
Multiple Sclerosis	58	29	54	56	- 27
Tetanus	59	21	73	0	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	60	19	28	652	- 633
Schistosomiasis	61	18	77	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	47	99	- 89
War	63	6	69	1	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	64	4	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	49	87	- 85
Ascariasis	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	15	- 14
Chlamydia	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	49	- 49
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Morocco

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.