PORTUGAL VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,799	4	6,851	- 2,053
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,311	1	12,878	- 8,567
Stroke	3	2,418	2	12,339	- 9,922
Kidney Disease	4	2,265	9	2,803	- 538
Liver Disease	5	1,996	22	1,126	+ 871
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,820	3	7,191	- 5,371
Stomach Cancer	7	1,588	10	2,532	- 944
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,389	8	3,601	- 2,212
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,382	27	838	+ 544
Lung Cancers	10	992	5	4,406	- 3,414
Prostate Cancer	11	992	11	2,124	- 1,132
Violence	12	943	48	96	+ 847
Other Injuries	13	900	13	1,937	- 1,037
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	827	6	4,389	- 3,562
Lung Disease	15	789	7	4,286	- 3,497
Liver Cancer	16	775	18	1,270	- 495
Tuberculosis	17	744	38	213	+ 531
Lymphomas	18	706	16	1,608	- 902
Congenital Anomalies	19	625	40	196	+ 429
Breast Cancer	20	617	12	1,997	- 1,380
Cervical Cancer	21	602	34	329	+ 274
Leukemia	22	579	24	1,015	- 436
Pancreas Cancer	23	503	15	1,669	- 1,166
Low Birth Weight	24	462	52	79	+ 383
Falls	25	402	23	1,033	- 630
Parkinson's Disease	26	398	21	1,139	- 742
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	347	36	231	+ 116
Hypertension	28	332	14	1,880	- 1,548
Malnutrition	29	315	53	79	+ 236
Suicide	30	283	19	1,172	- 889
HIV/AIDS	31	266	35	320	- 54
Skin Cancers	32	246	30	523	- 277
Ovary Cancer	33	223	33	397	- 174
Drug Use	34	199	44	128	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	191	37	229	- 38
Drownings	36	183	51	79	+ 104
Birth Trauma	37	168	60	24	+ 144
Oral Cancer	38	163	25	912	- 749
Inflammatory/Heart	39	155	26	909	- 754
Endocrine Disorders	40	148	17	1,547	- 1,398
Bladder Cancer	41	145	20	1,171	- 1,026
Oesophagus Cancer	42	123	29	623	- 499
Maternal Conditions	43	108	63	7	+ 101
Alcohol	44	101	45	111	- 10
Uterin Cancer	45	95	32	406	- 311
Encephalitis	46	88	67	1	+ 87
Epilepsy	47	82	31	415	- 333
Pertussis	48	82	72	0	+ 81
Fires	49	75	46	108	- 33
Asthma	50	65	43	146	- 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	62	41	169	- 107
Syphilis	52	57	64	3	+ 54
Appendicitis	53	53	61	21	+ 33
Skin Disease	54	49	39	202	- 153
Poisonings	55	39	57	29	+ 10
Meningitis	56	37	56	43	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	34	47	99	- 65
Other Neoplasms	58	17	28	652	- 635
Chagas disease	59	15	79	0	+ 15
Tetanus	60	15	73	0	+ 15
Malaria	61	11	78	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	54	56	- 45
Upper Respiratory	63	3	62	15	- 11
Hepatitis B	64	3	59	26	- 23
Hepatitis C	65	1	49	87	- 86
Dengue	66	1	84	0	+ 1
War	67	1	69	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	42	151	- 151
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	49	- 49
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

Peru

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.