BANGLADESH VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		BANGLADESH		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	212,838	2	108,528	+ 104,310
Stroke	2	203,938	1	134,166	+ 69,771
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	118,848	13	14,993	+ 103,855
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	113,236	6	29,586	+ 83,650
Lung Cancers	5	72,820	16	12,174	+ 60,646
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	72,547	28	4,534	+ 68,012
Lung Disease	7	70,836	3	45,699	+ 25,137
Diabetes Mellitus	8	59,521	7	28,976	+ 30,544
Kidney Disease	9	46,331	17	10,841	+ 35,490
Stomach Cancer	10	41,848	24	6,799	+ 35,050
Prostate Cancer	11	35,101	41	1,664	+ 33,437
Breast Cancer	12	33,004	23	6,808	+ 26,196
Other Injuries	13	32,014	21	7,629	+ 24,385
Hypertension	14	31,069	14	14,776	+ 16,293
Pancreas Cancer	15	27,587	43	1,414	+ 26,173
Lymphomas	16	26,568	35	2,667	+ 23,901
Endocrine Disorders	17	25,563	45	1,335	+ 24,227
Liver Cancer	18	20,997	34	2,884	+ 18,112
Suicide	19	19,369	25	5,998	+ 13,371
Bladder Cancer	20	19,346	52	991	+ 18,356
Parkinson's Disease	21	18,831	30	3,782	+ 15,050
Liver Disease	22	18,604	9	21,024	- 2,420
Falls	23	17,067	31	3,328	+ 13,739
Leukemia	24	16,782	40	1,895	+ 14,887
Oral Cancer	25	15,073	12	15,511	- 438
Inflammatory/Heart	26	15,019	42	1,485	+ 13,535
Road Traffic Accidents	27	13,853	8	25,023	- 11,170
Other Neoplasms	28	10,777	61	243	+ 10,534
Oesophagus Cancer	29	10,292	10	19,525	- 9,233
Skin Cancers	30	8,652	53	853	+ 7,798
Epilepsy	31	6,861	44	1,353	+ 5,507
Uterin Cancer	32	6,709	58	405	+ 6,303
Ovary Cancer	33	6,567	37	2,231	+ 4,335
Cervical Cancer	34	5,434	26	5,132	+ 302
HIV/AIDS	35	5,283	55	563	+ 4,720
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	3,812	5	36,111	- 32,299
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	3,777	48	1,251	+ 2,526
Tuberculosis	38	3,519	4	37,175	- 33,656
Skin Disease	39	3,345	50	1,131	+ 2,213
Congenital Anomalies	40	3,246	18	10,113	- 6,867
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	2,790	33	2,922	- 132
Anemia	42	2,491	81	0	+ 2,491
Asthma	43	2,420	20	8,893	- 6,473
Drug Use	44	2,122	32	2,967	- 845
Alcohol	45	1,836	60	262	+ 1,574
Fires	46	1,790	46	1,271	+ 519
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	1,635	54	815	+ 820
Violence	48	1,593	27	4,623	- 3,030
Hepatitis C	49	1,435	62	207	+ 1,228
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	1,362	85	0	+ 1,362
Drownings	51	1,311	22	7,094	- 5,783
Low Birth Weight	52	1,302	11	17,457	- 16,155
Malnutrition	53	1,300	36	2,418	- 1,118
Multiple Sclerosis	54	929	64	179	+ 750
Schizophrenia	55	812	82	0	+ 812
Meningitis	56	705	38	2,105	- 1,400
Poisonings	57	484	56	539	- 54
Osteoarthritis	58	474	86	0	+ 474
Hepatitis B	59	430	51	1,121	- 691
Birth Trauma	60	393	15	13,392	- 12,999
Appendicitis	61	344	47	1,262	- 918
Upper Respiratory	62	244	66	100	+ 144
Maternal Conditions	63	118	29	3,920	- 3,801
Syphilis	64	51	49	1,227	- 1,176
Oral conditions	65	48	84	0	+ 48
Otitis Media	66	41	71	14	+ 27
Encephalitis	67	21	59	371	- 350
Leishmaniasis	68	19	67	56	- 37
War	69	17	63	202	- 185
Leprosy	70	6	73	0	+ 6
Measles	71	5	19	9,021	- 9,016
Pertussis	72	2	39	2,011	- 2,009
Tetanus	73	0	57	450	- 450
Diphtheria	74	0	72	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	21	- 21
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	68	45	- 45
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	69	31	- 31
Dengue	84	0	65	161	- 161
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BANGLADESH

Portugal

Bangladesh

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.