BELARUS VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,988	1	53,186	- 41,198
Stroke	2	11,486	2	16,393	- 4,907
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,694	3	3,530	+ 3,163
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,378	15	1,086	+ 5,291
Lung Cancers	5	4,101	4	2,950	+ 1,152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,086	5	2,886	+ 1,200
Lung Disease	7	3,990	7	2,208	+ 1,782
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,352	30	373	+ 2,980
Kidney Disease	9	2,609	26	480	+ 2,130
Stomach Cancer	10	2,357	10	1,690	+ 667
Prostate Cancer	11	1,977	17	936	+ 1,041
Breast Cancer	12	1,859	12	1,230	+ 628
Other Injuries	13	1,803	14	1,099	+ 704
Hypertension	14	1,750	31	367	+ 1,383
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,554	13	1,171	+ 383
Lymphomas	16	1,496	20	672	+ 825
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,440	43	141	+ 1,299
Liver Cancer	18	1,183	32	363	+ 820
Suicide	19	1,091	9	2,004	- 913
Bladder Cancer	20	1,090	35	295	+ 794
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,061	21	621	+ 439
Liver Disease	22	1,048	8	2,078	- 1,030
Falls	23	961	16	952	+ 10
Leukemia	24	945	23	554	+ 391
Oral Cancer	25	849	18	901	- 52
Inflammatory/Heart	26	846	11	1,361	- 515
Road Traffic Accidents	27	780	19	722	+ 58
Other Neoplasms	28	607	48	52	+ 555
Oesophagus Cancer	29	580	25	493	+ 87
Skin Cancers	30	487	36	272	+ 216
Epilepsy	31	386	45	116	+ 271
Uterin Cancer	32	378	28	391	- 13
Ovary Cancer	33	370	27	429	- 59
Cervical Cancer	34	306	34	303	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	35	298	42	167	+ 131
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	215	57	13	+ 202
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	213	40	235	- 23
Tuberculosis	38	198	37	269	- 70
Skin Disease	39	188	51	31	+ 158
Congenital Anomalies	40	183	41	202	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	157	39	239	- 82
Anemia	42	140	83	0	+ 140
Asthma	43	136	44	122	+ 15
Drug Use	44	120	29	389	- 269
Alcohol	45	103	6	2,761	- 2,658
Fires	46	101	22	620	- 520
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	92	55	15	+ 77
Violence	48	90	38	255	- 165
Hepatitis C	49	81	62	1	+ 80
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	77	85	0	+ 77
Drownings	51	74	24	543	- 469
Low Birth Weight	52	73	47	64	+ 9
Malnutrition	53	73	53	22	+ 51
Multiple Sclerosis	54	52	49	42	+ 10
Schizophrenia	55	46	80	0	+ 46
Meningitis	56	40	50	36	+ 3
Poisonings	57	27	33	311	- 284
Osteoarthritis	58	27	84	0	+ 27
Hepatitis B	59	24	56	14	+ 11
Birth Trauma	60	22	52	25	- 3
Appendicitis	61	19	54	20	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	14	58	5	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	63	7	60	2	+ 5
Syphilis	64	3	63	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	65	3	86	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	2	66	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	1	46	93	- 92
Leishmaniasis	68	1	78	0	+ 1
War	69	1	59	3	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	65	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	61	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Portugal

Belarus

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.