BELGIUM VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,112	1	15,281	- 169
Stroke	2	14,480	3	7,408	+ 7,072
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,438	2	9,416	- 978
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,040	6	5,677	+ 2,363
Lung Cancers	5	5,170	4	6,777	- 1,607
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,151	7	3,329	+ 1,822
Lung Disease	7	5,029	5	6,438	- 1,409
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,226	20	1,269	+ 2,957
Kidney Disease	9	3,290	8	2,952	+ 338
Stomach Cancer	10	2,971	26	863	+ 2,108
Prostate Cancer	11	2,492	13	1,824	+ 668
Breast Cancer	12	2,343	9	2,587	- 243
Other Injuries	13	2,273	11	2,006	+ 267
Hypertension	14	2,206	27	740	+ 1,466
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,959	14	1,809	+ 149
Lymphomas	16	1,886	16	1,552	+ 334
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,815	18	1,432	+ 383
Liver Cancer	18	1,491	24	976	+ 515
Suicide	19	1,375	10	2,111	- 736
Bladder Cancer	20	1,374	22	1,078	+ 295
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,337	19	1,378	- 41
Liver Disease	22	1,321	17	1,433	- 112
Falls	23	1,212	15	1,756	- 544
Leukemia	24	1,192	21	1,199	- 8
Oral Cancer	25	1,070	28	675	+ 396
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,066	23	1,060	+ 6
Road Traffic Accidents	27	984	29	666	+ 318
Other Neoplasms	28	765	12	1,828	- 1,062
Oesophagus Cancer	29	731	25	898	- 167
Skin Cancers	30	614	31	522	+ 92
Epilepsy	31	487	36	348	+ 139
Uterin Cancer	32	476	34	384	+ 92
Ovary Cancer	33	466	30	653	- 186
Cervical Cancer	34	386	41	243	+ 143
HIV/AIDS	35	375	57	36	+ 339
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	271	33	418	- 147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	268	42	213	+ 56
Tuberculosis	38	250	54	46	+ 204
Skin Disease	39	237	35	380	- 142
Congenital Anomalies	40	230	40	282	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	198	37	293	- 95
Anemia	42	177	43	199	- 22
Asthma	43	172	46	128	+ 44
Drug Use	44	151	39	287	- 137
Alcohol	45	130	32	500	- 369
Fires	46	127	48	75	+ 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	116	49	73	+ 44
Violence	48	113	44	149	- 36
Hepatitis C	49	102	52	53	+ 49
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	97	60	20	+ 77
Drownings	51	93	47	79	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	52	92	50	70	+ 23
Malnutrition	53	92	38	291	- 198
Multiple Sclerosis	54	66	45	147	- 81
Schizophrenia	55	58	56	40	+ 18
Meningitis	56	50	58	28	+ 22
Poisonings	57	34	55	41	- 7
Osteoarthritis	58	34	51	59	- 25
Hepatitis B	59	31	63	17	+ 14
Birth Trauma	60	28	53	47	- 19
Appendicitis	61	24	62	17	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	62	17	59	22	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	8	64	6	+ 2
Syphilis	64	4	70	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	65	3	61	19	- 16
Otitis Media	66	3	65	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	1	66	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	73	0	+ 1
War	69	1	67	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	68	1	- 1
Tetanus	73	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Portugal

Belgium

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.