CANADA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	48,946	1	40,063	+ 8,882
Stroke	2	46,899	5	14,159	+ 32,740
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	27,331	2	30,970	- 3,639
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	26,040	7	7,431	+ 18,609
Lung Cancers	5	16,746	3	20,937	- 4,191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	16,683	6	9,651	+ 7,033
Lung Disease	7	16,290	4	14,212	+ 2,078
Diabetes Mellitus	8	13,688	9	5,718	+ 7,970
Kidney Disease	9	10,655	14	4,578	+ 6,077
Stomach Cancer	10	9,624	26	2,177	+ 7,446
Prostate Cancer	11	8,072	13	4,711	+ 3,361
Breast Cancer	12	7,590	8	5,910	+ 1,680
Other Injuries	13	7,362	24	2,392	+ 4,970
Hypertension	14	7,145	22	2,563	+ 4,582
Pancreas Cancer	15	6,344	11	5,057	+ 1,287
Lymphomas	16	6,110	10	5,146	+ 964
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,879	19	3,233	+ 2,646
Liver Cancer	18	4,829	20	3,113	+ 1,716
Suicide	19	4,454	15	4,417	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	20	4,449	23	2,521	+ 1,928
Parkinson's Disease	21	4,331	18	3,359	+ 972
Liver Disease	22	4,278	17	3,624	+ 655
Falls	23	3,925	12	4,829	- 904
Leukemia	24	3,859	21	3,098	+ 761
Oral Cancer	25	3,466	32	1,592	+ 1,874
Inflammatory/Heart	26	3,454	27	2,060	+ 1,394
Road Traffic Accidents	27	3,186	28	1,998	+ 1,188
Other Neoplasms	28	2,478	31	1,679	+ 800
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,367	25	2,230	+ 137
Skin Cancers	30	1,990	30	1,756	+ 233
Epilepsy	31	1,578	44	384	+ 1,194
Uterin Cancer	32	1,543	34	1,183	+ 360
Ovary Cancer	33	1,510	29	1,902	- 392
Cervical Cancer	34	1,250	41	578	+ 672
HIV/AIDS	35	1,215	53	163	+ 1,052
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	877	36	840	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	869	43	442	+ 427
Tuberculosis	38	809	58	97	+ 712
Skin Disease	39	769	38	679	+ 90
Congenital Anomalies	40	746	35	1,081	- 335
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	642	39	636	+ 6
Anemia	42	573	46	343	+ 230
Asthma	43	556	49	262	+ 294
Drug Use	44	488	16	3,686	- 3,198
Alcohol	45	422	33	1,491	- 1,069
Fires	46	412	52	192	+ 219
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	376	47	322	+ 54
Violence	48	366	40	605	- 239
Hepatitis C	49	330	45	363	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	313	54	143	+ 171
Drownings	51	301	48	283	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	52	299	42	553	- 254
Malnutrition	53	299	51	192	+ 107
Multiple Sclerosis	54	214	37	692	- 479
Schizophrenia	55	187	57	118	+ 68
Meningitis	56	162	59	68	+ 94
Poisonings	57	111	56	121	- 10
Osteoarthritis	58	109	55	139	- 30
Hepatitis B	59	99	60	66	+ 33
Birth Trauma	60	90	50	193	- 102
Appendicitis	61	79	62	49	+ 30
Upper Respiratory	62	56	63	47	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	63	27	64	45	- 18
Syphilis	64	12	67	5	+ 6
Oral conditions	65	11	61	51	- 40
Otitis Media	66	9	66	8	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	5	68	3	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	68	4	77	0	+ 4
War	69	4	65	21	- 17
Leprosy	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	69	1	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Portugal

Canada

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.