COLOMBIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	62,563	1	43,066	+ 19,497
Stroke	2	59,947	3	16,573	+ 43,375
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	34,935	22	2,157	+ 32,778
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	33,286	5	10,773	+ 22,512
Lung Cancers	5	21,405	10	5,250	+ 16,155
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	21,325	12	4,371	+ 16,954
Lung Disease	7	20,822	4	15,928	+ 4,894
Diabetes Mellitus	8	17,496	11	5,028	+ 12,468
Kidney Disease	9	13,619	7	6,834	+ 6,785
Stomach Cancer	10	12,301	9	6,112	+ 6,189
Prostate Cancer	11	10,318	14	3,584	+ 6,733
Breast Cancer	12	9,702	13	3,669	+ 6,032
Other Injuries	13	9,410	28	1,592	+ 7,818
Hypertension	14	9,133	8	6,400	+ 2,733
Pancreas Cancer	15	8,109	25	2,022	+ 6,087
Lymphomas	16	7,810	18	2,603	+ 5,207
Endocrine Disorders	17	7,514	30	1,367	+ 6,147
Liver Cancer	18	6,172	24	2,065	+ 4,107
Suicide	19	5,693	26	1,965	+ 3,729
Bladder Cancer	20	5,687	42	609	+ 5,078
Parkinson's Disease	21	5,535	47	383	+ 5,152
Liver Disease	22	5,469	19	2,426	+ 3,042
Falls	23	5,017	29	1,518	+ 3,499
Leukemia	24	4,933	21	2,208	+ 2,725
Oral Cancer	25	4,431	37	807	+ 3,624
Inflammatory/Heart	26	4,415	31	1,329	+ 3,086
Road Traffic Accidents	27	4,072	6	7,765	- 3,693
Other Neoplasms	28	3,168	15	3,205	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,025	36	835	+ 2,190
Skin Cancers	30	2,543	35	1,028	+ 1,515
Epilepsy	31	2,017	43	597	+ 1,419
Uterin Cancer	32	1,972	45	423	+ 1,549
Ovary Cancer	33	1,930	33	1,122	+ 808
Cervical Cancer	34	1,597	20	2,266	- 669
HIV/AIDS	35	1,553	17	2,683	- 1,130
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,120	38	747	+ 373
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,110	39	698	+ 412
Tuberculosis	38	1,034	32	1,272	- 237
Skin Disease	39	983	34	1,102	- 119
Congenital Anomalies	40	954	16	2,963	- 2,008
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	820	63	38	+ 782
Anemia	42	732	57	101	+ 632
Asthma	43	711	54	191	+ 520
Drug Use	44	624	44	492	+ 132
Alcohol	45	540	68	23	+ 517
Fires	46	526	56	127	+ 399
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	481	51	242	+ 238
Violence	48	468	2	19,268	- 18,800
Hepatitis C	49	422	59	65	+ 357
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	400	48	333	+ 68
Drownings	51	385	40	689	- 304
Low Birth Weight	52	383	23	2,095	- 1,712
Malnutrition	53	382	27	1,878	- 1,496
Multiple Sclerosis	54	273	60	62	+ 211
Schizophrenia	55	239	70	18	+ 221
Meningitis	56	207	50	244	- 37
Poisonings	57	142	61	61	+ 82
Osteoarthritis	58	139	58	67	+ 72
Hepatitis B	59	126	62	50	+ 76
Birth Trauma	60	116	41	648	- 533
Appendicitis	61	101	52	213	- 112
Upper Respiratory	62	72	66	27	+ 45
Maternal Conditions	63	35	46	394	- 359
Syphilis	64	15	65	30	- 15
Oral conditions	65	14	75	7	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	12	73	7	+ 5
Encephalitis	67	6	64	38	- 32
Leishmaniasis	68	6	74	7	- 2
War	69	5	49	260	- 255
Leprosy	70	2	72	8	- 7
Measles	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	69	18	- 18
Tetanus	73	0	71	14	- 14
Diphtheria	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	1	- 1
Malaria	78	0	67	26	- 26
Chagas disease	79	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	76	5	- 5
Dengue	84	0	55	133	- 133
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Portugal

Colombia

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.