COMOROS VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,136	4	349	+ 787
Stroke	2	1,088	3	356	+ 733
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	634	23	46	+ 588
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	604	1	594	+ 10
Lung Cancers	5	389	60	1	+ 388
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	387	39	19	+ 368
Lung Disease	7	378	17	83	+ 294
Diabetes Mellitus	8	318	9	136	+ 181
Kidney Disease	9	247	14	101	+ 146
Stomach Cancer	10	223	45	11	+ 212
Prostate Cancer	11	187	27	33	+ 154
Breast Cancer	12	176	33	23	+ 154
Other Injuries	13	171	16	90	+ 81
Hypertension	14	166	12	115	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	15	147	82	0	+ 147
Lymphomas	16	142	37	19	+ 122
Endocrine Disorders	17	136	36	19	+ 117
Liver Cancer	18	112	28	29	+ 83
Suicide	19	103	24	46	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	20	103	46	10	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	21	100	44	11	+ 89
Liver Disease	22	99	8	160	- 60
Falls	23	91	32	26	+ 65
Leukemia	24	90	57	3	+ 86
Oral Cancer	25	80	41	15	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	26	80	31	26	+ 54
Road Traffic Accidents	27	74	6	226	- 152
Other Neoplasms	28	58	59	1	+ 56
Oesophagus Cancer	29	55	26	34	+ 21
Skin Cancers	30	46	42	12	+ 34
Epilepsy	31	37	40	17	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	32	36	55	3	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	33	35	56	3	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	34	29	13	104	- 75
HIV/AIDS	35	28	76	0	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	20	2	363	- 343
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	20	34	21	- 1
Tuberculosis	38	19	19	79	- 60
Skin Disease	39	18	48	9	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	40	17	10	131	- 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	15	47	10	+ 5
Anemia	42	13	81	0	+ 13
Asthma	43	13	21	49	- 36
Drug Use	44	11	49	7	+ 5
Alcohol	45	10	51	6	+ 4
Fires	46	10	30	27	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	9	58	2	+ 7
Violence	48	9	20	63	- 55
Hepatitis C	49	8	61	1	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	7	85	0	+ 7
Drownings	51	7	25	35	- 28
Low Birth Weight	52	7	5	328	- 321
Malnutrition	53	7	15	96	- 89
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	62	1	+ 4
Schizophrenia	55	4	83	0	+ 4
Meningitis	56	4	11	115	- 112
Poisonings	57	3	35	20	- 17
Osteoarthritis	58	3	84	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	59	2	52	5	- 3
Birth Trauma	60	2	7	211	- 209
Appendicitis	61	2	50	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	1	53	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	22	47	- 46
Syphilis	64	0	38	19	- 19
Oral conditions	65	0	86	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	64	0	- 0
Encephalitis	67	0	54	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	18	80	- 80
Tetanus	73	0	43	12	- 12
Diphtheria	74	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	29	29	- 29
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Portugal

Comoros

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.