CONGO VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,693	4	2,494	+ 5,199
Stroke	2	7,371	5	2,267	+ 5,105
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,296	25	230	+ 4,066
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,093	3	2,576	+ 1,517
Lung Cancers	5	2,632	47	54	+ 2,578
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,622	38	89	+ 2,533
Lung Disease	7	2,560	17	541	+ 2,020
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,151	10	1,050	+ 1,102
Kidney Disease	9	1,675	15	613	+ 1,062
Stomach Cancer	10	1,513	39	88	+ 1,425
Prostate Cancer	11	1,269	28	198	+ 1,071
Breast Cancer	12	1,193	32	159	+ 1,034
Other Injuries	13	1,157	20	333	+ 824
Hypertension	14	1,123	12	933	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	15	997	52	42	+ 955
Lymphomas	16	960	45	61	+ 899
Endocrine Disorders	17	924	27	208	+ 716
Liver Cancer	18	759	30	169	+ 589
Suicide	19	700	19	349	+ 351
Bladder Cancer	20	699	61	15	+ 685
Parkinson's Disease	21	681	42	69	+ 612
Liver Disease	22	672	13	931	- 258
Falls	23	617	33	149	+ 468
Leukemia	24	607	46	57	+ 549
Oral Cancer	25	545	54	33	+ 512
Inflammatory/Heart	26	543	26	220	+ 323
Road Traffic Accidents	27	501	7	1,598	- 1,098
Other Neoplasms	28	390	63	8	+ 382
Oesophagus Cancer	29	372	57	19	+ 353
Skin Cancers	30	313	53	36	+ 277
Epilepsy	31	248	40	76	+ 172
Uterin Cancer	32	242	60	15	+ 228
Ovary Cancer	33	237	48	49	+ 188
Cervical Cancer	34	196	29	196	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	35	191	1	4,509	- 4,318
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	138	8	1,304	- 1,166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	137	35	105	+ 31
Tuberculosis	38	127	2	2,781	- 2,654
Skin Disease	39	121	50	46	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	40	117	14	729	- 612
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	101	43	67	+ 34
Anemia	42	90	82	0	+ 90
Asthma	43	87	23	291	- 203
Drug Use	44	77	44	65	+ 11
Alcohol	45	66	49	46	+ 20
Fires	46	65	37	90	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	59	59	15	+ 44
Violence	48	58	18	539	- 481
Hepatitis C	49	52	67	2	+ 49
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	49	84	0	+ 49
Drownings	51	47	36	104	- 56
Low Birth Weight	52	47	9	1,283	- 1,236
Malnutrition	53	47	24	272	- 225
Multiple Sclerosis	54	34	66	4	+ 30
Schizophrenia	55	29	81	0	+ 29
Meningitis	56	25	22	299	- 274
Poisonings	57	18	41	71	- 53
Osteoarthritis	58	17	85	0	+ 17
Hepatitis B	59	16	62	14	+ 1
Birth Trauma	60	14	11	997	- 983
Appendicitis	61	12	58	18	- 6
Upper Respiratory	62	9	64	7	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	4	16	578	- 573
Syphilis	64	2	34	107	- 105
Oral conditions	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	1	71	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	1	56	20	- 19
Leishmaniasis	68	1	78	0	+ 1
War	69	1	72	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	31	159	- 159
Pertussis	72	0	21	329	- 329
Tetanus	73	0	55	23	- 23
Diphtheria	74	0	68	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	78	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	65	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Portugal

Congo

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.