DENMARK VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,536	1	5,341	+ 2,195
Stroke	2	7,221	5	3,662	+ 3,559
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,208	2	5,218	- 1,009
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,009	6	2,244	+ 1,766
Lung Cancers	5	2,578	4	3,721	- 1,143
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,569	7	2,147	+ 422
Lung Disease	7	2,508	3	4,387	- 1,878
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,107	10	1,284	+ 824
Kidney Disease	9	1,640	12	911	+ 730
Stomach Cancer	10	1,482	23	484	+ 998
Prostate Cancer	11	1,243	8	1,480	- 237
Breast Cancer	12	1,169	9	1,299	- 130
Other Injuries	13	1,134	30	347	+ 786
Hypertension	14	1,100	15	642	+ 458
Pancreas Cancer	15	977	11	1,096	- 119
Lymphomas	16	941	13	730	+ 211
Endocrine Disorders	17	905	19	575	+ 331
Liver Cancer	18	743	25	464	+ 279
Suicide	19	686	16	617	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	20	685	21	545	+ 140
Parkinson's Disease	21	667	17	600	+ 67
Liver Disease	22	659	14	692	- 33
Falls	23	604	22	541	+ 64
Leukemia	24	594	20	558	+ 36
Oral Cancer	25	534	28	371	+ 163
Inflammatory/Heart	26	532	31	284	+ 247
Road Traffic Accidents	27	490	33	213	+ 277
Other Neoplasms	28	382	27	378	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	29	364	24	477	- 112
Skin Cancers	30	306	26	388	- 82
Epilepsy	31	243	40	125	+ 118
Uterin Cancer	32	238	35	156	+ 82
Ovary Cancer	33	233	29	367	- 135
Cervical Cancer	34	192	37	153	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	35	187	55	23	+ 165
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	135	38	145	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	134	32	216	- 82
Tuberculosis	38	125	57	16	+ 109
Skin Disease	39	118	45	79	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	40	115	36	153	- 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	99	42	96	+ 2
Anemia	42	88	46	73	+ 15
Asthma	43	86	44	82	+ 3
Drug Use	44	75	34	197	- 122
Alcohol	45	65	18	598	- 533
Fires	46	63	49	53	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	58	43	84	- 27
Violence	48	56	47	63	- 7
Hepatitis C	49	51	60	9	+ 42
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	48	53	25	+ 24
Drownings	51	46	50	37	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	52	46	41	116	- 70
Malnutrition	53	46	59	14	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	54	33	39	132	- 99
Schizophrenia	55	29	48	57	- 28
Meningitis	56	25	52	25	+ 0
Poisonings	57	17	62	6	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	58	17	51	25	- 9
Hepatitis B	59	15	61	6	+ 9
Birth Trauma	60	14	56	21	- 7
Appendicitis	61	12	54	23	- 11
Upper Respiratory	62	9	58	15	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	4	64	2	+ 2
Syphilis	64	2	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	2	63	4	- 2
Otitis Media	66	1	65	2	- 0
Encephalitis	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	78	0	+ 1
War	69	1	66	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	81	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 DENMARK

Portugal

Denmark

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.