ESTONIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,506	1	3,009	- 1,503
Stroke	2	1,443	3	1,116	+ 327
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	841	12	229	+ 612
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	801	6	349	+ 453
Lung Cancers	5	515	4	657	- 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	513	5	527	- 14
Lung Disease	7	501	13	229	+ 273
Diabetes Mellitus	8	421	19	146	+ 275
Kidney Disease	9	328	17	176	+ 151
Stomach Cancer	10	296	9	290	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	11	248	8	298	- 50
Breast Cancer	12	234	11	260	- 26
Other Injuries	13	227	20	141	+ 85
Hypertension	14	220	2	2,700	- 2,480
Pancreas Cancer	15	195	10	268	- 73
Lymphomas	16	188	15	213	- 25
Endocrine Disorders	17	181	33	66	+ 115
Liver Cancer	18	149	26	107	+ 41
Suicide	19	137	16	197	- 60
Bladder Cancer	20	137	21	126	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	21	133	29	82	+ 51
Liver Disease	22	132	7	328	- 197
Falls	23	121	24	119	+ 2
Leukemia	24	119	22	126	- 7
Oral Cancer	25	107	25	110	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	26	106	14	217	- 111
Road Traffic Accidents	27	98	35	59	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	28	76	23	123	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	29	73	27	99	- 26
Skin Cancers	30	61	30	79	- 18
Epilepsy	31	49	37	45	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	32	47	34	60	- 13
Ovary Cancer	33	46	28	87	- 41
Cervical Cancer	34	38	32	68	- 29
HIV/AIDS	35	37	39	40	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	27	53	8	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	27	36	55	- 28
Tuberculosis	38	25	47	16	+ 8
Skin Disease	39	24	41	29	- 5
Congenital Anomalies	40	23	43	25	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	20	45	22	- 2
Anemia	42	18	51	9	+ 8
Asthma	43	17	44	24	- 7
Drug Use	44	15	31	75	- 60
Alcohol	45	13	18	148	- 135
Fires	46	13	38	41	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	12	46	17	- 6
Violence	48	11	42	28	- 17
Hepatitis C	49	10	58	4	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	10	49	12	- 3
Drownings	51	9	40	30	- 21
Low Birth Weight	52	9	55	7	+ 2
Malnutrition	53	9	79	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	48	16	- 10
Schizophrenia	55	6	56	6	- 0
Meningitis	56	5	54	7	- 2
Poisonings	57	3	52	8	- 5
Osteoarthritis	58	3	50	10	- 7
Hepatitis B	59	3	65	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	60	3	57	5	- 2
Appendicitis	61	2	59	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	2	66	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	61	1	- 0
Syphilis	64	0	62	1	- 1
Oral conditions	65	0	60	2	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	81	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.