FINLAND VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,099	2	9,831	- 2,732
Stroke	2	6,802	3	4,115	+ 2,687
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,964	1	11,120	- 7,156
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,777	21	436	+ 3,340
Lung Cancers	5	2,429	4	2,312	+ 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,420	6	1,433	+ 986
Lung Disease	7	2,363	8	1,289	+ 1,073
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,985	22	418	+ 1,567
Kidney Disease	9	1,545	26	342	+ 1,203
Stomach Cancer	10	1,396	19	447	+ 949
Prostate Cancer	11	1,171	11	970	+ 201
Breast Cancer	12	1,101	12	948	+ 153
Other Injuries	13	1,068	20	437	+ 631
Hypertension	14	1,036	5	2,030	- 994
Pancreas Cancer	15	920	9	1,247	- 327
Lymphomas	16	886	14	851	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	17	853	31	257	+ 596
Liver Cancer	18	700	16	545	+ 155
Suicide	19	646	15	846	- 200
Bladder Cancer	20	645	28	308	+ 337
Parkinson's Disease	21	628	13	853	- 225
Liver Disease	22	620	10	1,068	- 448
Falls	23	569	7	1,325	- 756
Leukemia	24	560	24	371	+ 189
Oral Cancer	25	503	34	207	+ 296
Inflammatory/Heart	26	501	17	518	- 17
Road Traffic Accidents	27	462	33	215	+ 247
Other Neoplasms	28	359	23	377	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	29	343	27	320	+ 23
Skin Cancers	30	289	29	297	- 9
Epilepsy	31	229	38	104	+ 125
Uterin Cancer	32	224	32	225	- 1
Ovary Cancer	33	219	25	344	- 125
Cervical Cancer	34	181	44	62	+ 119
HIV/AIDS	35	176	59	6	+ 171
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	127	52	15	+ 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	126	36	151	- 25
Tuberculosis	38	117	46	32	+ 85
Skin Disease	39	112	47	27	+ 84
Congenital Anomalies	40	108	35	192	- 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	93	50	19	+ 74
Anemia	42	83	58	6	+ 77
Asthma	43	81	40	85	- 4
Drug Use	44	71	30	269	- 198
Alcohol	45	61	18	464	- 403
Fires	46	60	45	62	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	55	41	83	- 28
Violence	48	53	43	64	- 11
Hepatitis C	49	48	60	5	+ 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	45	53	11	+ 35
Drownings	51	44	37	106	- 62
Low Birth Weight	52	43	48	26	+ 17
Malnutrition	53	43	57	7	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	54	31	42	80	- 49
Schizophrenia	55	27	39	93	- 66
Meningitis	56	24	55	9	+ 14
Poisonings	57	16	49	25	- 9
Osteoarthritis	58	16	51	17	- 1
Hepatitis B	59	14	63	2	+ 13
Birth Trauma	60	13	56	8	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	11	54	10	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	8	62	2	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	63	4	64	2	+ 2
Syphilis	64	2	67	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	2	61	4	- 2
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	1	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	75	0	+ 1
War	69	1	65	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Portugal

Finland

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.