GEORGIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,183	1	16,014	- 9,831
Stroke	2	5,925	2	11,969	- 6,044
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,453	5	1,826	+ 1,626
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,290	9	886	+ 2,404
Lung Cancers	5	2,116	8	1,152	+ 964
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,108	14	444	+ 1,664
Lung Disease	7	2,058	7	1,158	+ 899
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,729	6	1,621	+ 108
Kidney Disease	9	1,346	10	826	+ 520
Stomach Cancer	10	1,216	12	533	+ 683
Prostate Cancer	11	1,020	22	290	+ 729
Breast Cancer	12	959	11	613	+ 346
Other Injuries	13	930	20	346	+ 584
Hypertension	14	903	3	4,387	- 3,485
Pancreas Cancer	15	801	23	227	+ 574
Lymphomas	16	772	25	208	+ 563
Endocrine Disorders	17	743	38	109	+ 634
Liver Cancer	18	610	17	385	+ 225
Suicide	19	563	18	367	+ 196
Bladder Cancer	20	562	26	205	+ 357
Parkinson's Disease	21	547	19	354	+ 193
Liver Disease	22	540	4	1,871	- 1,331
Falls	23	496	16	420	+ 76
Leukemia	24	488	30	171	+ 316
Oral Cancer	25	438	31	167	+ 271
Inflammatory/Heart	26	436	21	346	+ 90
Road Traffic Accidents	27	402	13	496	- 94
Other Neoplasms	28	313	52	15	+ 299
Oesophagus Cancer	29	299	43	75	+ 224
Skin Cancers	30	251	33	149	+ 102
Epilepsy	31	199	44	51	+ 149
Uterin Cancer	32	195	36	115	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	33	191	29	174	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	34	158	27	187	- 29
HIV/AIDS	35	153	42	89	+ 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	111	50	19	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	110	24	226	- 116
Tuberculosis	38	102	32	153	- 50
Skin Disease	39	97	51	17	+ 81
Congenital Anomalies	40	94	28	174	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	81	15	426	- 345
Anemia	42	72	85	0	+ 72
Asthma	43	70	35	136	- 66
Drug Use	44	62	41	90	- 28
Alcohol	45	53	45	49	+ 4
Fires	46	52	34	140	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	47	57	8	+ 40
Violence	48	46	40	90	- 44
Hepatitis C	49	42	64	0	+ 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	40	81	0	+ 40
Drownings	51	38	39	95	- 57
Low Birth Weight	52	38	37	114	- 77
Malnutrition	53	38	59	5	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	54	27	54	12	+ 15
Schizophrenia	55	24	83	0	+ 24
Meningitis	56	20	47	25	- 4
Poisonings	57	14	49	23	- 9
Osteoarthritis	58	14	80	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	59	12	58	7	+ 5
Birth Trauma	60	11	46	39	- 28
Appendicitis	61	10	55	10	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	7	60	1	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	63	3	53	13	- 9
Syphilis	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	1	48	24	- 23
Leishmaniasis	68	1	56	8	- 7
War	69	1	61	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	65	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Portugal

Georgia

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.