HUNGARY VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		HUNGARY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,435	1	36,766	- 24,332
Stroke	2	11,915	2	11,915	- 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,943	7	4,595	+ 2,348
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,616	15	1,528	+ 5,088
Lung Cancers	5	4,254	3	8,377	- 4,123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,238	6	5,027	- 788
Lung Disease	7	4,138	5	6,436	- 2,298
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,477	9	2,515	+ 963
Kidney Disease	9	2,707	22	874	+ 1,833
Stomach Cancer	10	2,445	16	1,360	+ 1,085
Prostate Cancer	11	2,051	18	1,324	+ 727
Breast Cancer	12	1,928	10	2,259	- 330
Other Injuries	13	1,870	25	703	+ 1,168
Hypertension	14	1,815	4	7,262	- 5,447
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,612	11	2,098	- 486
Lymphomas	16	1,552	21	905	+ 647
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,493	30	568	+ 926
Liver Cancer	18	1,227	23	848	+ 379
Suicide	19	1,132	14	1,612	- 481
Bladder Cancer	20	1,130	19	1,050	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,100	32	489	+ 611
Liver Disease	22	1,087	8	3,060	- 1,973
Falls	23	997	12	1,746	- 749
Leukemia	24	980	20	908	+ 72
Oral Cancer	25	881	17	1,342	- 462
Inflammatory/Heart	26	877	13	1,627	- 749
Road Traffic Accidents	27	809	24	750	+ 59
Other Neoplasms	28	630	28	615	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	29	601	31	565	+ 36
Skin Cancers	30	505	29	579	- 74
Epilepsy	31	401	47	93	+ 308
Uterin Cancer	32	392	35	418	- 26
Ovary Cancer	33	384	27	656	- 272
Cervical Cancer	34	317	34	466	- 149
HIV/AIDS	35	309	61	14	+ 295
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	223	36	281	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	221	26	686	- 466
Tuberculosis	38	206	52	62	+ 144
Skin Disease	39	195	40	133	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	40	190	37	254	- 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	163	38	243	- 80
Anemia	42	146	55	40	+ 106
Asthma	43	141	41	122	+ 19
Drug Use	44	124	53	59	+ 65
Alcohol	45	107	33	484	- 376
Fires	46	105	45	103	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	96	49	66	+ 29
Violence	48	93	39	135	- 42
Hepatitis C	49	84	50	64	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	80	42	121	- 41
Drownings	51	77	46	97	- 20
Low Birth Weight	52	76	43	113	- 37
Malnutrition	53	76	59	21	+ 55
Multiple Sclerosis	54	54	44	110	- 56
Schizophrenia	55	47	48	79	- 32
Meningitis	56	41	57	39	+ 2
Poisonings	57	28	54	48	- 20
Osteoarthritis	58	28	51	63	- 35
Hepatitis B	59	25	56	39	- 14
Birth Trauma	60	23	60	20	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	20	58	36	- 16
Upper Respiratory	62	14	63	8	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	63	7	62	11	- 4
Syphilis	64	3	74	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	3	66	3	- 0
Otitis Media	66	2	64	8	- 6
Encephalitis	67	1	67	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	76	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	69	1	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	65	4	- 4
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	83	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 HUNGARY

Portugal

Hungary

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.