ITALY VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	76,917	1	97,116	- 20,199
Stroke	2	73,700	2	62,633	+ 11,067
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	42,950	3	41,445	+ 1,505
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	40,922	9	16,339	+ 24,583
Lung Cancers	5	26,316	4	34,152	- 7,836
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	26,217	7	21,254	+ 4,964
Lung Disease	7	25,599	5	32,382	- 6,783
Diabetes Mellitus	8	21,510	8	19,836	+ 1,674
Kidney Disease	9	16,744	11	12,726	+ 4,018
Stomach Cancer	10	15,123	14	10,252	+ 4,871
Prostate Cancer	11	12,685	20	8,409	+ 4,276
Breast Cancer	12	11,927	10	13,868	- 1,941
Other Injuries	13	11,569	12	12,112	- 543
Hypertension	14	11,228	6	29,931	- 18,703
Pancreas Cancer	15	9,970	13	12,095	- 2,125
Lymphomas	16	9,601	16	9,670	- 69
Endocrine Disorders	17	9,238	18	8,431	+ 807
Liver Cancer	18	7,588	17	9,620	- 2,032
Suicide	19	7,000	26	4,042	+ 2,958
Bladder Cancer	20	6,992	22	6,711	+ 281
Parkinson's Disease	21	6,805	19	8,428	- 1,622
Liver Disease	22	6,723	23	5,559	+ 1,164
Falls	23	6,168	25	4,222	+ 1,945
Leukemia	24	6,065	21	6,728	- 664
Oral Cancer	25	5,447	27	3,343	+ 2,104
Inflammatory/Heart	26	5,428	24	5,531	- 103
Road Traffic Accidents	27	5,006	30	3,221	+ 1,785
Other Neoplasms	28	3,895	15	9,984	- 6,089
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,719	34	2,045	+ 1,674
Skin Cancers	30	3,127	29	3,239	- 112
Epilepsy	31	2,479	39	1,337	+ 1,143
Uterin Cancer	32	2,424	33	2,198	+ 227
Ovary Cancer	33	2,373	28	3,282	- 908
Cervical Cancer	34	1,964	40	1,154	+ 810
HIV/AIDS	35	1,909	46	520	+ 1,389
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,377	36	1,622	- 244
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,365	43	690	+ 675
Tuberculosis	38	1,272	53	336	+ 936
Skin Disease	39	1,209	38	1,440	- 231
Congenital Anomalies	40	1,173	37	1,443	- 270
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,008	32	2,216	- 1,208
Anemia	42	900	35	1,672	- 772
Asthma	43	874	47	494	+ 381
Drug Use	44	767	45	654	+ 113
Alcohol	45	664	55	277	+ 387
Fires	46	647	56	271	+ 376
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	591	42	701	- 111
Violence	48	576	50	409	+ 167
Hepatitis C	49	519	31	2,451	- 1,932
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	492	57	241	+ 251
Drownings	51	474	52	344	+ 130
Low Birth Weight	52	471	51	357	+ 113
Malnutrition	53	470	41	775	- 306
Multiple Sclerosis	54	336	44	677	- 341
Schizophrenia	55	293	49	424	- 131
Meningitis	56	255	60	128	+ 127
Poisonings	57	175	58	154	+ 21
Osteoarthritis	58	171	48	481	- 310
Hepatitis B	59	155	54	334	- 179
Birth Trauma	60	142	59	140	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	124	61	49	+ 76
Upper Respiratory	62	88	64	20	+ 68
Maternal Conditions	63	43	67	6	+ 37
Syphilis	64	18	69	4	+ 14
Oral conditions	65	18	62	47	- 30
Otitis Media	66	15	65	16	- 1
Encephalitis	67	8	68	5	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	68	7	70	3	+ 4
War	69	6	66	6	+ 0
Leprosy	70	2	74	0	+ 2
Measles	71	2	71	1	+ 0
Pertussis	72	1	73	1	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	63	22	- 22
Diphtheria	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Portugal

Italy

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.