JORDAN VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,098	1	4,856	+ 9,242
Stroke	2	13,508	2	2,908	+ 10,600
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	7,872	11	706	+ 7,166
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,500	8	937	+ 6,563
Lung Cancers	5	4,823	7	1,059	+ 3,765
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,805	13	616	+ 4,189
Lung Disease	7	4,692	15	444	+ 4,248
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,942	4	1,684	+ 2,259
Kidney Disease	9	3,069	6	1,494	+ 1,575
Stomach Cancer	10	2,772	17	365	+ 2,407
Prostate Cancer	11	2,325	33	131	+ 2,194
Breast Cancer	12	2,186	12	686	+ 1,500
Other Injuries	13	2,120	19	294	+ 1,827
Hypertension	14	2,058	5	1,532	+ 526
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,827	22	245	+ 1,582
Lymphomas	16	1,760	18	323	+ 1,436
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,693	26	180	+ 1,513
Liver Cancer	18	1,391	25	186	+ 1,205
Suicide	19	1,283	28	165	+ 1,118
Bladder Cancer	20	1,281	23	213	+ 1,069
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,247	27	169	+ 1,078
Liver Disease	22	1,232	14	494	+ 739
Falls	23	1,130	24	191	+ 940
Leukemia	24	1,112	16	370	+ 742
Oral Cancer	25	998	31	143	+ 856
Inflammatory/Heart	26	995	38	74	+ 921
Road Traffic Accidents	27	918	3	1,717	- 799
Other Neoplasms	28	714	57	9	+ 705
Oesophagus Cancer	29	682	42	63	+ 619
Skin Cancers	30	573	49	38	+ 535
Epilepsy	31	454	46	49	+ 405
Uterin Cancer	32	444	39	74	+ 370
Ovary Cancer	33	435	32	139	+ 296
Cervical Cancer	34	360	41	64	+ 296
HIV/AIDS	35	350	63	2	+ 348
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	252	30	152	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	250	40	67	+ 184
Tuberculosis	38	233	53	12	+ 221
Skin Disease	39	222	48	42	+ 179
Congenital Anomalies	40	215	9	934	- 719
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	185	50	22	+ 162
Anemia	42	165	82	0	+ 165
Asthma	43	160	35	114	+ 46
Drug Use	44	141	34	115	+ 26
Alcohol	45	122	55	11	+ 111
Fires	46	119	29	153	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	108	61	4	+ 104
Violence	48	106	21	269	- 163
Hepatitis C	49	95	64	1	+ 94
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	90	85	0	+ 90
Drownings	51	87	36	107	- 20
Low Birth Weight	52	86	10	857	- 771
Malnutrition	53	86	51	15	+ 71
Multiple Sclerosis	54	62	54	12	+ 50
Schizophrenia	55	54	81	0	+ 54
Meningitis	56	47	37	78	- 32
Poisonings	57	32	47	47	- 15
Osteoarthritis	58	31	84	0	+ 31
Hepatitis B	59	28	60	4	+ 24
Birth Trauma	60	26	20	271	- 245
Appendicitis	61	23	58	8	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	62	16	69	0	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	63	8	44	53	- 45
Syphilis	64	3	45	52	- 48
Oral conditions	65	3	86	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	3	71	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	67	1	52	14	- 12
Leishmaniasis	68	1	66	0	+ 1
War	69	1	59	6	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	65	1	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	43	55	- 55
Tetanus	73	0	56	11	- 11
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	62	3	- 3
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Portugal

Jordan

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.