NO MACEDONIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,694	2	4,420	- 1,725
Stroke	2	2,582	1	5,521	- 2,939
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,505	30	71	+ 1,434
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,434	19	157	+ 1,277
Lung Cancers	5	922	5	1,055	- 133
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	918	8	560	+ 358
Lung Disease	7	897	6	807	+ 90
Diabetes Mellitus	8	754	4	1,104	- 350
Kidney Disease	9	587	9	516	+ 71
Stomach Cancer	10	530	10	455	+ 75
Prostate Cancer	11	444	14	259	+ 185
Breast Cancer	12	418	11	386	+ 32
Other Injuries	13	405	17	183	+ 222
Hypertension	14	393	7	627	- 234
Pancreas Cancer	15	349	12	267	+ 83
Lymphomas	16	336	25	96	+ 241
Endocrine Disorders	17	324	44	12	+ 311
Liver Cancer	18	266	13	260	+ 6
Suicide	19	245	16	196	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	20	245	18	163	+ 82
Parkinson's Disease	21	238	20	141	+ 98
Liver Disease	22	236	15	218	+ 18
Falls	23	216	27	78	+ 138
Leukemia	24	212	22	114	+ 98
Oral Cancer	25	191	29	72	+ 119
Inflammatory/Heart	26	190	3	4,249	- 4,059
Road Traffic Accidents	27	175	24	107	+ 68
Other Neoplasms	28	136	40	19	+ 118
Oesophagus Cancer	29	130	34	45	+ 85
Skin Cancers	30	110	21	126	- 16
Epilepsy	31	87	38	23	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	32	85	23	108	- 23
Ovary Cancer	33	83	26	93	- 10
Cervical Cancer	34	69	31	68	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	35	67	61	0	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	48	56	1	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	48	32	56	- 8
Tuberculosis	38	45	35	32	+ 13
Skin Disease	39	42	57	1	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	40	41	37	29	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	35	43	13	+ 22
Anemia	42	32	52	3	+ 28
Asthma	43	31	33	53	- 22
Drug Use	44	27	47	9	+ 18
Alcohol	45	23	42	14	+ 9
Fires	46	23	46	11	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	21	60	0	+ 20
Violence	48	20	36	31	- 11
Hepatitis C	49	18	67	0	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	17	53	3	+ 14
Drownings	51	17	41	18	- 1
Low Birth Weight	52	16	28	73	- 57
Malnutrition	53	16	58	1	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	54	12	39	21	- 9
Schizophrenia	55	10	85	0	+ 10
Meningitis	56	9	51	4	+ 5
Poisonings	57	6	45	11	- 5
Osteoarthritis	58	6	82	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	5	49	7	- 2
Birth Trauma	60	5	48	7	- 2
Appendicitis	61	4	55	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	65	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	54	2	- 0
Syphilis	64	1	62	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	0	59	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	64	0	+ 0
War	69	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	50	4	- 4
Tetanus	73	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Portugal

No Macedonia

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.