MAURITIUS VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,653	2	1,805	- 151
Stroke	2	1,584	3	985	+ 599
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	923	34	42	+ 881
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	880	7	346	+ 534
Lung Cancers	5	566	9	182	+ 383
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	564	10	182	+ 381
Lung Disease	7	550	5	646	- 96
Diabetes Mellitus	8	462	1	1,873	- 1,411
Kidney Disease	9	360	4	724	- 364
Stomach Cancer	10	325	18	104	+ 221
Prostate Cancer	11	273	15	115	+ 158
Breast Cancer	12	256	8	232	+ 24
Other Injuries	13	249	21	66	+ 183
Hypertension	14	241	6	592	- 350
Pancreas Cancer	15	214	28	55	+ 160
Lymphomas	16	206	24	57	+ 150
Endocrine Disorders	17	199	19	101	+ 98
Liver Cancer	18	163	27	56	+ 107
Suicide	19	150	14	120	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	20	150	44	21	+ 129
Parkinson's Disease	21	146	47	12	+ 135
Liver Disease	22	145	12	145	- 1
Falls	23	133	26	57	+ 76
Leukemia	24	130	31	48	+ 82
Oral Cancer	25	117	23	63	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	26	117	16	108	+ 9
Road Traffic Accidents	27	108	11	155	- 48
Other Neoplasms	28	84	20	77	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	29	80	37	35	+ 44
Skin Cancers	30	67	53	5	+ 63
Epilepsy	31	53	38	35	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	32	52	40	32	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	33	51	32	46	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	34	42	30	49	- 7
HIV/AIDS	35	41	13	141	- 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	30	42	23	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	29	43	22	+ 7
Tuberculosis	38	27	45	17	+ 10
Skin Disease	39	26	22	64	- 38
Congenital Anomalies	40	25	25	57	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	22	56	3	+ 19
Anemia	42	19	39	33	- 14
Asthma	43	19	17	107	- 88
Drug Use	44	16	46	16	+ 0
Alcohol	45	14	29	53	- 39
Fires	46	14	50	10	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	13	60	1	+ 12
Violence	48	12	41	30	- 17
Hepatitis C	49	11	51	9	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	11	58	2	+ 8
Drownings	51	10	33	43	- 33
Low Birth Weight	52	10	35	37	- 27
Malnutrition	53	10	54	4	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	84	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	55	6	52	5	+ 1
Meningitis	56	5	57	2	+ 3
Poisonings	57	4	49	11	- 7
Osteoarthritis	58	4	83	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	3	65	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	60	3	36	37	- 33
Appendicitis	61	3	59	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	63	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	48	11	- 10
Syphilis	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	0	55	3	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	61	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
War	69	0	62	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Portugal

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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.