MONTENEGRO VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		MONTENEGRO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	757	2	1,748	- 991
Stroke	2	725	1	2,208	- 1,482
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	423	5	227	+ 196
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	403	12	81	+ 322
Lung Cancers	5	259	3	340	- 81
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	258	10	113	+ 145
Lung Disease	7	252	11	90	+ 162
Diabetes Mellitus	8	212	6	174	+ 38
Kidney Disease	9	165	7	147	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	10	149	19	50	+ 98
Prostate Cancer	11	125	13	75	+ 49
Breast Cancer	12	117	9	127	- 9
Other Injuries	13	114	23	29	+ 85
Hypertension	14	110	18	55	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	15	98	16	64	+ 34
Lymphomas	16	94	24	27	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	17	91	40	7	+ 84
Liver Cancer	18	75	20	50	+ 24
Suicide	19	69	8	132	- 63
Bladder Cancer	20	69	22	35	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	21	67	15	66	+ 1
Liver Disease	22	66	17	57	+ 9
Falls	23	61	14	67	- 6
Leukemia	24	60	25	23	+ 36
Oral Cancer	25	54	37	10	+ 44
Inflammatory/Heart	26	53	4	311	- 258
Road Traffic Accidents	27	49	21	48	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	28	38	47	2	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	29	37	30	17	+ 20
Skin Cancers	30	31	35	12	+ 19
Epilepsy	31	24	42	6	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	32	24	33	14	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	33	23	28	19	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	34	19	27	20	- 1
HIV/AIDS	35	19	73	0	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	14	56	1	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	13	26	21	- 7
Tuberculosis	38	13	51	1	+ 11
Skin Disease	39	12	54	1	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	40	12	45	4	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	10	34	13	- 3
Anemia	42	9	85	0	+ 9
Asthma	43	9	46	4	+ 5
Drug Use	44	8	31	14	- 7
Alcohol	45	7	38	9	- 3
Fires	46	6	32	14	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	6	48	2	+ 4
Violence	48	6	29	18	- 12
Hepatitis C	49	5	65	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	5	81	0	+ 5
Drownings	51	5	36	11	- 6
Low Birth Weight	52	5	43	5	- 1
Malnutrition	53	5	53	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	39	8	- 4
Schizophrenia	55	3	84	0	+ 3
Meningitis	56	3	49	1	+ 1
Poisonings	57	2	44	4	- 2
Osteoarthritis	58	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	61	0	+ 1
Birth Trauma	60	1	41	6	- 5
Appendicitis	61	1	52	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	1	60	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	0	58	0	- 0
Syphilis	64	0	59	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	50	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	0	57	1	- 0
War	69	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	55	1	- 1
Tetanus	73	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	64	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONTENEGRO

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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.