MOROCCO VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		MOROCCO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	47,170	1	77,340	- 30,170
Stroke	2	45,198	2	31,861	+ 13,337
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	26,340	10	4,967	+ 21,373
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	25,096	6	7,237	+ 17,859
Lung Cancers	5	16,139	7	6,585	+ 9,554
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	16,078	17	2,556	+ 13,522
Lung Disease	7	15,699	8	6,296	+ 9,403
Diabetes Mellitus	8	13,191	5	7,377	+ 5,814
Kidney Disease	9	10,268	4	10,216	+ 52
Stomach Cancer	10	9,275	25	1,691	+ 7,583
Prostate Cancer	11	7,779	24	1,914	+ 5,865
Breast Cancer	12	7,315	12	3,604	+ 3,711
Other Injuries	13	7,095	21	2,271	+ 4,824
Hypertension	14	6,886	3	10,736	- 3,851
Pancreas Cancer	15	6,114	36	747	+ 5,367
Lymphomas	16	5,888	20	2,274	+ 3,614
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,665	28	1,129	+ 4,536
Liver Cancer	18	4,653	44	423	+ 4,231
Suicide	19	4,293	16	2,617	+ 1,675
Bladder Cancer	20	4,288	30	1,069	+ 3,219
Parkinson's Disease	21	4,173	26	1,511	+ 2,662
Liver Disease	22	4,123	11	4,866	- 743
Falls	23	3,783	19	2,456	+ 1,327
Leukemia	24	3,719	31	1,035	+ 2,685
Oral Cancer	25	3,341	35	780	+ 2,560
Inflammatory/Heart	26	3,329	32	1,022	+ 2,306
Road Traffic Accidents	27	3,070	9	6,185	- 3,115
Other Neoplasms	28	2,389	60	70	+ 2,318
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,281	42	439	+ 1,841
Skin Cancers	30	1,917	41	477	+ 1,440
Epilepsy	31	1,521	45	336	+ 1,185
Uterin Cancer	32	1,487	53	154	+ 1,333
Ovary Cancer	33	1,455	34	800	+ 656
Cervical Cancer	34	1,204	18	2,508	- 1,303
HIV/AIDS	35	1,171	49	289	+ 882
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	845	27	1,192	- 347
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	837	29	1,076	- 238
Tuberculosis	38	780	15	2,870	- 2,090
Skin Disease	39	741	54	149	+ 593
Congenital Anomalies	40	719	22	2,124	- 1,405
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	618	37	718	- 100
Anemia	42	552	84	0	+ 552
Asthma	43	536	13	3,342	- 2,805
Drug Use	44	470	47	321	+ 149
Alcohol	45	407	57	109	+ 298
Fires	46	397	33	904	- 508
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	362	62	38	+ 324
Violence	48	353	39	632	- 279
Hepatitis C	49	318	65	7	+ 311
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	302	80	0	+ 302
Drownings	51	291	43	426	- 135
Low Birth Weight	52	289	14	3,305	- 3,016
Malnutrition	53	288	51	200	+ 88
Multiple Sclerosis	54	206	58	106	+ 100
Schizophrenia	55	180	86	0	+ 180
Meningitis	56	156	40	542	- 386
Poisonings	57	107	50	266	- 159
Osteoarthritis	58	105	81	0	+ 105
Hepatitis B	59	95	48	316	- 221
Birth Trauma	60	87	23	2,067	- 1,980
Appendicitis	61	76	56	130	- 54
Upper Respiratory	62	54	67	4	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	63	26	38	704	- 678
Syphilis	64	11	55	140	- 129
Oral conditions	65	11	82	0	+ 11
Otitis Media	66	9	71	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	67	5	52	176	- 172
Leishmaniasis	68	4	64	15	- 11
War	69	4	63	22	- 18
Leprosy	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	46	324	- 324
Tetanus	73	0	59	76	- 76
Diphtheria	74	0	69	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	68	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	61	67	- 67
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	5	- 5
Dengue	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOROCCO

Portugal

Morocco

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.