MYANMAR VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		MYANMAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	72,579	2	34,871	+ 37,709
Stroke	2	69,544	1	71,440	- 1,895
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	40,528	20	5,082	+ 35,446
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	38,614	7	16,726	+ 21,888
Lung Cancers	5	24,832	13	7,558	+ 17,274
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	24,739	27	2,996	+ 21,743
Lung Disease	7	24,156	3	26,531	- 2,376
Diabetes Mellitus	8	20,297	4	19,944	+ 353
Kidney Disease	9	15,799	9	9,924	+ 5,876
Stomach Cancer	10	14,271	18	5,343	+ 8,927
Prostate Cancer	11	11,970	53	338	+ 11,632
Breast Cancer	12	11,255	26	3,192	+ 8,062
Other Injuries	13	10,917	28	2,762	+ 8,155
Hypertension	14	10,595	11	7,843	+ 2,752
Pancreas Cancer	15	9,407	44	743	+ 8,664
Lymphomas	16	9,060	36	1,472	+ 7,588
Endocrine Disorders	17	8,717	38	1,265	+ 7,452
Liver Cancer	18	7,160	19	5,215	+ 1,945
Suicide	19	6,605	34	1,565	+ 5,040
Bladder Cancer	20	6,597	48	573	+ 6,025
Parkinson's Disease	21	6,422	37	1,450	+ 4,971
Liver Disease	22	6,344	6	17,143	- 10,799
Falls	23	5,820	17	5,686	+ 134
Leukemia	24	5,723	35	1,546	+ 4,177
Oral Cancer	25	5,140	22	4,209	+ 931
Inflammatory/Heart	26	5,122	32	1,702	+ 3,420
Road Traffic Accidents	27	4,724	8	11,004	- 6,280
Other Neoplasms	28	3,675	60	117	+ 3,558
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,510	25	3,325	+ 185
Skin Cancers	30	2,950	41	962	+ 1,988
Epilepsy	31	2,340	50	524	+ 1,816
Uterin Cancer	32	2,288	57	263	+ 2,025
Ovary Cancer	33	2,239	40	1,053	+ 1,187
Cervical Cancer	34	1,853	23	3,945	- 2,092
HIV/AIDS	35	1,801	12	7,707	- 5,906
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,300	14	7,237	- 5,938
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,288	29	2,558	- 1,270
Tuberculosis	38	1,200	5	19,299	- 18,099
Skin Disease	39	1,141	45	734	+ 406
Congenital Anomalies	40	1,107	24	3,679	- 2,572
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	951	43	893	+ 58
Anemia	42	850	82	0	+ 850
Asthma	43	825	10	9,557	- 8,732
Drug Use	44	724	52	411	+ 313
Alcohol	45	626	54	324	+ 302
Fires	46	610	58	227	+ 383
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	557	64	73	+ 484
Violence	48	543	31	2,124	- 1,581
Hepatitis C	49	489	67	21	+ 468
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	465	84	0	+ 465
Drownings	51	447	30	2,212	- 1,765
Low Birth Weight	52	444	15	7,125	- 6,681
Malnutrition	53	443	42	945	- 502
Multiple Sclerosis	54	317	65	60	+ 257
Schizophrenia	55	277	81	0	+ 277
Meningitis	56	240	49	550	- 310
Poisonings	57	165	46	728	- 563
Osteoarthritis	58	162	85	0	+ 162
Hepatitis B	59	147	62	93	+ 53
Birth Trauma	60	134	16	6,169	- 6,035
Appendicitis	61	117	63	93	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	62	83	66	27	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	63	40	33	1,681	- 1,641
Syphilis	64	17	55	305	- 288
Oral conditions	65	17	86	0	+ 17
Otitis Media	66	14	71	1	+ 13
Encephalitis	67	7	59	171	- 164
Leishmaniasis	68	7	76	0	+ 7
War	69	6	47	688	- 682
Leprosy	70	2	72	0	+ 2
Measles	71	2	21	4,465	- 4,464
Pertussis	72	1	39	1,244	- 1,244
Tetanus	73	0	51	426	- 426
Diphtheria	74	0	69	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	61	109	- 109
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	68	13	- 13
Dengue	84	0	56	272	- 272
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MYANMAR

Portugal

Myanmar

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.