NAMIBIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,537	5	1,221	+ 2,317
Stroke	2	3,389	4	1,333	+ 2,056
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,975	21	176	+ 1,800
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,882	2	1,464	+ 417
Lung Cancers	5	1,210	35	59	+ 1,151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,206	36	54	+ 1,151
Lung Disease	7	1,177	10	461	+ 716
Diabetes Mellitus	8	989	7	724	+ 265
Kidney Disease	9	770	15	322	+ 448
Stomach Cancer	10	695	45	33	+ 663
Prostate Cancer	11	583	31	94	+ 489
Breast Cancer	12	549	24	121	+ 427
Other Injuries	13	532	19	207	+ 325
Hypertension	14	516	12	428	+ 88
Pancreas Cancer	15	458	53	18	+ 441
Lymphomas	16	442	40	46	+ 396
Endocrine Disorders	17	425	33	73	+ 352
Liver Cancer	18	349	41	45	+ 304
Suicide	19	322	17	243	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	20	322	54	16	+ 306
Parkinson's Disease	21	313	42	43	+ 270
Liver Disease	22	309	14	336	- 26
Falls	23	284	34	62	+ 222
Leukemia	24	279	49	24	+ 255
Oral Cancer	25	251	30	100	+ 151
Inflammatory/Heart	26	250	22	162	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	27	230	6	868	- 638
Other Neoplasms	28	179	60	8	+ 171
Oesophagus Cancer	29	171	52	21	+ 150
Skin Cancers	30	144	29	108	+ 36
Epilepsy	31	114	38	49	+ 65
Uterin Cancer	32	111	56	11	+ 100
Ovary Cancer	33	109	50	23	+ 86
Cervical Cancer	34	90	23	133	- 42
HIV/AIDS	35	88	1	2,928	- 2,841
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	63	8	645	- 581
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	63	32	76	- 13
Tuberculosis	38	58	3	1,416	- 1,358
Skin Disease	39	56	47	31	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	40	54	16	283	- 229
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	46	44	33	+ 13
Anemia	42	41	83	0	+ 41
Asthma	43	40	20	200	- 160
Drug Use	44	35	46	32	+ 4
Alcohol	45	31	48	28	+ 2
Fires	46	30	28	109	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	27	57	9	+ 18
Violence	48	26	11	450	- 423
Hepatitis C	49	24	66	1	+ 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	23	82	0	+ 23
Drownings	51	22	26	110	- 88
Low Birth Weight	52	22	9	516	- 494
Malnutrition	53	22	18	224	- 202
Multiple Sclerosis	54	15	64	2	+ 13
Schizophrenia	55	13	86	0	+ 13
Meningitis	56	12	27	109	- 97
Poisonings	57	8	39	46	- 38
Osteoarthritis	58	8	81	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	7	63	4	+ 3
Birth Trauma	60	7	13	345	- 338
Appendicitis	61	6	58	9	- 3
Upper Respiratory	62	4	61	6	- 2
Maternal Conditions	63	2	25	110	- 108
Syphilis	64	1	43	35	- 34
Oral conditions	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	59	8	- 8
Leishmaniasis	68	0	79	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	65	2	- 2
Pertussis	72	0	37	54	- 54
Tetanus	73	0	62	6	- 6
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	78	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Portugal

Namibia

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.