NEW GUINEA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,675	1	6,835	+ 5,840
Stroke	2	12,145	2	5,095	+ 7,050
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	7,078	33	343	+ 6,735
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,743	6	2,595	+ 4,148
Lung Cancers	5	4,337	23	622	+ 3,715
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,320	29	445	+ 3,875
Lung Disease	7	4,218	3	4,538	- 319
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,545	4	4,533	- 988
Kidney Disease	9	2,759	18	687	+ 2,072
Stomach Cancer	10	2,492	28	447	+ 2,045
Prostate Cancer	11	2,090	36	285	+ 1,806
Breast Cancer	12	1,965	17	764	+ 1,202
Other Injuries	13	1,906	20	647	+ 1,260
Hypertension	14	1,850	13	1,096	+ 755
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,643	52	107	+ 1,536
Lymphomas	16	1,582	32	353	+ 1,229
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,522	47	153	+ 1,369
Liver Cancer	18	1,250	21	644	+ 606
Suicide	19	1,153	37	259	+ 895
Bladder Cancer	20	1,152	54	82	+ 1,070
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,121	45	185	+ 937
Liver Disease	22	1,108	22	624	+ 483
Falls	23	1,016	26	502	+ 515
Leukemia	24	999	38	253	+ 746
Oral Cancer	25	898	25	580	+ 318
Inflammatory/Heart	26	894	43	229	+ 666
Road Traffic Accidents	27	825	12	1,105	- 280
Other Neoplasms	28	642	60	15	+ 627
Oesophagus Cancer	29	613	44	199	+ 414
Skin Cancers	30	515	31	417	+ 99
Epilepsy	31	409	51	111	+ 298
Uterin Cancer	32	400	55	81	+ 318
Ovary Cancer	33	391	46	179	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	34	324	19	665	- 341
HIV/AIDS	35	315	24	611	- 297
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	227	8	2,295	- 2,068
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	225	35	302	- 77
Tuberculosis	38	210	5	3,969	- 3,759
Skin Disease	39	199	49	126	+ 73
Congenital Anomalies	40	193	16	951	- 757
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	166	14	1,072	- 906
Anemia	42	148	82	0	+ 148
Asthma	43	144	9	1,842	- 1,698
Drug Use	44	126	61	13	+ 114
Alcohol	45	109	53	93	+ 16
Fires	46	107	27	488	- 381
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	97	65	5	+ 92
Violence	48	95	15	969	- 874
Hepatitis C	49	85	62	8	+ 78
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	81	84	0	+ 81
Drownings	51	78	40	240	- 162
Low Birth Weight	52	78	10	1,661	- 1,584
Malnutrition	53	77	48	134	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	54	55	66	5	+ 50
Schizophrenia	55	48	80	0	+ 48
Meningitis	56	42	34	324	- 282
Poisonings	57	29	50	121	- 93
Osteoarthritis	58	28	85	0	+ 28
Hepatitis B	59	26	58	27	- 1
Birth Trauma	60	23	11	1,504	- 1,480
Appendicitis	61	20	59	20	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	15	68	2	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	63	7	30	421	- 414
Syphilis	64	3	42	234	- 231
Oral conditions	65	3	86	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	2	71	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	1	57	31	- 29
Leishmaniasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
War	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	41	238	- 237
Pertussis	72	0	39	248	- 248
Tetanus	73	0	56	48	- 48
Diphtheria	74	0	67	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	63	7	- 7
Dengue	84	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Portugal

New Guinea

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.