NORWAY VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,951	1	5,321	+ 1,631
Stroke	2	6,661	4	2,475	+ 4,185
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,882	2	4,464	- 583
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,698	6	1,797	+ 1,902
Lung Cancers	5	2,378	5	2,320	+ 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,369	7	1,787	+ 583
Lung Disease	7	2,314	3	2,723	- 409
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,944	16	560	+ 1,384
Kidney Disease	9	1,513	14	611	+ 902
Stomach Cancer	10	1,367	22	343	+ 1,023
Prostate Cancer	11	1,146	8	1,172	- 26
Breast Cancer	12	1,078	11	698	+ 380
Other Injuries	13	1,046	15	583	+ 463
Hypertension	14	1,015	28	230	+ 785
Pancreas Cancer	15	901	10	770	+ 131
Lymphomas	16	868	12	646	+ 222
Endocrine Disorders	17	835	19	359	+ 476
Liver Cancer	18	686	26	259	+ 427
Suicide	19	633	13	633	- 1
Bladder Cancer	20	632	20	356	+ 276
Parkinson's Disease	21	615	17	554	+ 61
Liver Disease	22	608	30	214	+ 394
Falls	23	557	9	777	- 220
Leukemia	24	548	21	354	+ 194
Oral Cancer	25	492	32	168	+ 325
Inflammatory/Heart	26	491	29	221	+ 270
Road Traffic Accidents	27	452	42	114	+ 338
Other Neoplasms	28	352	23	324	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	29	336	27	248	+ 88
Skin Cancers	30	283	18	407	- 125
Epilepsy	31	224	40	119	+ 105
Uterin Cancer	32	219	36	134	+ 85
Ovary Cancer	33	214	24	309	- 94
Cervical Cancer	34	177	39	125	+ 53
HIV/AIDS	35	173	61	10	+ 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	124	37	128	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	123	33	160	- 36
Tuberculosis	38	115	56	15	+ 100
Skin Disease	39	109	38	128	- 18
Congenital Anomalies	40	106	34	136	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	91	46	61	+ 30
Anemia	42	81	44	75	+ 7
Asthma	43	79	43	85	- 6
Drug Use	44	69	25	264	- 194
Alcohol	45	60	31	205	- 145
Fires	46	58	48	45	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	53	47	60	- 7
Violence	48	52	50	32	+ 20
Hepatitis C	49	47	55	17	+ 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	44	49	32	+ 12
Drownings	51	43	45	65	- 22
Low Birth Weight	52	43	52	23	+ 19
Malnutrition	53	42	35	135	- 93
Multiple Sclerosis	54	30	41	119	- 89
Schizophrenia	55	27	53	23	+ 4
Meningitis	56	23	58	14	+ 9
Poisonings	57	16	57	14	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	58	15	51	27	- 12
Hepatitis B	59	14	63	3	+ 11
Birth Trauma	60	13	54	17	- 5
Appendicitis	61	11	59	12	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	8	60	12	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	4	66	1	+ 3
Syphilis	64	2	67	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	2	62	9	- 7
Otitis Media	66	1	65	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	81	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	64	1	- 1
Tetanus	73	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Portugal

Norway

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.