POLAND VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	48,884	1	117,700	- 68,815
Stroke	2	46,840	2	32,693	+ 14,147
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	27,297	21	3,701	+ 23,596
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	26,008	4	19,998	+ 6,010
Lung Cancers	5	16,725	3	25,781	- 9,055
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	16,662	5	14,610	+ 2,052
Lung Disease	7	16,270	6	13,677	+ 2,593
Diabetes Mellitus	8	13,671	8	8,947	+ 4,723
Kidney Disease	9	10,641	20	4,065	+ 6,576
Stomach Cancer	10	9,612	12	5,910	+ 3,701
Prostate Cancer	11	8,062	11	6,489	+ 1,573
Breast Cancer	12	7,580	9	7,967	- 386
Other Injuries	13	7,353	28	2,527	+ 4,826
Hypertension	14	7,136	15	4,937	+ 2,199
Pancreas Cancer	15	6,336	13	5,430	+ 907
Lymphomas	16	6,102	19	4,141	+ 1,961
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,871	38	831	+ 5,040
Liver Cancer	18	4,822	29	2,290	+ 2,533
Suicide	19	4,449	18	4,282	+ 167
Bladder Cancer	20	4,443	17	4,700	- 257
Parkinson's Disease	21	4,325	34	1,500	+ 2,825
Liver Disease	22	4,273	10	7,912	- 3,639
Falls	23	3,920	16	4,712	- 792
Leukemia	24	3,855	24	3,456	+ 399
Oral Cancer	25	3,462	25	3,377	+ 85
Inflammatory/Heart	26	3,450	23	3,495	- 45
Road Traffic Accidents	27	3,182	22	3,555	- 373
Other Neoplasms	28	2,475	7	9,256	- 6,781
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,364	33	1,803	+ 561
Skin Cancers	30	1,987	31	2,155	- 168
Epilepsy	31	1,576	35	1,145	+ 431
Uterin Cancer	32	1,541	30	2,163	- 622
Ovary Cancer	33	1,508	27	2,929	- 1,421
Cervical Cancer	34	1,248	32	1,907	- 659
HIV/AIDS	35	1,213	54	115	+ 1,098
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	875	37	839	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	868	26	3,091	- 2,223
Tuberculosis	38	808	41	597	+ 212
Skin Disease	39	768	46	469	+ 299
Congenital Anomalies	40	746	36	916	- 171
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	641	40	612	+ 29
Anemia	42	572	62	12	+ 560
Asthma	43	556	43	540	+ 16
Drug Use	44	487	48	321	+ 166
Alcohol	45	422	14	5,238	- 4,817
Fires	46	411	45	474	- 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	375	47	369	+ 7
Violence	48	366	49	294	+ 72
Hepatitis C	49	330	52	188	+ 141
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	313	59	29	+ 284
Drownings	51	301	39	636	- 335
Low Birth Weight	52	299	42	579	- 280
Malnutrition	53	299	50	291	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	54	213	44	502	- 289
Schizophrenia	55	186	58	30	+ 157
Meningitis	56	162	53	171	- 9
Poisonings	57	111	51	205	- 94
Osteoarthritis	58	109	61	18	+ 91
Hepatitis B	59	99	56	52	+ 47
Birth Trauma	60	90	57	52	+ 38
Appendicitis	61	79	55	69	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	62	56	60	19	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	63	27	63	10	+ 18
Syphilis	64	12	69	0	+ 11
Oral conditions	65	11	65	4	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	9	68	1	+ 9
Encephalitis	67	5	64	6	- 2
Leishmaniasis	68	4	75	0	+ 4
War	69	4	66	4	+ 0
Leprosy	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

Portugal

Poland

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.