SERBIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SERBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,393	1	21,776	- 13,383
Stroke	2	8,042	2	16,241	- 8,199
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,686	9	2,876	+ 1,811
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,465	11	1,832	+ 2,633
Lung Cancers	5	2,872	4	6,539	- 3,667
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,861	8	3,429	- 569
Lung Disease	7	2,793	6	3,853	- 1,059
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,347	7	3,611	- 1,264
Kidney Disease	9	1,827	5	4,169	- 2,342
Stomach Cancer	10	1,650	15	1,203	+ 447
Prostate Cancer	11	1,384	14	1,317	+ 67
Breast Cancer	12	1,301	10	2,284	- 983
Other Injuries	13	1,262	30	406	+ 856
Hypertension	14	1,225	12	1,621	- 396
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,088	13	1,402	- 314
Lymphomas	16	1,048	20	831	+ 216
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,008	36	309	+ 699
Liver Cancer	18	828	17	918	- 90
Suicide	19	764	16	996	- 233
Bladder Cancer	20	763	18	893	- 130
Parkinson's Disease	21	743	21	804	- 61
Liver Disease	22	734	19	887	- 154
Falls	23	673	33	362	+ 311
Leukemia	24	662	22	710	- 49
Oral Cancer	25	594	23	680	- 86
Inflammatory/Heart	26	592	3	15,274	- 14,682
Road Traffic Accidents	27	546	24	655	- 109
Other Neoplasms	28	425	27	601	- 176
Oesophagus Cancer	29	406	35	332	+ 74
Skin Cancers	30	341	26	638	- 297
Epilepsy	31	271	37	223	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	32	265	32	369	- 104
Ovary Cancer	33	259	29	555	- 296
Cervical Cancer	34	214	25	638	- 424
HIV/AIDS	35	208	56	25	+ 183
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	150	39	167	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	149	28	594	- 445
Tuberculosis	38	139	46	100	+ 38
Skin Disease	39	132	43	113	+ 19
Congenital Anomalies	40	128	40	162	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	110	47	78	+ 32
Anemia	42	98	41	152	- 54
Asthma	43	95	31	390	- 294
Drug Use	44	84	49	72	+ 12
Alcohol	45	72	34	341	- 269
Fires	46	71	50	64	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	64	55	34	+ 30
Violence	48	63	45	108	- 45
Hepatitis C	49	57	60	12	+ 45
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	54	51	51	+ 2
Drownings	51	52	48	73	- 22
Low Birth Weight	52	51	38	187	- 136
Malnutrition	53	51	61	10	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	54	37	42	146	- 110
Schizophrenia	55	32	44	109	- 77
Meningitis	56	28	54	35	- 8
Poisonings	57	19	57	23	- 4
Osteoarthritis	58	19	62	7	+ 12
Hepatitis B	59	17	53	36	- 19
Birth Trauma	60	16	52	45	- 30
Appendicitis	61	14	58	16	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	10	64	3	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	63	5	59	12	- 7
Syphilis	64	2	67	2	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	2	69	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	2	68	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	1	66	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
War	69	1	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	72	1	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	63	6	- 6
Tetanus	73	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	70	1	- 1
Chlamydia	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SERBIA

Portugal

Serbia

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.