SLOVAKIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,019	1	10,654	- 3,635
Stroke	2	6,726	3	3,756	+ 2,970
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,920	2	4,482	- 562
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,735	6	2,024	+ 1,711
Lung Cancers	5	2,402	4	2,562	- 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,393	5	2,528	- 136
Lung Disease	7	2,336	9	1,121	+ 1,215
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,963	16	750	+ 1,213
Kidney Disease	9	1,528	14	830	+ 698
Stomach Cancer	10	1,380	15	827	+ 554
Prostate Cancer	11	1,158	12	968	+ 190
Breast Cancer	12	1,088	10	1,071	+ 18
Other Injuries	13	1,056	20	554	+ 502
Hypertension	14	1,025	11	1,034	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	15	910	13	876	+ 34
Lymphomas	16	876	17	736	+ 141
Endocrine Disorders	17	843	37	163	+ 680
Liver Cancer	18	692	22	469	+ 223
Suicide	19	639	19	660	- 21
Bladder Cancer	20	638	21	489	+ 149
Parkinson's Disease	21	621	29	310	+ 311
Liver Disease	22	614	7	1,425	- 812
Falls	23	563	8	1,277	- 715
Leukemia	24	553	23	448	+ 105
Oral Cancer	25	497	18	716	- 219
Inflammatory/Heart	26	495	25	339	+ 157
Road Traffic Accidents	27	457	27	331	+ 126
Other Neoplasms	28	355	40	93	+ 263
Oesophagus Cancer	29	339	28	314	+ 26
Skin Cancers	30	285	24	357	- 72
Epilepsy	31	226	35	168	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	32	221	30	280	- 59
Ovary Cancer	33	217	26	334	- 118
Cervical Cancer	34	179	32	273	- 93
HIV/AIDS	35	174	65	2	+ 172
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	126	47	34	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	125	31	274	- 149
Tuberculosis	38	116	50	26	+ 90
Skin Disease	39	110	34	170	- 60
Congenital Anomalies	40	107	36	167	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	92	41	70	+ 22
Anemia	42	82	59	5	+ 77
Asthma	43	80	44	47	+ 33
Drug Use	44	70	45	45	+ 25
Alcohol	45	61	33	219	- 159
Fires	46	59	46	39	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	54	53	15	+ 39
Violence	48	53	42	59	- 7
Hepatitis C	49	47	54	12	+ 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	45	57	7	+ 38
Drownings	51	43	38	144	- 100
Low Birth Weight	52	43	39	97	- 54
Malnutrition	53	43	49	29	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	54	31	43	55	- 24
Schizophrenia	55	27	60	4	+ 23
Meningitis	56	23	51	25	- 2
Poisonings	57	16	48	30	- 14
Osteoarthritis	58	16	69	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	59	14	56	8	+ 6
Birth Trauma	60	13	52	15	- 2
Appendicitis	61	11	55	9	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	8	58	6	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	4	63	3	+ 1
Syphilis	64	2	62	3	- 2
Oral conditions	65	2	66	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	64	2	- 1
Encephalitis	67	1	67	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	78	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	61	4	- 4
Tetanus	73	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

Portugal

Slovakia

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.