SOLOMON ISL. VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	917	1	975	- 58
Stroke	2	879	2	670	+ 209
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	512	28	32	+ 480
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	488	3	371	+ 117
Lung Cancers	5	314	27	33	+ 280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	313	31	23	+ 290
Lung Disease	7	305	6	209	+ 97
Diabetes Mellitus	8	256	4	322	- 66
Kidney Disease	9	200	15	64	+ 136
Stomach Cancer	10	180	44	12	+ 169
Prostate Cancer	11	151	41	13	+ 138
Breast Cancer	12	142	26	34	+ 108
Other Injuries	13	138	17	60	+ 78
Hypertension	14	134	13	76	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	15	119	51	4	+ 115
Lymphomas	16	114	42	13	+ 102
Endocrine Disorders	17	110	39	15	+ 95
Liver Cancer	18	90	18	60	+ 31
Suicide	19	83	9	98	- 15
Bladder Cancer	20	83	52	4	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	21	81	34	21	+ 60
Liver Disease	22	80	10	89	- 9
Falls	23	74	20	55	+ 19
Leukemia	24	72	35	20	+ 52
Oral Cancer	25	65	49	8	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	26	65	37	17	+ 47
Road Traffic Accidents	27	60	8	111	- 51
Other Neoplasms	28	46	56	1	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	29	44	57	1	+ 43
Skin Cancers	30	37	69	0	+ 37
Epilepsy	31	30	45	11	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	32	29	47	9	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	33	28	33	21	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	34	23	25	41	- 18
HIV/AIDS	35	23	80	0	+ 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	16	5	218	- 202
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	16	32	22	- 6
Tuberculosis	38	15	23	45	- 30
Skin Disease	39	14	46	10	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	40	14	16	63	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	12	19	59	- 47
Anemia	42	11	72	0	+ 11
Asthma	43	10	12	78	- 68
Drug Use	44	9	58	1	+ 8
Alcohol	45	8	48	9	- 1
Fires	46	8	40	14	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	7	60	0	+ 7
Violence	48	7	30	26	- 19
Hepatitis C	49	6	62	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	6	85	0	+ 6
Drownings	51	6	11	80	- 75
Low Birth Weight	52	6	14	65	- 59
Malnutrition	53	6	36	19	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	61	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	55	3	70	0	+ 3
Meningitis	56	3	43	13	- 10
Poisonings	57	2	38	15	- 13
Osteoarthritis	58	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	53	3	- 1
Birth Trauma	60	2	21	51	- 50
Appendicitis	61	1	55	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	1	64	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	22	46	- 45
Syphilis	64	0	29	28	- 28
Oral conditions	65	0	86	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	54	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
War	69	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	50	7	- 7
Tetanus	73	0	59	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	7	146	- 146
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	24	41	- 41
Depression	85	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Portugal

Solomon Isl.

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.