SOMALIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,423	7	7,233	+ 9,191
Stroke	2	15,737	6	8,595	+ 7,141
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	9,171	32	647	+ 8,523
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,738	1	21,712	- 12,974
Lung Cancers	5	5,619	54	233	+ 5,386
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,598	38	546	+ 5,052
Lung Disease	7	5,466	19	2,442	+ 3,024
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,593	16	2,888	+ 1,705
Kidney Disease	9	3,575	21	2,051	+ 1,524
Stomach Cancer	10	3,229	49	310	+ 2,919
Prostate Cancer	11	2,709	52	285	+ 2,423
Breast Cancer	12	2,547	26	1,232	+ 1,315
Other Injuries	13	2,470	14	3,602	- 1,131
Hypertension	14	2,397	18	2,643	- 246
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,129	62	108	+ 2,021
Lymphomas	16	2,050	34	605	+ 1,445
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,973	44	406	+ 1,566
Liver Cancer	18	1,620	53	256	+ 1,365
Suicide	19	1,495	27	1,219	+ 276
Bladder Cancer	20	1,493	61	149	+ 1,344
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,453	56	184	+ 1,269
Liver Disease	22	1,436	13	3,917	- 2,481
Falls	23	1,317	37	548	+ 769
Leukemia	24	1,295	35	562	+ 733
Oral Cancer	25	1,163	46	328	+ 835
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,159	39	521	+ 638
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,069	11	4,231	- 3,162
Other Neoplasms	28	832	70	12	+ 819
Oesophagus Cancer	29	794	40	516	+ 278
Skin Cancers	30	668	57	164	+ 504
Epilepsy	31	529	43	419	+ 111
Uterin Cancer	32	518	64	78	+ 440
Ovary Cancer	33	507	50	295	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	34	419	28	883	- 464
HIV/AIDS	35	408	33	610	- 202
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	294	2	15,363	- 15,069
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	291	36	559	- 268
Tuberculosis	38	272	4	10,261	- 9,990
Skin Disease	39	258	58	151	+ 107
Congenital Anomalies	40	250	15	3,410	- 3,160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	215	41	446	- 231
Anemia	42	192	83	0	+ 192
Asthma	43	187	23	1,878	- 1,691
Drug Use	44	164	65	54	+ 109
Alcohol	45	142	59	151	- 9
Fires	46	138	30	810	- 672
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	126	66	35	+ 91
Violence	48	123	29	828	- 705
Hepatitis C	49	111	67	34	+ 76
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	105	84	0	+ 105
Drownings	51	101	25	1,272	- 1,170
Low Birth Weight	52	100	8	6,250	- 6,150
Malnutrition	53	100	10	4,825	- 4,724
Multiple Sclerosis	54	72	71	8	+ 64
Schizophrenia	55	63	81	0	+ 63
Meningitis	56	54	9	5,381	- 5,327
Poisonings	57	37	31	758	- 721
Osteoarthritis	58	37	85	0	+ 37
Hepatitis B	59	33	48	315	- 282
Birth Trauma	60	30	5	9,573	- 9,543
Appendicitis	61	27	55	188	- 161
Upper Respiratory	62	19	47	326	- 307
Maternal Conditions	63	9	12	4,127	- 4,117
Syphilis	64	4	45	378	- 374
Oral conditions	65	4	86	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	68	32	- 28
Encephalitis	67	2	63	91	- 89
Leishmaniasis	68	1	51	290	- 288
War	69	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	3	11,576	- 11,575
Pertussis	72	0	20	2,054	- 2,054
Tetanus	73	0	17	2,648	- 2,648
Diphtheria	74	0	60	150	- 150
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	72	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	435	- 435
Malaria	78	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	69	30	- 30
Dengue	84	0	73	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Portugal

Somalia

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.