SOUTH KOREA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	PORTUGAL		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	65,709	1	28,043	+ 37,666
Stroke	2	62,962	3	25,596	+ 37,366
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	36,692	6	12,145	+ 24,547
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	34,959	2	26,650	+ 8,309
Lung Cancers	5	22,482	4	20,293	+ 2,189
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	22,397	8	10,180	+ 12,217
Lung Disease	7	21,869	11	8,526	+ 13,343
Diabetes Mellitus	8	18,376	13	6,812	+ 11,564
Kidney Disease	9	14,304	9	10,107	+ 4,197
Stomach Cancer	10	12,920	10	8,625	+ 4,295
Prostate Cancer	11	10,837	22	2,316	+ 8,521
Breast Cancer	12	10,189	21	2,880	+ 7,309
Other Injuries	13	9,884	18	3,634	+ 6,250
Hypertension	14	9,592	17	3,711	+ 5,881
Pancreas Cancer	15	8,517	12	6,994	+ 1,523
Lymphomas	16	8,202	19	3,477	+ 4,725
Endocrine Disorders	17	7,892	25	1,891	+ 6,001
Liver Cancer	18	6,482	7	11,589	- 5,107
Suicide	19	5,980	5	14,636	- 8,656
Bladder Cancer	20	5,973	27	1,768	+ 4,205
Parkinson's Disease	21	5,814	16	3,951	+ 1,863
Liver Disease	22	5,744	14	6,348	- 605
Falls	23	5,269	20	2,934	+ 2,335
Leukemia	24	5,181	23	2,140	+ 3,041
Oral Cancer	25	4,654	29	1,457	+ 3,196
Inflammatory/Heart	26	4,637	31	1,325	+ 3,312
Road Traffic Accidents	27	4,277	15	4,399	- 122
Other Neoplasms	28	3,327	26	1,807	+ 1,521
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,177	28	1,733	+ 1,445
Skin Cancers	30	2,671	37	585	+ 2,086
Epilepsy	31	2,118	40	524	+ 1,594
Uterin Cancer	32	2,071	43	420	+ 1,651
Ovary Cancer	33	2,027	30	1,330	+ 698
Cervical Cancer	34	1,678	34	1,065	+ 613
HIV/AIDS	35	1,631	55	84	+ 1,547
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,177	35	929	+ 248
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,166	38	540	+ 627
Tuberculosis	38	1,086	24	1,950	- 864
Skin Disease	39	1,033	36	704	+ 328
Congenital Anomalies	40	1,002	41	518	+ 484
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	861	48	224	+ 637
Anemia	42	769	46	329	+ 440
Asthma	43	747	32	1,150	- 403
Drug Use	44	655	50	154	+ 501
Alcohol	45	567	33	1,081	- 514
Fires	46	552	47	263	+ 289
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	505	51	150	+ 355
Violence	48	492	44	386	+ 106
Hepatitis C	49	443	49	168	+ 275
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	421	59	49	+ 371
Drownings	51	405	42	501	- 96
Low Birth Weight	52	402	45	370	+ 32
Malnutrition	53	401	53	88	+ 313
Multiple Sclerosis	54	287	66	11	+ 276
Schizophrenia	55	251	56	77	+ 174
Meningitis	56	218	58	51	+ 167
Poisonings	57	150	52	115	+ 34
Osteoarthritis	58	146	60	41	+ 105
Hepatitis B	59	133	39	526	- 393
Birth Trauma	60	121	54	88	+ 33
Appendicitis	61	106	57	54	+ 52
Upper Respiratory	62	75	63	26	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	63	37	61	34	+ 2
Syphilis	64	16	62	27	- 11
Oral conditions	65	15	64	21	- 6
Otitis Media	66	13	70	5	+ 8
Encephalitis	67	6	65	19	- 13
Leishmaniasis	68	6	79	0	+ 6
War	69	5	68	5	+ 0
Leprosy	70	2	82	0	+ 2
Measles	71	1	83	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	67	6	- 6
Tetanus	73	0	69	5	- 5
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	78	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Portugal

South Korea

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.