SPAIN VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	59,652	1	51,684	+ 7,968
Stroke	2	57,157	3	29,004	+ 28,154
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	33,309	2	42,339	- 9,029
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	31,736	7	13,717	+ 18,020
Lung Cancers	5	20,409	4	22,131	- 1,721
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	20,332	6	16,957	+ 3,375
Lung Disease	7	19,853	5	18,926	+ 927
Diabetes Mellitus	8	16,682	10	7,773	+ 8,908
Kidney Disease	9	12,985	8	9,725	+ 3,261
Stomach Cancer	10	11,729	14	5,796	+ 5,933
Prostate Cancer	11	9,838	13	6,420	+ 3,418
Breast Cancer	12	9,250	11	7,067	+ 2,183
Other Injuries	13	8,972	15	5,536	+ 3,436
Hypertension	14	8,708	9	9,115	- 407
Pancreas Cancer	15	7,732	12	6,752	+ 980
Lymphomas	16	7,446	16	5,335	+ 2,112
Endocrine Disorders	17	7,164	21	4,863	+ 2,301
Liver Cancer	18	5,885	18	5,098	+ 786
Suicide	19	5,428	25	3,609	+ 1,819
Bladder Cancer	20	5,422	17	5,222	+ 200
Parkinson's Disease	21	5,278	20	4,943	+ 335
Liver Disease	22	5,214	23	4,231	+ 983
Falls	23	4,783	26	3,246	+ 1,537
Leukemia	24	4,703	24	3,772	+ 931
Oral Cancer	25	4,225	27	2,583	+ 1,642
Inflammatory/Heart	26	4,209	19	4,984	- 774
Road Traffic Accidents	27	3,883	31	1,829	+ 2,053
Other Neoplasms	28	3,021	22	4,748	- 1,727
Oesophagus Cancer	29	2,884	29	2,011	+ 873
Skin Cancers	30	2,425	32	1,803	+ 622
Epilepsy	31	1,923	40	824	+ 1,099
Uterin Cancer	32	1,880	34	1,612	+ 268
Ovary Cancer	33	1,840	28	2,026	- 185
Cervical Cancer	34	1,523	39	855	+ 668
HIV/AIDS	35	1,481	43	538	+ 942
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,068	36	1,064	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,059	44	475	+ 583
Tuberculosis	38	986	50	270	+ 716
Skin Disease	39	937	30	1,840	- 903
Congenital Anomalies	40	910	38	863	+ 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	782	33	1,612	- 830
Anemia	42	698	37	914	- 216
Asthma	43	678	35	1,133	- 455
Drug Use	44	595	41	776	- 182
Alcohol	45	515	46	333	+ 181
Fires	46	502	55	185	+ 317
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	458	48	294	+ 164
Violence	48	446	51	262	+ 185
Hepatitis C	49	402	42	652	- 250
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	382	54	204	+ 177
Drownings	51	367	45	446	- 78
Low Birth Weight	52	365	52	253	+ 112
Malnutrition	53	364	47	302	+ 62
Multiple Sclerosis	54	260	49	287	- 27
Schizophrenia	55	228	56	181	+ 47
Meningitis	56	198	59	129	+ 69
Poisonings	57	136	57	170	- 35
Osteoarthritis	58	133	53	212	- 79
Hepatitis B	59	120	58	162	- 42
Birth Trauma	60	110	60	113	- 3
Appendicitis	61	96	61	79	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	62	68	62	47	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	63	33	64	14	+ 20
Syphilis	64	14	67	9	+ 5
Oral conditions	65	14	63	44	- 30
Otitis Media	66	12	66	9	+ 3
Encephalitis	67	6	70	4	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	68	5	65	11	- 5
War	69	5	68	6	- 1
Leprosy	70	2	75	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	81	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	73	2	- 1
Tetanus	73	0	72	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	69	4	- 4
Chlamydia	76	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	78	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 SPAIN

Portugal

Spain

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.