SRI LANKA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,734	1	26,304	+ 1,430
Stroke	2	26,575	6	6,805	+ 19,770
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	15,487	4	6,939	+ 8,548
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	14,756	8	5,117	+ 9,639
Lung Cancers	5	9,489	12	1,775	+ 7,714
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	9,453	24	911	+ 8,542
Lung Disease	7	9,230	3	9,456	- 226
Diabetes Mellitus	8	7,756	2	12,460	- 4,704
Kidney Disease	9	6,037	5	6,858	- 821
Stomach Cancer	10	5,453	16	1,321	+ 4,132
Prostate Cancer	11	4,574	30	507	+ 4,067
Breast Cancer	12	4,301	15	1,383	+ 2,918
Other Injuries	13	4,172	14	1,529	+ 2,642
Hypertension	14	4,048	20	1,055	+ 2,993
Pancreas Cancer	15	3,595	43	214	+ 3,381
Lymphomas	16	3,462	21	1,027	+ 2,435
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,331	32	462	+ 2,869
Liver Cancer	18	2,736	19	1,090	+ 1,646
Suicide	19	2,524	10	2,977	- 454
Bladder Cancer	20	2,521	34	432	+ 2,089
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,454	45	168	+ 2,286
Liver Disease	22	2,424	17	1,303	+ 1,121
Falls	23	2,224	23	964	+ 1,260
Leukemia	24	2,187	18	1,155	+ 1,032
Oral Cancer	25	1,964	11	2,893	- 929
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,957	35	425	+ 1,532
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,805	9	4,200	- 2,395
Other Neoplasms	28	1,404	50	86	+ 1,319
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,341	13	1,544	- 203
Skin Cancers	30	1,127	52	58	+ 1,069
Epilepsy	31	894	39	269	+ 625
Uterin Cancer	32	874	42	218	+ 656
Ovary Cancer	33	856	37	281	+ 575
Cervical Cancer	34	708	26	762	- 54
HIV/AIDS	35	688	55	39	+ 649
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	497	28	605	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	492	56	38	+ 454
Tuberculosis	38	459	25	769	- 311
Skin Disease	39	436	36	293	+ 143
Congenital Anomalies	40	423	22	989	- 566
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	364	53	49	+ 314
Anemia	42	325	33	445	- 121
Asthma	43	315	7	6,471	- 6,156
Drug Use	44	277	40	257	+ 19
Alcohol	45	239	51	82	+ 157
Fires	46	233	41	239	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	213	60	11	+ 202
Violence	48	208	31	499	- 292
Hepatitis C	49	187	75	0	+ 187
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	178	70	2	+ 176
Drownings	51	171	27	731	- 560
Low Birth Weight	52	170	29	536	- 366
Malnutrition	53	169	54	43	+ 126
Multiple Sclerosis	54	121	69	2	+ 119
Schizophrenia	55	106	65	5	+ 101
Meningitis	56	92	46	146	- 54
Poisonings	57	63	49	93	- 30
Osteoarthritis	58	62	67	3	+ 58
Hepatitis B	59	56	62	6	+ 50
Birth Trauma	60	51	44	193	- 142
Appendicitis	61	45	64	5	+ 40
Upper Respiratory	62	32	66	5	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	63	15	48	96	- 81
Syphilis	64	7	58	15	- 8
Oral conditions	65	6	68	3	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	5	76	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	67	3	61	10	- 8
Leishmaniasis	68	2	73	0	+ 2
War	69	2	38	280	- 278
Leprosy	70	1	63	6	- 5
Measles	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	59	15	- 14
Tetanus	73	0	57	27	- 27
Diphtheria	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	47	131	- 131
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Portugal

Sri Lanka

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.