SUDAN VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	63,672	1	43,966	+ 19,706
Stroke	2	61,010	2	20,582	+ 40,427
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	35,554	20	2,584	+ 32,970
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	33,875	4	12,619	+ 21,256
Lung Cancers	5	21,785	48	545	+ 21,240
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	21,703	35	1,049	+ 20,654
Lung Disease	7	21,191	13	4,382	+ 16,810
Diabetes Mellitus	8	17,806	17	3,070	+ 14,736
Kidney Disease	9	13,860	12	5,095	+ 8,765
Stomach Cancer	10	12,519	51	478	+ 12,042
Prostate Cancer	11	10,501	49	523	+ 9,977
Breast Cancer	12	9,873	16	3,071	+ 6,803
Other Injuries	13	9,577	18	2,912	+ 6,665
Hypertension	14	9,294	8	7,287	+ 2,007
Pancreas Cancer	15	8,253	58	272	+ 7,981
Lymphomas	16	7,948	29	1,533	+ 6,415
Endocrine Disorders	17	7,647	30	1,459	+ 6,188
Liver Cancer	18	6,281	37	946	+ 5,335
Suicide	19	5,794	27	1,644	+ 4,151
Bladder Cancer	20	5,788	54	369	+ 5,419
Parkinson's Disease	21	5,634	45	705	+ 4,929
Liver Disease	22	5,565	14	4,348	+ 1,218
Falls	23	5,106	28	1,559	+ 3,547
Leukemia	24	5,021	25	1,828	+ 3,192
Oral Cancer	25	4,509	50	493	+ 4,017
Inflammatory/Heart	26	4,493	38	839	+ 3,654
Road Traffic Accidents	27	4,144	5	11,459	- 7,314
Other Neoplasms	28	3,224	65	35	+ 3,190
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,079	32	1,126	+ 1,953
Skin Cancers	30	2,588	55	356	+ 2,232
Epilepsy	31	2,052	43	735	+ 1,318
Uterin Cancer	32	2,007	62	71	+ 1,936
Ovary Cancer	33	1,965	39	794	+ 1,171
Cervical Cancer	34	1,626	41	770	+ 856
HIV/AIDS	35	1,580	22	2,331	- 751
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,140	9	6,277	- 5,137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,130	40	775	+ 355
Tuberculosis	38	1,053	15	4,250	- 3,197
Skin Disease	39	1,001	60	112	+ 889
Congenital Anomalies	40	971	11	5,507	- 4,536
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	835	46	684	+ 150
Anemia	42	745	84	0	+ 745
Asthma	43	724	19	2,636	- 1,912
Drug Use	44	635	36	1,036	- 401
Alcohol	45	549	61	84	+ 465
Fires	46	535	31	1,310	- 775
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	489	67	20	+ 469
Violence	48	477	21	2,478	- 2,001
Hepatitis C	49	429	68	17	+ 412
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	408	80	0	+ 408
Drownings	51	392	26	1,684	- 1,292
Low Birth Weight	52	390	3	16,036	- 15,647
Malnutrition	53	389	34	1,089	- 700
Multiple Sclerosis	54	278	64	54	+ 224
Schizophrenia	55	243	86	0	+ 243
Meningitis	56	211	33	1,092	- 881
Poisonings	57	145	42	744	- 599
Osteoarthritis	58	142	81	0	+ 142
Hepatitis B	59	129	44	730	- 602
Birth Trauma	60	118	7	8,526	- 8,408
Appendicitis	61	103	59	155	- 52
Upper Respiratory	62	73	70	5	+ 68
Maternal Conditions	63	35	23	1,961	- 1,925
Syphilis	64	15	47	603	- 588
Oral conditions	65	14	82	0	+ 14
Otitis Media	66	12	73	0	+ 12
Encephalitis	67	6	57	303	- 297
Leishmaniasis	68	6	52	448	- 443
War	69	5	56	336	- 331
Leprosy	70	2	74	0	+ 2
Measles	71	1	6	9,301	- 9,300
Pertussis	72	0	24	1,899	- 1,898
Tetanus	73	0	53	378	- 378
Diphtheria	74	0	69	11	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	71	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	63	68	- 68
Malaria	78	0	10	5,614	- 5,614
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	21	- 21
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Portugal

Sudan

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.