SWAZILAND VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,436	5	755	+ 681
Stroke	2	1,376	4	800	+ 575
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	802	27	77	+ 725
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	764	2	921	- 157
Lung Cancers	5	491	46	17	+ 475
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	489	43	19	+ 471
Lung Disease	7	478	12	264	+ 213
Diabetes Mellitus	8	402	3	892	- 490
Kidney Disease	9	313	8	381	- 69
Stomach Cancer	10	282	53	7	+ 275
Prostate Cancer	11	237	31	45	+ 192
Breast Cancer	12	223	35	37	+ 186
Other Injuries	13	216	17	190	+ 26
Hypertension	14	210	10	292	- 82
Pancreas Cancer	15	186	56	6	+ 180
Lymphomas	16	179	36	31	+ 148
Endocrine Disorders	17	172	28	74	+ 98
Liver Cancer	18	142	37	29	+ 112
Suicide	19	131	9	338	- 207
Bladder Cancer	20	131	55	6	+ 124
Parkinson's Disease	21	127	41	24	+ 103
Liver Disease	22	126	11	274	- 148
Falls	23	115	32	41	+ 74
Leukemia	24	113	47	16	+ 97
Oral Cancer	25	102	51	10	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	26	101	24	94	+ 8
Road Traffic Accidents	27	93	7	384	- 291
Other Neoplasms	28	73	61	4	+ 69
Oesophagus Cancer	29	69	44	18	+ 51
Skin Cancers	30	58	42	20	+ 38
Epilepsy	31	46	30	46	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	32	45	50	11	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	33	44	52	10	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	34	37	15	215	- 178
HIV/AIDS	35	36	1	2,314	- 2,278
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	26	6	517	- 491
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	25	29	51	- 25
Tuberculosis	38	24	13	256	- 232
Skin Disease	39	23	40	25	- 3
Congenital Anomalies	40	22	19	160	- 139
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	19	39	26	- 7
Anemia	42	17	84	0	+ 17
Asthma	43	16	20	150	- 133
Drug Use	44	14	38	27	- 13
Alcohol	45	12	48	16	- 4
Fires	46	12	26	84	- 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	11	58	5	+ 6
Violence	48	11	16	212	- 202
Hepatitis C	49	10	65	0	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	9	80	0	+ 9
Drownings	51	9	25	87	- 78
Low Birth Weight	52	9	14	233	- 224
Malnutrition	53	9	22	106	- 97
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	63	1	+ 5
Schizophrenia	55	5	83	0	+ 5
Meningitis	56	5	23	97	- 93
Poisonings	57	3	34	37	- 34
Osteoarthritis	58	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	59	3	57	6	- 3
Birth Trauma	60	3	18	166	- 164
Appendicitis	61	2	54	7	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	2	60	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	21	116	- 115
Syphilis	64	0	45	17	- 17
Oral conditions	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	59	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
War	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	64	1	- 1
Pertussis	72	0	33	39	- 39
Tetanus	73	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	78	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Portugal

Swaziland

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.