TRINIDAD/TOB. VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,778	1	1,476	+ 302
Stroke	2	1,703	3	822	+ 881
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	993	9	215	+ 778
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	946	10	205	+ 740
Lung Cancers	5	608	8	217	+ 391
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	606	13	196	+ 410
Lung Disease	7	592	16	129	+ 462
Diabetes Mellitus	8	497	2	1,275	- 778
Kidney Disease	9	387	5	439	- 52
Stomach Cancer	10	350	26	69	+ 280
Prostate Cancer	11	293	6	330	- 37
Breast Cancer	12	276	7	258	+ 17
Other Injuries	13	267	30	61	+ 206
Hypertension	14	259	11	201	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	15	230	19	114	+ 117
Lymphomas	16	222	20	111	+ 110
Endocrine Disorders	17	214	18	119	+ 94
Liver Cancer	18	175	28	66	+ 109
Suicide	19	162	17	121	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	20	162	34	41	+ 121
Parkinson's Disease	21	157	32	51	+ 106
Liver Disease	22	155	14	136	+ 19
Falls	23	143	33	43	+ 100
Leukemia	24	140	29	62	+ 78
Oral Cancer	25	126	38	31	+ 95
Inflammatory/Heart	26	125	25	72	+ 53
Road Traffic Accidents	27	116	15	130	- 14
Other Neoplasms	28	90	51	10	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	29	86	41	24	+ 62
Skin Cancers	30	72	57	4	+ 68
Epilepsy	31	57	37	32	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	32	56	27	68	- 12
Ovary Cancer	33	55	24	80	- 25
Cervical Cancer	34	45	21	97	- 52
HIV/AIDS	35	44	12	196	- 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	32	45	18	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	32	31	52	- 20
Tuberculosis	38	29	43	22	+ 8
Skin Disease	39	28	36	39	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	40	27	22	93	- 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	23	49	11	+ 12
Anemia	42	21	85	0	+ 21
Asthma	43	20	35	40	- 20
Drug Use	44	18	44	19	- 1
Alcohol	45	15	42	23	- 8
Fires	46	15	48	16	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	14	53	8	+ 6
Violence	48	13	4	549	- 536
Hepatitis C	49	12	62	0	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	11	82	0	+ 11
Drownings	51	11	39	31	- 20
Low Birth Weight	52	11	23	83	- 72
Malnutrition	53	11	47	17	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	58	2	+ 6
Schizophrenia	55	7	86	0	+ 7
Meningitis	56	6	52	9	- 4
Poisonings	57	4	59	1	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	58	4	81	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	4	60	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	60	3	40	25	- 22
Appendicitis	61	3	56	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	64	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	50	10	- 9
Syphilis	64	0	61	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	54	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	68	0	73	0	+ 0
War	69	0	46	17	- 17
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	63	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	55	5	- 5
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Portugal

Trinidad/Tob.

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.