PORTUGAL VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	40,787	1	12,878	+ 27,909
Stroke	2	23,717	2	12,339	+ 11,377
Lung Cancers	3	3,940	5	4,406	- 466
Inflammatory/Heart	4	3,918	26	909	+ 3,010
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,517	3	7,191	- 3,674
Liver Disease	6	3,295	22	1,126	+ 2,170
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,090	6	4,389	- 1,299
Suicide	8	2,655	19	1,172	+ 1,483
Lung Disease	9	2,653	7	4,286	- 1,633
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,349	4	6,851	- 4,503
Stomach Cancer	11	2,130	10	2,532	- 402
Alcohol	12	2,028	45	111	+ 1,917
Breast Cancer	13	1,685	12	1,997	- 312
Other Injuries	14	1,632	13	1,937	- 305
HIV/AIDS	15	1,541	35	320	+ 1,221
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,470	15	1,669	- 199
Hypertension	17	1,330	14	1,880	- 550
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,330	8	3,601	- 2,272
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,269	27	838	+ 431
Prostate Cancer	20	1,023	11	2,124	- 1,101
Falls	21	848	23	1,033	- 184
Kidney Disease	22	839	9	2,803	- 1,964
Violence	23	830	48	96	+ 734
Liver Cancer	24	809	18	1,270	- 461
Oral Cancer	25	789	25	912	- 123
Parkinson's Disease	26	679	21	1,139	- 460
Drug Use	27	661	44	128	+ 532
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	648	37	229	+ 419
Lymphomas	29	647	16	1,608	- 961
Tuberculosis	30	610	38	213	+ 398
Leukemia	31	597	24	1,015	- 418
Ovary Cancer	32	589	33	397	+ 191
Oesophagus Cancer	33	539	29	623	- 84
Cervical Cancer	34	538	34	329	+ 209
Uterin Cancer	35	498	32	406	+ 92
Drownings	36	480	51	79	+ 401
Fires	37	463	46	108	+ 355
Bladder Cancer	38	457	20	1,171	- 713
Skin Cancers	39	407	30	523	- 117
Poisonings	40	403	57	29	+ 374
Congenital Anomalies	41	305	40	196	+ 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	201	41	169	+ 32
Skin Disease	43	198	39	202	- 4
Low Birth Weight	44	156	52	79	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	45	145	17	1,547	- 1,401
Asthma	46	128	43	146	- 19
Encephalitis	47	78	67	1	+ 77
Meningitis	48	75	56	43	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	49	60	54	56	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	54	47	99	- 45
Other Neoplasms	51	53	28	652	- 599
Epilepsy	52	52	31	415	- 363
Birth Trauma	53	52	60	24	+ 28
Appendicitis	54	30	61	21	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	29	36	231	- 201
Maternal Conditions	56	19	63	7	+ 12
Malnutrition	57	18	53	79	- 61
Upper Respiratory	58	11	62	15	- 3
War	59	9	69	1	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	3	59	26	- 23
Chlamydia	61	2	76	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	1	64	3	- 2
Tetanus	63	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	64	0	66	2	- 2
Pertussis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	49	87	- 87
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	49	- 49
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Russia

Portugal

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.