PORTUGAL VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	11,440	2	12,339	- 900
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,034	1	12,878	- 3,843
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,482	8	3,601	+ 4,881
Kidney Disease	4	4,841	9	2,803	+ 2,038
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,989	4	6,851	- 2,862
Prostate Cancer	6	3,418	11	2,124	+ 1,294
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,313	27	838	+ 2,475
Lung Disease	8	3,209	7	4,286	- 1,077
Hypertension	9	3,187	14	1,880	+ 1,307
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,890	3	7,191	- 4,301
Violence	11	2,248	48	96	+ 2,151
Liver Disease	12	2,116	22	1,126	+ 991
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,913	26	909	+ 1,004
Breast Cancer	14	1,546	12	1,997	- 451
Stomach Cancer	15	1,331	10	2,532	- 1,201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,282	6	4,389	- 3,108
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,225	17	1,547	- 321
Lung Cancers	18	1,135	5	4,406	- 3,271
Low Birth Weight	19	1,044	52	79	+ 965
Skin Disease	20	982	39	202	+ 779
Other Injuries	21	896	13	1,937	- 1,041
Suicide	22	874	19	1,172	- 297
Parkinson's Disease	23	843	21	1,139	- 297
Lymphomas	24	795	16	1,608	- 813
Cervical Cancer	25	720	34	329	+ 392
Falls	26	639	23	1,033	- 393
Asthma	27	582	43	146	+ 436
Drownings	28	566	51	79	+ 487
Alcohol	29	561	45	111	+ 450
Congenital Anomalies	30	492	40	196	+ 295
Pancreas Cancer	31	489	15	1,669	- 1,180
Epilepsy	32	432	31	415	+ 17
Malnutrition	33	400	53	79	+ 321
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	326	37	229	+ 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	278	36	231	+ 47
Leukemia	36	269	24	1,015	- 747
Liver Cancer	37	245	18	1,270	- 1,025
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	239	41	169	+ 70
Fires	39	201	46	108	+ 93
Oesophagus Cancer	40	191	29	623	- 432
Ovary Cancer	41	190	33	397	- 207
Birth Trauma	42	188	60	24	+ 164
Oral Cancer	43	187	25	912	- 725
Tuberculosis	44	177	38	213	- 36
Uterin Cancer	45	124	32	406	- 282
Drug Use	46	116	44	128	- 12
Maternal Conditions	47	112	63	7	+ 105
Other Neoplasms	48	110	28	652	- 542
Meningitis	49	89	56	43	+ 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	79	47	99	- 19
Appendicitis	51	68	61	21	+ 47
Encephalitis	52	67	67	1	+ 66
Dengue	53	36	84	0	+ 36
Multiple Sclerosis	54	27	54	56	- 29
Poisonings	55	16	57	29	- 13
Tetanus	56	13	73	0	+ 13
Syphilis	57	11	64	3	+ 8
War	58	10	69	1	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	59	8	62	15	- 7
Hepatitis B	60	4	59	26	- 22
Schistosomiasis	61	3	77	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	62	3	76	0	+ 3
Pertussis	63	2	72	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	49	87	- 87
Otitis Media	66	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	30	523	- 523
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	42	151	- 151
Depression	71	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	20	1,171	- 1,171
Schizophrenia	73	0	55	49	- 49
Oral conditions	74	0	65	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	75	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	50	82	- 82
Measles	77	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	35	320	- 320
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Saint Lucia

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.