PORTUGAL VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,349	2	12,339	+ 3,009
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,873	1	12,878	- 4,005
Lung Disease	3	3,462	7	4,286	- 824
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,268	8	3,601	- 333
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,845	27	838	+ 2,007
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,829	3	7,191	- 4,362
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,687	4	6,851	- 4,165
Kidney Disease	8	2,437	9	2,803	- 366
Liver Cancer	9	2,412	18	1,270	+ 1,142
Liver Disease	10	2,307	22	1,126	+ 1,181
Lung Cancers	11	2,055	5	4,406	- 2,351
Hypertension	12	1,919	14	1,880	+ 39
Falls	13	1,489	23	1,033	+ 456
Stomach Cancer	14	1,461	10	2,532	- 1,071
Tuberculosis	15	912	38	213	+ 699
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	797	6	4,389	- 3,592
Asthma	17	787	43	146	+ 640
Suicide	18	700	19	1,172	- 472
Low Birth Weight	19	688	52	79	+ 610
Oral Cancer	20	684	25	912	- 228
Congenital Anomalies	21	682	40	196	+ 485
Breast Cancer	22	597	12	1,997	- 1,400
Other Injuries	23	535	13	1,937	- 1,402
Inflammatory/Heart	24	517	26	909	- 392
Parkinson's Disease	25	515	21	1,139	- 624
Drownings	26	492	51	79	+ 413
HIV/AIDS	27	482	35	320	+ 162
Leukemia	28	473	24	1,015	- 543
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	424	36	231	+ 193
Lymphomas	30	286	16	1,608	- 1,321
Cervical Cancer	31	231	34	329	- 98
Birth Trauma	32	226	60	24	+ 202
Oesophagus Cancer	33	219	29	623	- 404
Endocrine Disorders	34	201	17	1,547	- 1,346
Prostate Cancer	35	184	11	2,124	- 1,939
Violence	36	172	48	96	+ 76
Measles	37	172	71	0	+ 172
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	165	41	169	- 4
Encephalitis	39	150	67	1	+ 149
Skin Disease	40	146	39	202	- 56
Drug Use	41	132	44	128	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	42	112	32	406	- 294
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	92	37	229	- 136
Pancreas Cancer	44	90	15	1,669	- 1,579
Bladder Cancer	45	87	20	1,171	- 1,084
Alcohol	46	84	45	111	- 27
Ovary Cancer	47	83	33	397	- 314
Poisonings	48	80	57	29	+ 51
Maternal Conditions	49	75	63	7	+ 67
Pertussis	50	68	72	0	+ 68
Meningitis	51	60	56	43	+ 18
Fires	52	57	46	108	- 51
Epilepsy	53	56	31	415	- 359
Skin Cancers	54	45	30	523	- 478
Hepatitis B	55	37	59	26	+ 11
Syphilis	56	32	64	3	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	57	31	28	652	- 621
Tetanus	58	28	73	0	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	47	99	- 77
Appendicitis	60	19	61	21	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	13	54	56	- 43
Dengue	62	12	84	0	+ 12
Malnutrition	63	12	53	79	- 67
Hepatitis C	64	8	49	87	- 79
War	65	3	69	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	15	- 11
Malaria	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	151	- 151
Schizophrenia	82	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Viet Nam

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.