PORTUGAL VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,578	1	12,878	- 3,300
Stroke	2	4,309	2	12,339	- 8,030
War	3	4,102	69	1	+ 4,100
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,804	4	6,851	- 3,047
Low Birth Weight	5	2,798	52	79	+ 2,719
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,719	27	838	+ 1,881
Birth Trauma	7	1,886	60	24	+ 1,862
Hypertension	8	1,681	14	1,880	- 199
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,388	36	231	+ 1,158
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,363	40	196	+ 1,166
Lung Disease	11	1,015	7	4,286	- 3,271
Measles	12	959	71	0	+ 959
Liver Disease	13	918	22	1,126	- 207
Violence	14	902	48	96	+ 805
Kidney Disease	15	851	9	2,803	- 1,953
Other Injuries	16	707	13	1,937	- 1,230
Asthma	17	669	43	146	+ 522
Tuberculosis	18	603	38	213	+ 390
Diabetes Mellitus	19	570	8	3,601	- 3,031
Malaria	20	546	78	0	+ 546
Suicide	21	539	19	1,172	- 633
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	446	3	7,191	- 6,745
Pertussis	23	394	72	0	+ 393
Falls	24	372	23	1,033	- 661
Drownings	25	363	51	79	+ 283
Breast Cancer	26	360	12	1,997	- 1,637
Malnutrition	27	336	53	79	+ 257
Meningitis	28	323	56	43	+ 281
Fires	29	315	46	108	+ 206
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	290	6	4,389	- 4,100
Stomach Cancer	31	287	10	2,532	- 2,246
Maternal Conditions	32	283	63	7	+ 275
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	265	37	229	+ 36
Leukemia	34	247	24	1,015	- 769
Oesophagus Cancer	35	243	29	623	- 380
Endocrine Disorders	36	234	17	1,547	- 1,312
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	224	41	169	+ 56
Drug Use	38	195	44	128	+ 66
Liver Cancer	39	193	18	1,270	- 1,077
Inflammatory/Heart	40	186	26	909	- 723
Lung Cancers	41	181	5	4,406	- 4,225
Oral Cancer	42	174	25	912	- 738
Epilepsy	43	171	31	415	- 244
Poisonings	44	169	57	29	+ 140
Lymphomas	45	137	16	1,608	- 1,470
HIV/AIDS	46	126	35	320	- 194
Tetanus	47	125	73	0	+ 125
Encephalitis	48	117	67	1	+ 116
Parkinson's Disease	49	115	21	1,139	- 1,025
Hepatitis B	50	95	59	26	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	51	90	15	1,669	- 1,579
Ovary Cancer	52	60	33	397	- 338
Syphilis	53	56	64	3	+ 53
Appendicitis	54	51	61	21	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	55	51	20	1,171	- 1,120
Schistosomiasis	56	39	77	0	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	57	38	34	329	- 291
Skin Cancers	58	32	30	523	- 492
Alcohol	59	25	45	111	- 86
Dengue	60	23	84	0	+ 23
Skin Disease	61	14	39	202	- 188
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	54	56	- 43
Prostate Cancer	63	12	11	2,124	- 2,111
Other Neoplasms	64	7	28	652	- 646
Ascariasis	65	5	83	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	47	99	- 94
Diphtheria	67	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	3	49	87	- 84
Uterin Cancer	69	2	32	406	- 404
Upper Respiratory	70	2	62	15	- 13
Leishmaniasis	71	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	49	- 49
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Yemen

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.