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Portugal
COUNTRY #1
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PORTUGAL VS NEW ZEALAND

Compare Portugal and New Zealand health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

New Zealand
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Portugal Population Pyramid
9,084,579
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New Zealand Population Pyramid
5,607,793
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Portugal PORTUGAL   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  Portugal PORTUGAL   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.7
66.3
63.4
52
43
48
  
68.7
73.9
71.2
6
9
7
1970
64.2
70.8
67.4
51
43
45
  
68.2
74.5
71.3
18
16
14
1980
67.9
75.1
71.4
36
29
30
  
70.0
75.8
72.8
21
21
22
1990
70.2
77.3
73.7
38
27
33
  
72.5
78.4
75.4
21
22
20
2000
73.1
80.1
76.6
34
24
29
  
75.9
81.2
78.6
10
11
11
2010
76.4
82.6
79.6
27
23
25
  
79.0
82.8
80.9
9
18
13
2019
78.6
84.4
81.6
30
11
23
  
80.4
83.5
82.0
15
24
16
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
84.4
30
11
80.4
83.5
15
24
Age
78.6
84.4
30
11
80.4
83.5
15
24
Age 5
78.9
84.7
31
11
80.8
83.9
14
24
Age 10
78.9
84.7
31
11
80.8
83.9
14
24
Age 15
78.9
84.7
31
11
80.9
83.9
14
24
Age 20
79.0
84.8
31
11
81.0
84.0
13
24
Age 25
79.1
84.8
32
11
81.2
84.1
12
24
Age 30
79.3
84.9
35
11
81.4
84.2
12
24
Age 35
79.4
85.0
35
11
81.6
84.3
12
24
Age 40
79.6
85.1
36
11
81.8
84.5
11
24
Age 45
79.9
85.3
36
11
82.1
84.6
9
22
Age 50
80.4
85.5
35
12
82.5
84.9
7
20
Age 55
81.2
85.9
32
12
83.1
85.3
6
20
Age 60
82.1
86.3
31
13
83.8
85.8
6
19
Age 65
83.3
86.8
32
13
84.6
86.4
7
18
Age 70
84.6
87.5
33
13
85.7
87.2
9
20
Age 75
86.2
88.4
35
16
87.0
88.2
9
21
Age 80
88.1
89.7
41
19
88.8
89.6
12
23
Age 85
90.5
91.5
54
29
91.1
91.5
19
24
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Portugal PORTUGAL   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39.25
174
49.59
163
2. Stroke
34.68
145
22.24
165
3. Lung Cancers
19.20
56
21.61
43
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.35
122
8.08
166
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.21
101
24.84
16
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.03
20
16.22
19
7. Prostate Cancer
15.78
92
15.97
90
8. Breast Cancer
15.15
114
17.60
84
9. Lung Disease
11.66
160
18.17
111
10. Diabetes Mellitus
10.79
142
8.34
152
11. Stomach Cancer
9.99
46
3.82
133
12. Kidney Disease
7.45
155
4.19
176
13. Suicide
7.22
111
10.30
68
14. Other Injuries
6.75
101
3.23
168
15. Pancreas Cancer
6.50
49
6.18
54
16. Lymphomas
6.20
36
6.60
25
17. Liver Disease
6.03
158
2.07
181
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.99
149
8.83
127
19. Liver Cancer
5.44
91
3.48
153
20. Endocrine Disorders
5.21
61
3.95
82
21. Oral Cancer
4.60
45
1.93
136
22. Hypertension
4.55
159
3.04
166
23. Leukemia
4.09
65
4.49
43
24. Bladder Cancer
3.88
27
2.70
66
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.66
118
4.07
115
26. Falls
3.52
137
5.65
92
27. Ovary Cancer
3.17
140
4.63
81
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.02
144
3.16
138
29. Cervical Cancer
2.95
149
1.65
176
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.93
75
3.13
64
31. Uterin Cancer
2.58
76
3.21
47
32. Congenital Anomalies
2.39
170
3.49
147
33. HIV/AIDS
2.21
102
0.18
148
34. Other Neoplasms
2.12
50
2.42
44
35. Skin Cancers
1.88
92
6.63
3
36. Epilepsy
1.63
90
0.97
139
37. Low Birth Weight
1.51
156
1.87
149
38. Tuberculosis
0.83
132
0.20
162
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.78
160
0.68
165
40. Violence
0.76
164
1.20
146
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.66
153
0.76
149
42. Drug Use
0.64
147
1.38
74
43. Skin Disease
0.61
132
1.10
108
44. Alcohol
0.60
138
0.75
128
45. Drownings
0.60
166
1.17
142
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
145
1.33
98
47. Fires
0.56
135
0.29
164
48. Hepatitis C
0.49
20
0.44
22
49. Asthma
0.49
162
1.03
133
50. Birth Trauma
0.41
159
0.34
169
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Portugal PORTUGAL   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
12,878
14.14
5,095
18.16
2. Stroke
12,339
13.55
2,378
8.47
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,191
7.89
3,032
10.81
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,851
7.52
920
3.28
5. Lung Cancers
4,406
4.84
1,873
6.67
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,389
4.82
1,495
5.33
7. Lung Disease
4,286
4.71
1,815
6.47
8. Diabetes Mellitus
3,601
3.95
769
2.74
9. Kidney Disease
2,803
3.08
432
1.54
10. Stomach Cancer
2,532
2.78
323
1.15
11. Prostate Cancer
2,124
2.33
739
2.63
12. Breast Cancer
1,997
2.19
737
2.63
13. Other Injuries
1,937
2.13
218
0.78
14. Hypertension
1,880
2.06
327
1.17
15. Pancreas Cancer
1,669
1.83
543
1.94
16. Lymphomas
1,608
1.77
608
2.17
17. Endocrine Disorders
1,547
1.70
325
1.16
18. Liver Cancer
1,270
1.39
288
1.03
19. Suicide
1,172
1.29
528
1.88
20. Bladder Cancer
1,171
1.29
267
0.95
21. Parkinson's Disease
1,139
1.25
353
1.26
22. Liver Disease
1,126
1.24
158
0.56
23. Falls
1,033
1.13
627
2.23
24. Leukemia
1,015
1.11
391
1.39
25. Oral Cancer
912
1.00
164
0.58
26. Inflammatory/Heart
909
1.00
313
1.12
27. Road Traffic Accidents
838
0.92
458
1.63
28. Other Neoplasms
652
0.72
245
0.87
29. Oesophagus Cancer
623
0.68
279
0.99
30. Skin Cancers
523
0.57
612
2.18
31. Epilepsy
415
0.46
55
0.20
32. Uterin Cancer
406
0.45
145
0.52
33. Ovary Cancer
397
0.44
207
0.74
34. Cervical Cancer
329
0.36
61
0.22
35. HIV/AIDS
320
0.35
10
0.04
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
231
0.25
81
0.29
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
229
0.25
70
0.25
38. Tuberculosis
213
0.23
17
0.06
39. Skin Disease
202
0.22
118
0.42
40. Congenital Anomalies
196
0.22
176
0.63
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
169
0.19
113
0.40
42. Anemia
151
0.17
17
0.06
43. Asthma
146
0.16
91
0.32
44. Drug Use
128
0.14
69
0.25
45. Alcohol
111
0.12
51
0.18
46. Fires
108
0.12
17
0.06
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
99
0.11
47
0.17
48. Violence
96
0.11
57
0.20
49. Hepatitis C
87
0.10
30
0.11
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
82
0.09
22
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Portugal PORTUGAL   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.20
56
21.61
43
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.03
20
16.22
19
3. Prostate Cancer
15.78
92
15.97
90
4. Breast Cancer
15.15
114
17.60
84
5. Stomach Cancer
9.99
46
3.82
133
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.50
49
6.18
54
7. Lymphomas
6.20
36
6.60
25
8. Liver Cancer
5.44
91
3.48
153
9. Oral Cancer
4.60
45
1.93
136
10. Leukemia
4.09
65
4.49
43
11. Bladder Cancer
3.88
27
2.70
66
12. Ovary Cancer
3.17
140
4.63
81
13. Cervical Cancer
2.95
149
1.65
176
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.93
75
3.13
64
15. Uterin Cancer
2.58
76
3.21
47
16. Skin Cancers
1.88
92
6.63
3
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.