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Portugal
COUNTRY #1
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
PORTUGAL VS UNITED STATES

Compare Portugal and United States 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.

United States
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
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Portugal PORTUGAL   United States UNITED STATES
      Portugal PORTUGAL   United States UNITED STATES
           
    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
    		  
    66.6
    73.1
    69.8
    23
    15
    16
    1970
    64.2
    70.8
    67.4
    51
    43
    45
    		  
    67.1
    74.7
    70.8
    24
    12
    21
    1980
    67.9
    75.1
    71.4
    36
    29
    30
    		  
    70.0
    77.5
    73.7
    22
    11
    18
    1990
    70.2
    77.3
    73.7
    38
    27
    33
    		  
    71.8
    78.8
    75.2
    29
    17
    21
    2000
    73.1
    80.1
    76.6
    34
    24
    29
    		  
    74.0
    79.5
    76.8
    28
    29
    28
    2010
    76.4
    82.6
    79.6
    27
    23
    25
    		  
    76.2
    81.1
    78.7
    30
    30
    30
    2019
    78.6
    84.4
    81.6
    30
    11
    23
    		  
    76.3
    80.7
    78.5
    41
    42
    40
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Portugal PORTUGAL   United States UNITED STATES
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    78.6
    84.4
    30
    11
    76.3
    80.7
    41
    42
    Age 5
    78.9
    84.7
    31
    11
    76.8
    81.2
    42
    45
    Age 10
    78.9
    84.7
    31
    11
    76.9
    81.2
    43
    45
    Age 15
    78.9
    84.7
    31
    11
    76.9
    81.3
    43
    45
    Age 20
    79.0
    84.8
    31
    11
    77.1
    81.4
    43
    45
    Age 25
    79.1
    84.8
    32
    11
    77.5
    81.5
    43
    45
    Age 30
    79.3
    84.9
    35
    11
    77.9
    81.7
    41
    45
    Age 35
    79.4
    85.0
    35
    11
    78.3
    81.9
    41
    43
    Age 40
    79.6
    85.1
    36
    11
    78.8
    82.2
    40
    43
    Age 45
    79.9
    85.3
    36
    11
    79.3
    82.5
    40
    42
    Age 50
    80.4
    85.5
    35
    12
    79.9
    83.0
    41
    41
    Age 55
    81.2
    85.9
    32
    12
    80.7
    83.6
    40
    40
    Age 60
    82.1
    86.3
    31
    13
    81.8
    84.4
    37
    38
    Age 65
    83.3
    86.8
    32
    13
    83.1
    85.3
    34
    38
    Age 70
    84.6
    87.5
    33
    13
    84.6
    86.4
    32
    38
    Age 75
    86.2
    88.4
    35
    16
    86.5
    87.7
    23
    35
    Age 80
    88.1
    89.7
    41
    19
    88.6
    89.4
    18
    27
    Age 85
    90.5
    91.5
    54
    29
    91.1
    91.5
    22
    30
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Portugal PORTUGAL   United States UNITED STATES
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    39.25
    174
    73.49
    142
    2. Stroke
    34.68
    145
    22.27
    164
    3. Lung Cancers
    19.20
    56
    25.54
    24
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    18.35
    122
    8.86
    163
    5. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.21
    101
    33.26
    8
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.03
    20
    10.28
    71
    7. Prostate Cancer
    15.78
    92
    11.64
    126
    8. Breast Cancer
    15.15
    114
    15.93
    105
    9. Lung Disease
    11.66
    160
    28.49
    60
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    10.79
    142
    10.58
    144
    11. Stomach Cancer
    9.99
    46
    2.24
    173
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.45
    155
    13.08
    127
    13. Suicide
    7.22
    111
    14.51
    31
    14. Other Injuries
    6.75
    101
    5.11
    130
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    6.50
    49
    7.26
    36
    16. Lymphomas
    6.20
    36
    6.36
    31
    17. Liver Disease
    6.03
    158
    8.98
    134
    18. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.99
    149
    11.10
    120
    19. Liver Cancer
    5.44
    91
    4.69
    110
    20. Endocrine Disorders
    5.21
    61
    8.22
    28
    21. Oral Cancer
    4.60
    45
    2.01
    132
    22. Hypertension
    4.55
    159
    10.26
    133
    23. Leukemia
    4.09
    65
    4.43
    49
    24. Bladder Cancer
    3.88
    27
    2.84
    61
    25. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.66
    118
    5.64
    73
    26. Falls
    3.52
    137
    5.68
    90
    27. Ovary Cancer
    3.17
    140
    4.70
    79
    28. Parkinson's Disease
    3.02
    144
    4.55
    68
    29. Cervical Cancer
    2.95
    149
    2.77
    151
    30. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.93
    75
    3.04
    71
    31. Uterin Cancer
    2.58
    76
    3.11
    50
    32. Congenital Anomalies
    2.39
    170
    3.78
    140
    33. HIV/AIDS
    2.21
    102
    1.37
    113
    34. Other Neoplasms
    2.12
    50
    2.68
    37
    35. Skin Cancers
    1.88
    92
    2.36
    57
    36. Epilepsy
    1.63
    90
    0.78
    159
    37. Low Birth Weight
    1.51
    156
    2.37
    138
    38. Tuberculosis
    0.83
    132
    0.09
    178
    39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.78
    160
    0.55
    170
    40. Violence
    0.76
    164
    6.00
    81
    41. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.66
    153
    1.55
    114
    42. Drug Use
    0.64
    147
    21.28
    1
    43. Skin Disease
    0.61
    132
    0.86
    115
    44. Alcohol
    0.60
    138
    3.50
    28
    45. Drownings
    0.60
    166
    1.19
    140
    46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.58
    145
    0.55
    152
    47. Fires
    0.56
    135
    0.73
    124
    48. Hepatitis C
    0.49
    20
    1.13
    5
    49. Asthma
    0.49
    162
    0.84
    141
    50. Birth Trauma
    0.41
    159
    0.42
    157
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Portugal PORTUGAL   United States UNITED STATES
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    12,878
    14.14
    504,904
    20.15
    2. Stroke
    12,339
    13.55
    158,520
    6.33
    3. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7,191
    7.89
    287,198
    11.46
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    6,851
    7.52
    60,317
    2.41
    5. Lung Cancers
    4,406
    4.84
    155,533
    6.21
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4,389
    4.82
    61,827
    2.47
    7. Lung Disease
    4,286
    4.71
    195,387
    7.80
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    3,601
    3.95
    61,418
    2.45
    9. Kidney Disease
    2,803
    3.08
    85,861
    3.43
    10. Stomach Cancer
    2,532
    2.78
    13,077
    0.52
    11. Prostate Cancer
    2,124
    2.33
    35,612
    1.42
    12. Breast Cancer
    1,997
    2.19
    48,671
    1.94
    13. Other Injuries
    1,937
    2.13
    25,997
    1.04
    14. Hypertension
    1,880
    2.06
    65,960
    2.63
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    1,669
    1.83
    44,293
    1.77
    16. Lymphomas
    1,608
    1.77
    40,281
    1.61
    17. Endocrine Disorders
    1,547
    1.70
    46,985
    1.87
    18. Liver Cancer
    1,270
    1.39
    27,064
    1.08
    19. Suicide
    1,172
    1.29
    53,099
    2.12
    20. Bladder Cancer
    1,171
    1.29
    19,622
    0.78
    21. Parkinson's Disease
    1,139
    1.25
    34,491
    1.38
    22. Liver Disease
    1,126
    1.24
    43,402
    1.73
    23. Falls
    1,033
    1.13
    40,418
    1.61
    24. Leukemia
    1,015
    1.11
    26,966
    1.08
    25. Oral Cancer
    912
    1.00
    11,555
    0.46
    26. Inflammatory/Heart
    909
    1.00
    32,529
    1.30
    27. Road Traffic Accidents
    838
    0.92
    41,694
    1.66
    28. Other Neoplasms
    652
    0.72
    17,743
    0.71
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    623
    0.68
    17,829
    0.71
    30. Skin Cancers
    523
    0.57
    14,311
    0.57
    31. Epilepsy
    415
    0.46
    3,162
    0.13
    32. Uterin Cancer
    406
    0.45
    10,063
    0.40
    33. Ovary Cancer
    397
    0.44
    14,591
    0.58
    34. Cervical Cancer
    329
    0.36
    6,984
    0.28
    35. HIV/AIDS
    320
    0.35
    5,660
    0.23
    36. Diarrhoeal diseases
    231
    0.25
    9,955
    0.40
    37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    229
    0.25
    3,461
    0.14
    38. Tuberculosis
    213
    0.23
    546
    0.02
    39. Skin Disease
    202
    0.22
    5,409
    0.22
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    196
    0.22
    11,762
    0.47
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    169
    0.19
    3,646
    0.15
    42. Anemia
    151
    0.17
    3,115
    0.12
    43. Asthma
    146
    0.16
    3,818
    0.15
    44. Drug Use
    128
    0.14
    74,435
    2.97
    45. Alcohol
    111
    0.12
    14,659
    0.58
    46. Fires
    108
    0.12
    3,183
    0.13
    47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    99
    0.11
    2,461
    0.10
    48. Violence
    96
    0.11
    18,976
    0.76
    49. Hepatitis C
    87
    0.10
    5,684
    0.23
    50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    82
    0.09
    678
    0.03
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Portugal PORTUGAL   United States UNITED STATES
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    19.20
    56
    25.54
    24
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.03
    20
    10.28
    71
    3. Prostate Cancer
    15.78
    92
    11.64
    126
    4. Breast Cancer
    15.15
    114
    15.93
    105
    5. Stomach Cancer
    9.99
    46
    2.24
    173
    6. Pancreas Cancer
    6.50
    49
    7.26
    36
    7. Lymphomas
    6.20
    36
    6.36
    31
    8. Liver Cancer
    5.44
    91
    4.69
    110
    9. Oral Cancer
    4.60
    45
    2.01
    132
    10. Leukemia
    4.09
    65
    4.43
    49
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.88
    27
    2.84
    61
    12. Ovary Cancer
    3.17
    140
    4.70
    79
    13. Cervical Cancer
    2.95
    149
    2.77
    151
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.93
    75
    3.04
    71
    15. Uterin Cancer
    2.58
    76
    3.11
    50
    16. Skin Cancers
    1.88
    92
    2.36
    57
    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.