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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

Compare Portugal and Venezuela 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.

Venezuela
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
8,416,971
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Venezuela Population Pyramid
5,481,976
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Venezuela VENEZUELA
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Venezuela VENEZUELA
       
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
 
58.2
61.5
59.8
61
64
62
1970
64.2
70.8
67.4
51
43
45
 
62.6
67.8
65.1
62
57
59
1980
67.9
75.1
71.4
36
29
30
 
65.5
71.4
68.3
59
61
58
1990
70.2
77.3
73.7
38
27
33
 
68.4
74.2
71.2
51
56
50
2000
73.1
80.1
76.6
34
24
29
 
68.4
77.1
72.5
77
45
62
2010
76.4
82.6
79.6
27
23
25
 
69.8
77.8
73.7
90
54
75
2019
78.6
84.4
81.6
30
11
23
 
69.9
78.2
73.9
99
71
90
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Venezuela VENEZUELA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
84.4
30
11
69.9
78.2
99
71
Age
78.6
84.4
30
11
69.9
78.2
99
71
Age 5
78.9
84.7
31
11
72.2
80.2
91
54
Age 10
78.9
84.7
31
11
72.3
80.3
91
54
Age 15
78.9
84.7
31
11
72.4
80.4
91
53
Age 20
79.0
84.8
31
11
73.2
80.6
86
53
Age 25
79.1
84.8
32
11
74.4
80.8
73
52
Age 30
79.3
84.9
35
11
75.2
81.0
72
51
Age 35
79.4
85.0
35
11
75.9
81.2
62
49
Age 40
79.6
85.1
36
11
76.6
81.5
61
49
Age 45
79.9
85.3
36
11
77.1
81.9
60
49
Age 50
80.4
85.5
35
12
77.7
82.3
59
46
Age 55
81.2
85.9
32
12
78.6
82.9
60
45
Age 60
82.1
86.3
31
13
79.7
83.6
60
45
Age 65
83.3
86.8
32
13
81.3
84.8
56
43
Age 70
84.6
87.5
33
13
83.0
85.9
56
42
Age 75
86.2
88.4
35
16
85.0
87.2
60
44
Age 80
88.1
89.7
41
19
87.3
88.9
65
51
Age 85
90.5
91.5
54
29
90.3
91.3
62
36
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Venezuela VENEZUELA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39.25
174
99.32
110
2. Stroke
34.68
145
45.07
136
3. Lung Cancers
19.20
56
14.10
80
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.35
122
26.48
95
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.21
101
2.18
178
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.03
20
7.41
114
7. Prostate Cancer
15.78
92
25.55
42
8. Breast Cancer
15.15
114
16.79
93
9. Lung Disease
11.66
160
19.28
108
10. Diabetes Mellitus
10.79
142
41.42
57
11. Stomach Cancer
9.99
46
7.93
63
12. Kidney Disease
7.45
155
21.78
99
13. Suicide
7.22
111
2.10
178
14. Other Injuries
6.75
101
6.32
114
15. Pancreas Cancer
6.50
49
3.94
85
16. Lymphomas
6.20
36
4.50
100
17. Liver Disease
6.03
158
8.36
138
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.99
149
39.75
26
19. Liver Cancer
5.44
91
3.76
142
20. Endocrine Disorders
5.21
61
2.78
122
21. Oral Cancer
4.60
45
1.96
135
22. Hypertension
4.55
159
19.28
86
23. Leukemia
4.09
65
3.60
90
24. Bladder Cancer
3.88
27
1.35
138
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.66
118
2.20
159
26. Falls
3.52
137
3.17
144
27. Ovary Cancer
3.17
140
3.74
119
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.02
144
0.96
175
29. Cervical Cancer
2.95
149
13.21
65
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.93
75
1.34
136
31. Uterin Cancer
2.58
76
2.06
105
32. Congenital Anomalies
2.39
170
9.91
10
33. HIV/AIDS
2.21
102
26.13
37
34. Other Neoplasms
2.12
50
7.94
3
35. Skin Cancers
1.88
92
2.02
83
36. Epilepsy
1.63
90
1.48
102
37. Low Birth Weight
1.51
156
8.87
47
38. Tuberculosis
0.83
132
2.72
99
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.78
160
1.55
131
40. Violence
0.76
164
64.65
3
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.66
153
5.21
79
42. Drug Use
0.64
147
0.81
130
43. Skin Disease
0.61
132
0.06
182
44. Alcohol
0.60
138
0.12
180
45. Drownings
0.60
166
1.38
135
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
145
0.29
172
47. Fires
0.56
135
0.52
139
48. Hepatitis C
0.49
20
0.08
104
49. Asthma
0.49
162
1.13
125
50. Birth Trauma
0.41
159
3.10
81
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Venezuela VENEZUELA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
12,878
14.14
26,905
17.07
2. Stroke
12,339
13.55
12,133
7.70
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,191
7.89
572
0.36
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,851
7.52
7,188
4.56
5. Lung Cancers
4,406
4.84
3,900
2.47
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,389
4.82
2,037
1.29
7. Lung Disease
4,286
4.71
5,150
3.27
8. Diabetes Mellitus
3,601
3.95
11,176
7.09
9. Kidney Disease
2,803
3.08
5,932
3.76
10. Stomach Cancer
2,532
2.78
2,175
1.38
11. Prostate Cancer
2,124
2.33
2,848
1.81
12. Breast Cancer
1,997
2.19
2,563
1.63
13. Other Injuries
1,937
2.13
1,693
1.07
14. Hypertension
1,880
2.06
5,195
3.30
15. Pancreas Cancer
1,669
1.83
1,082
0.69
16. Lymphomas
1,608
1.77
1,248
0.79
17. Endocrine Disorders
1,547
1.70
760
0.48
18. Liver Cancer
1,270
1.39
1,029
0.65
19. Suicide
1,172
1.29
585
0.37
20. Bladder Cancer
1,171
1.29
365
0.23
21. Parkinson's Disease
1,139
1.25
252
0.16
22. Liver Disease
1,126
1.24
2,340
1.48
23. Falls
1,033
1.13
865
0.55
24. Leukemia
1,015
1.11
1,007
0.64
25. Oral Cancer
912
1.00
544
0.35
26. Inflammatory/Heart
909
1.00
599
0.38
27. Road Traffic Accidents
838
0.92
11,127
7.06
28. Other Neoplasms
652
0.72
2,167
1.37
29. Oesophagus Cancer
623
0.68
370
0.23
30. Skin Cancers
523
0.57
553
0.35
31. Epilepsy
415
0.46
411
0.26
32. Uterin Cancer
406
0.45
309
0.20
33. Ovary Cancer
397
0.44
563
0.36
34. Cervical Cancer
329
0.36
1,986
1.26
35. HIV/AIDS
320
0.35
7,490
4.75
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
231
0.25
1,359
0.86
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
229
0.25
418
0.27
38. Tuberculosis
213
0.23
748
0.47
39. Skin Disease
202
0.22
18
0.01
40. Congenital Anomalies
196
0.22
2,846
1.81
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
169
0.19
80
0.05
42. Anemia
151
0.17
126
0.08
43. Asthma
146
0.16
311
0.20
44. Drug Use
128
0.14
225
0.14
45. Alcohol
111
0.12
34
0.02
46. Fires
108
0.12
144
0.09
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
99
0.11
180
0.11
48. Violence
96
0.11
18,132
11.50
49. Hepatitis C
87
0.10
21
0.01
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
82
0.09
151
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Venezuela VENEZUELA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.20
56
14.10
80
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.03
20
7.41
114
3. Prostate Cancer
15.78
92
25.55
42
4. Breast Cancer
15.15
114
16.79
93
5. Stomach Cancer
9.99
46
7.93
63
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.50
49
3.94
85
7. Lymphomas
6.20
36
4.50
100
8. Liver Cancer
5.44
91
3.76
142
9. Oral Cancer
4.60
45
1.96
135
10. Leukemia
4.09
65
3.60
90
11. Bladder Cancer
3.88
27
1.35
138
12. Ovary Cancer
3.17
140
3.74
119
13. Cervical Cancer
2.95
149
13.21
65
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.93
75
1.34
136
15. Uterin Cancer
2.58
76
2.06
105
16. Skin Cancers
1.88
92
2.02
83
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.