CENTRAL AFRICA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,257	7	2,900	+ 1,358
Stroke	2	3,164	5	3,284	- 120
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,432	1	5,231	- 2,799
Violence	4	1,766	17	1,009	+ 758
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,531	15	1,141	+ 389
Lung Disease	6	1,525	18	956	+ 569
Kidney Disease	7	968	21	710	+ 258
Road Traffic Accidents	8	870	10	1,790	- 920
Lung Cancers	9	813	55	47	+ 766
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	789	33	204	+ 585
Hypertension	11	740	12	1,252	- 512
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	595	45	116	+ 478
Liver Disease	13	550	14	1,153	- 603
Breast Cancer	14	533	26	344	+ 189
Prostate Cancer	15	488	38	156	+ 332
Falls	16	484	36	181	+ 303
Stomach Cancer	17	462	49	65	+ 397
Inflammatory/Heart	18	450	30	270	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	19	435	25	423	+ 12
Suicide	20	373	24	585	- 212
Other Injuries	21	355	23	621	- 266
HIV/AIDS	22	322	4	3,753	- 3,430
Congenital Anomalies	23	316	19	776	- 459
Pancreas Cancer	24	308	60	37	+ 272
Liver Cancer	25	296	44	117	+ 179
Oesophagus Cancer	26	269	53	48	+ 221
Lymphomas	27	266	42	119	+ 147
Oral Cancer	28	256	46	91	+ 165
Cervical Cancer	29	244	32	230	+ 14
Leukemia	30	219	47	88	+ 131
Skin Disease	31	184	54	48	+ 136
Alcohol	32	183	52	62	+ 121
Low Birth Weight	33	177	8	2,228	- 2,051
Malnutrition	34	172	22	691	- 519
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	145	3	4,684	- 4,538
Bladder Cancer	36	136	64	23	+ 113
Chagas disease	37	130	79	0	+ 130
Skin Cancers	38	129	58	43	+ 86
Drownings	39	127	34	202	- 75
Tuberculosis	40	126	2	4,704	- 4,578
Parkinson's Disease	41	123	48	67	+ 55
Other Neoplasms	42	120	70	5	+ 115
Ovary Cancer	43	112	50	64	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	109	27	317	- 208
Birth Trauma	45	97	9	2,192	- 2,095
Epilepsy	46	84	43	119	- 35
Uterin Cancer	47	71	65	20	+ 52
Asthma	48	67	20	761	- 694
Drug Use	49	63	57	44	+ 20
Anemia	50	62	84	0	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	56	35	194	- 138
Hepatitis C	52	50	69	6	+ 45
Maternal Conditions	53	39	13	1,174	- 1,136
Meningitis	54	35	16	1,015	- 980
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	28	80	0	+ 28
War	56	28	28	314	- 286
Appendicitis	57	27	51	62	- 34
Fires	58	26	39	142	- 115
Hepatitis B	59	20	61	33	- 13
Schizophrenia	60	17	86	0	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	15	66	15	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	62	15	37	169	- 154
Leishmaniasis	63	11	56	46	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	64	9	72	4	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	65	8	81	0	+ 8
Poisonings	66	8	40	134	- 126
Upper Respiratory	67	7	63	24	- 18
Syphilis	68	6	41	120	- 114
Leprosy	69	4	78	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	70	2	68	6	- 4
Tetanus	71	2	29	280	- 278
Encephalitis	72	2	62	28	- 26
Oral conditions	73	2	82	0	+ 2
Malaria	74	1	6	3,279	- 3,278
Pertussis	75	1	31	265	- 264
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Diphtheria	79	0	67	11	- 10
Chlamydia	80	0	73	2	- 2
Measles	81	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	59	40	- 40
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Brazil

Central Africa

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.