CHILE VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,062	1	10,685	+ 3,377
Stroke	2	10,450	2	9,731	+ 719
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,033	6	3,920	+ 4,113
Violence	4	5,834	29	744	+ 5,090
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,056	10	3,177	+ 1,879
Lung Disease	6	5,036	4	4,062	+ 974
Kidney Disease	7	3,197	3	4,065	- 868
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,873	12	2,826	+ 46
Lung Cancers	9	2,685	9	3,452	- 767
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,605	5	4,000	- 1,395
Hypertension	11	2,445	7	3,817	- 1,372
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,965	11	3,022	- 1,058
Liver Disease	13	1,817	13	2,647	- 830
Breast Cancer	14	1,761	16	1,689	+ 72
Prostate Cancer	15	1,612	14	2,435	- 824
Falls	16	1,599	23	904	+ 694
Stomach Cancer	17	1,526	8	3,631	- 2,104
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,485	31	709	+ 776
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,436	22	1,286	+ 149
Suicide	20	1,233	15	1,700	- 467
Other Injuries	21	1,171	21	1,310	- 139
HIV/AIDS	22	1,065	33	539	+ 526
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,045	25	858	+ 187
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,018	17	1,567	- 549
Liver Cancer	25	977	19	1,369	- 392
Oesophagus Cancer	26	888	30	722	+ 166
Lymphomas	27	880	18	1,394	- 514
Oral Cancer	28	844	40	307	+ 537
Cervical Cancer	29	807	27	780	+ 27
Leukemia	30	724	24	879	- 156
Skin Disease	31	609	28	763	- 154
Alcohol	32	604	47	207	+ 397
Low Birth Weight	33	584	36	437	+ 146
Malnutrition	34	568	37	420	+ 148
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	480	39	334	+ 146
Bladder Cancer	36	450	32	641	- 191
Chagas disease	37	428	55	79	+ 349
Skin Cancers	38	427	34	526	- 99
Drownings	39	419	44	283	+ 136
Tuberculosis	40	415	38	410	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	405	26	790	- 385
Other Neoplasms	42	396	20	1,358	- 962
Ovary Cancer	43	369	35	514	- 145
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	361	46	223	+ 138
Birth Trauma	45	320	54	87	+ 233
Epilepsy	46	277	43	294	- 18
Uterin Cancer	47	236	45	275	- 39
Asthma	48	220	42	295	- 75
Drug Use	49	209	50	149	+ 61
Anemia	50	205	49	180	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	186	52	104	+ 82
Hepatitis C	52	166	61	27	+ 139
Maternal Conditions	53	128	63	24	+ 104
Meningitis	54	115	53	95	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	93	56	73	+ 20
War	56	92	64	14	+ 79
Appendicitis	57	91	59	37	+ 54
Fires	58	87	41	295	- 208
Hepatitis B	59	66	60	30	+ 36
Schizophrenia	60	56	58	38	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	51	48	187	- 136
Schistosomiasis	62	50	84	0	+ 50
Leishmaniasis	63	37	81	0	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	64	30	62	27	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	65	28	51	131	- 103
Poisonings	66	27	57	68	- 41
Upper Respiratory	67	22	67	4	+ 18
Syphilis	68	19	66	5	+ 14
Leprosy	69	15	76	0	+ 15
Otitis Media	70	8	71	2	+ 6
Tetanus	71	7	69	2	+ 6
Encephalitis	72	5	70	2	+ 4
Oral conditions	73	5	65	5	- 0
Malaria	74	4	82	0	+ 4
Pertussis	75	3	68	3	- 0
Dengue	76	1	73	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	79	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	80	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	75	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Brazil

Chile

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.