COLOMBIA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,360	1	43,066	- 5,706
Stroke	2	27,765	3	16,573	+ 11,192
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	21,342	5	10,773	+ 10,568
Violence	4	15,499	2	19,268	- 3,769
Diabetes Mellitus	5	13,433	11	5,028	+ 8,404
Lung Disease	6	13,380	4	15,928	- 2,549
Kidney Disease	7	8,494	7	6,834	+ 1,660
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,633	6	7,765	- 132
Lung Cancers	9	7,134	10	5,250	+ 1,884
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,922	22	2,157	+ 4,765
Hypertension	11	6,495	8	6,400	+ 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	5,219	12	4,371	+ 848
Liver Disease	13	4,827	19	2,426	+ 2,401
Breast Cancer	14	4,678	13	3,669	+ 1,009
Prostate Cancer	15	4,282	14	3,584	+ 697
Falls	16	4,247	29	1,518	+ 2,729
Stomach Cancer	17	4,054	9	6,112	- 2,057
Inflammatory/Heart	18	3,945	31	1,329	+ 2,616
Endocrine Disorders	19	3,814	30	1,367	+ 2,447
Suicide	20	3,277	26	1,965	+ 1,312
Other Injuries	21	3,111	28	1,592	+ 1,519
HIV/AIDS	22	2,830	17	2,683	+ 147
Congenital Anomalies	23	2,776	16	2,963	- 187
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,704	25	2,022	+ 682
Liver Cancer	25	2,595	24	2,065	+ 530
Oesophagus Cancer	26	2,358	36	835	+ 1,523
Lymphomas	27	2,338	18	2,603	- 265
Oral Cancer	28	2,243	37	807	+ 1,436
Cervical Cancer	29	2,143	20	2,266	- 123
Leukemia	30	1,922	21	2,208	- 286
Skin Disease	31	1,618	34	1,102	+ 516
Alcohol	32	1,605	68	23	+ 1,582
Low Birth Weight	33	1,551	23	2,095	- 545
Malnutrition	34	1,509	27	1,878	- 369
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,275	38	747	+ 528
Bladder Cancer	36	1,196	42	609	+ 587
Chagas disease	37	1,137	53	203	+ 934
Skin Cancers	38	1,134	35	1,028	+ 105
Drownings	39	1,113	40	689	+ 423
Tuberculosis	40	1,103	32	1,272	- 169
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,075	47	383	+ 692
Other Neoplasms	42	1,051	15	3,205	- 2,153
Ovary Cancer	43	981	33	1,122	- 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	960	39	698	+ 261
Birth Trauma	45	851	41	648	+ 203
Epilepsy	46	735	43	597	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	47	627	45	423	+ 203
Asthma	48	585	54	191	+ 393
Drug Use	49	556	44	492	+ 64
Anemia	50	545	57	101	+ 444
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	494	63	38	+ 456
Hepatitis C	52	441	59	65	+ 376
Maternal Conditions	53	340	46	394	- 54
Meningitis	54	306	50	244	+ 62
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	247	48	333	- 86
War	56	246	49	260	- 14
Appendicitis	57	241	52	213	+ 28
Fires	58	232	56	127	+ 105
Hepatitis B	59	175	62	50	+ 124
Schizophrenia	60	149	70	18	+ 131
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	134	51	242	- 108
Schistosomiasis	62	134	77	1	+ 133
Leishmaniasis	63	97	74	7	+ 90
Multiple Sclerosis	64	80	60	62	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	65	74	58	67	+ 8
Poisonings	66	71	61	61	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	67	59	66	27	+ 32
Syphilis	68	50	65	30	+ 20
Leprosy	69	39	72	8	+ 31
Otitis Media	70	21	73	7	+ 14
Tetanus	71	20	71	14	+ 6
Encephalitis	72	15	64	38	- 23
Oral conditions	73	14	75	7	+ 7
Malaria	74	10	67	26	- 16
Pertussis	75	7	69	18	- 11
Dengue	76	3	55	133	- 130
Iodine Deficiency	77	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	78	2	76	5	- 3
Diphtheria	79	2	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	80	1	81	0	+ 1
Measles	81	1	78	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	84	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Brazil

Colombia

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.