CONGO VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,594	4	2,494	+ 2,100
Stroke	2	3,414	5	2,267	+ 1,148
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,624	3	2,576	+ 48
Violence	4	1,906	18	539	+ 1,367
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,652	10	1,050	+ 602
Lung Disease	6	1,645	17	541	+ 1,104
Kidney Disease	7	1,044	15	613	+ 432
Road Traffic Accidents	8	939	7	1,598	- 660
Lung Cancers	9	877	47	54	+ 824
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	851	25	230	+ 621
Hypertension	11	799	12	933	- 134
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	642	38	89	+ 553
Liver Disease	13	594	13	931	- 337
Breast Cancer	14	575	32	159	+ 417
Prostate Cancer	15	527	28	198	+ 329
Falls	16	522	33	149	+ 374
Stomach Cancer	17	499	39	88	+ 411
Inflammatory/Heart	18	485	26	220	+ 266
Endocrine Disorders	19	469	27	208	+ 261
Suicide	20	403	19	349	+ 54
Other Injuries	21	383	20	333	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	22	348	1	4,509	- 4,161
Congenital Anomalies	23	341	14	729	- 388
Pancreas Cancer	24	332	52	42	+ 291
Liver Cancer	25	319	30	169	+ 150
Oesophagus Cancer	26	290	57	19	+ 271
Lymphomas	27	288	45	61	+ 226
Oral Cancer	28	276	54	33	+ 243
Cervical Cancer	29	264	29	196	+ 67
Leukemia	30	236	46	57	+ 179
Skin Disease	31	199	50	46	+ 153
Alcohol	32	197	49	46	+ 151
Low Birth Weight	33	191	9	1,283	- 1,092
Malnutrition	34	186	24	272	- 86
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	157	8	1,304	- 1,147
Bladder Cancer	36	147	61	15	+ 132
Chagas disease	37	140	79	0	+ 140
Skin Cancers	38	139	53	36	+ 103
Drownings	39	137	36	104	+ 33
Tuberculosis	40	136	2	2,781	- 2,645
Parkinson's Disease	41	132	42	69	+ 63
Other Neoplasms	42	129	63	8	+ 122
Ovary Cancer	43	121	48	49	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	118	35	105	+ 13
Birth Trauma	45	105	11	997	- 893
Epilepsy	46	90	40	76	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	47	77	60	15	+ 62
Asthma	48	72	23	291	- 219
Drug Use	49	68	44	65	+ 3
Anemia	50	67	82	0	+ 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	61	43	67	- 6
Hepatitis C	52	54	67	2	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	53	42	16	578	- 536
Meningitis	54	38	22	299	- 261
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	30	84	0	+ 30
War	56	30	72	1	+ 30
Appendicitis	57	30	58	18	+ 11
Fires	58	28	37	90	- 62
Hepatitis B	59	21	62	14	+ 7
Schizophrenia	60	18	81	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	17	59	15	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	62	16	51	45	- 28
Leishmaniasis	63	12	78	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	64	10	66	4	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	65	9	85	0	+ 9
Poisonings	66	9	41	71	- 62
Upper Respiratory	67	7	64	7	+ 0
Syphilis	68	6	34	107	- 100
Leprosy	69	5	77	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	70	3	71	1	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	55	23	- 21
Encephalitis	72	2	56	20	- 18
Oral conditions	73	2	86	0	+ 2
Malaria	74	1	6	1,977	- 1,976
Pertussis	75	1	21	329	- 328
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	79	0	68	2	- 2
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	81	0	31	159	- 159
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	65	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.