EQU. GUINEA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,353	7	419	+ 934
Stroke	2	1,005	6	437	+ 568
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	773	2	913	- 140
Violence	4	561	33	45	+ 517
Diabetes Mellitus	5	486	11	299	+ 187
Lung Disease	6	485	20	120	+ 364
Kidney Disease	7	308	14	198	+ 109
Road Traffic Accidents	8	276	8	368	- 92
Lung Cancers	9	258	41	27	+ 232
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	251	29	55	+ 195
Hypertension	11	235	16	165	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	189	40	29	+ 160
Liver Disease	13	175	13	199	- 24
Breast Cancer	14	169	24	84	+ 85
Prostate Cancer	15	155	35	43	+ 112
Falls	16	154	32	46	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	17	147	49	16	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	18	143	27	63	+ 80
Endocrine Disorders	19	138	25	73	+ 65
Suicide	20	119	22	107	+ 12
Other Injuries	21	113	23	105	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	22	102	1	1,838	- 1,736
Congenital Anomalies	23	101	12	249	- 149
Pancreas Cancer	24	98	55	11	+ 87
Liver Cancer	25	94	34	43	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	26	85	54	12	+ 74
Lymphomas	27	85	45	19	+ 65
Oral Cancer	28	81	37	35	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	29	78	28	56	+ 22
Leukemia	30	70	61	4	+ 66
Skin Disease	31	59	51	13	+ 46
Alcohol	32	58	53	12	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	33	56	4	457	- 401
Malnutrition	34	55	31	48	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	46	9	349	- 303
Bladder Cancer	36	43	56	9	+ 35
Chagas disease	37	41	77	0	+ 41
Skin Cancers	38	41	48	16	+ 25
Drownings	39	40	36	39	+ 1
Tuberculosis	40	40	10	321	- 281
Parkinson's Disease	41	39	46	18	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	42	38	63	3	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	43	36	52	13	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	35	43	22	+ 13
Birth Trauma	45	31	5	441	- 410
Epilepsy	46	27	38	32	- 6
Uterin Cancer	47	23	58	8	+ 15
Asthma	48	21	26	65	- 44
Drug Use	49	20	30	50	- 30
Anemia	50	20	85	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	18	50	14	+ 4
Hepatitis C	52	16	69	0	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	53	12	17	139	- 126
Meningitis	54	11	19	127	- 116
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	9	82	0	+ 9
War	56	9	71	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	57	9	59	6	+ 3
Fires	58	8	39	30	- 22
Hepatitis B	59	6	65	3	+ 3
Schizophrenia	60	5	86	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	62	4	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	5	60	4	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	63	4	78	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	67	1	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	3	81	0	+ 3
Poisonings	66	3	44	21	- 18
Upper Respiratory	67	2	66	2	+ 0
Syphilis	68	2	18	134	- 132
Leprosy	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	42	23	- 23
Encephalitis	72	1	57	8	- 7
Oral conditions	73	1	80	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	0	3	668	- 667
Pertussis	75	0	21	109	- 109
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	79	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	15	181	- 181
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	47	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Brazil

Equ. Guinea

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.