GREECE VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,881	1	21,124	- 13,243
Stroke	2	5,857	2	14,077	- 8,220
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,502	3	8,282	- 3,780
Violence	4	3,270	42	104	+ 3,166
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,834	20	1,266	+ 1,568
Lung Disease	6	2,823	5	5,526	- 2,704
Kidney Disease	7	1,792	6	4,759	- 2,967
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,610	22	870	+ 740
Lung Cancers	9	1,505	4	7,355	- 5,850
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,460	7	3,940	- 2,479
Hypertension	11	1,370	9	2,922	- 1,552
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,101	8	3,264	- 2,163
Liver Disease	13	1,018	23	809	+ 209
Breast Cancer	14	987	11	2,520	- 1,533
Prostate Cancer	15	903	12	2,023	- 1,120
Falls	16	896	21	1,245	- 349
Stomach Cancer	17	855	16	1,535	- 680
Inflammatory/Heart	18	832	24	725	+ 107
Endocrine Disorders	19	805	29	526	+ 279
Suicide	20	691	28	533	+ 159
Other Injuries	21	656	17	1,453	- 797
HIV/AIDS	22	597	50	47	+ 550
Congenital Anomalies	23	586	38	174	+ 411
Pancreas Cancer	24	570	13	1,904	- 1,334
Liver Cancer	25	547	14	1,566	- 1,018
Oesophagus Cancer	26	498	35	246	+ 252
Lymphomas	27	493	19	1,268	- 775
Oral Cancer	28	473	30	440	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	29	452	36	243	+ 209
Leukemia	30	406	18	1,354	- 948
Skin Disease	31	341	47	56	+ 285
Alcohol	32	339	49	50	+ 288
Low Birth Weight	33	327	41	127	+ 200
Malnutrition	34	318	66	1	+ 317
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	269	44	95	+ 174
Bladder Cancer	36	252	15	1,551	- 1,298
Chagas disease	37	240	77	0	+ 240
Skin Cancers	38	239	31	438	- 199
Drownings	39	235	32	435	- 201
Tuberculosis	40	233	46	66	+ 166
Parkinson's Disease	41	227	10	2,646	- 2,419
Other Neoplasms	42	222	25	679	- 457
Ovary Cancer	43	207	27	557	- 350
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	202	26	611	- 408
Birth Trauma	45	180	57	17	+ 163
Epilepsy	46	155	34	249	- 94
Uterin Cancer	47	132	33	373	- 240
Asthma	48	123	55	27	+ 96
Drug Use	49	117	37	193	- 76
Anemia	50	115	51	47	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	104	43	100	+ 4
Hepatitis C	52	93	52	38	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	53	72	61	2	+ 69
Meningitis	54	65	53	33	+ 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	52	86	0	+ 52
War	56	52	64	1	+ 51
Appendicitis	57	51	58	9	+ 41
Fires	58	49	39	146	- 98
Hepatitis B	59	37	48	56	- 19
Schizophrenia	60	31	54	27	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	28	45	67	- 38
Schistosomiasis	62	28	75	0	+ 28
Leishmaniasis	63	21	60	4	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	64	17	40	135	- 118
Osteoarthritis	65	16	85	0	+ 16
Poisonings	66	15	56	19	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	12	59	8	+ 4
Syphilis	68	11	65	1	+ 10
Leprosy	69	8	81	0	+ 8
Otitis Media	70	4	82	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	4	62	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	72	3	67	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	73	3	63	2	+ 1
Malaria	74	2	78	0	+ 2
Pertussis	75	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	76	1	71	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Brazil

Greece

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.