IRELAND VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,943	1	4,762	- 819
Stroke	2	2,930	5	1,770	+ 1,160
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,252	6	1,298	+ 954
Violence	4	1,636	47	38	+ 1,598
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,418	16	414	+ 1,004
Lung Disease	6	1,412	4	1,915	- 503
Kidney Disease	7	896	10	566	+ 330
Road Traffic Accidents	8	806	33	153	+ 653
Lung Cancers	9	753	3	1,916	- 1,163
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	731	2	3,209	- 2,479
Hypertension	11	685	29	175	+ 511
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	551	7	1,095	- 544
Liver Disease	13	509	19	279	+ 230
Breast Cancer	14	494	8	760	- 266
Prostate Cancer	15	452	9	585	- 133
Falls	16	448	25	247	+ 201
Stomach Cancer	17	428	17	357	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	18	416	26	240	+ 177
Endocrine Disorders	19	403	24	249	+ 153
Suicide	20	346	14	470	- 124
Other Injuries	21	328	30	171	+ 158
HIV/AIDS	22	299	57	9	+ 290
Congenital Anomalies	23	293	32	153	+ 140
Pancreas Cancer	24	285	11	530	- 245
Liver Cancer	25	274	18	318	- 44
Oesophagus Cancer	26	249	15	419	- 170
Lymphomas	27	247	13	513	- 266
Oral Cancer	28	237	28	183	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	29	226	35	103	+ 123
Leukemia	30	203	20	274	- 71
Skin Disease	31	171	42	58	+ 113
Alcohol	32	169	39	64	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	33	164	44	56	+ 108
Malnutrition	34	159	63	2	+ 158
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	135	45	53	+ 82
Bladder Cancer	36	126	22	256	- 130
Chagas disease	37	120	73	0	+ 120
Skin Cancers	38	120	23	252	- 132
Drownings	39	117	43	57	+ 60
Tuberculosis	40	116	50	23	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	41	113	12	530	- 416
Other Neoplasms	42	111	27	218	- 107
Ovary Cancer	43	104	21	273	- 169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	101	38	67	+ 34
Birth Trauma	45	90	56	10	+ 80
Epilepsy	46	78	36	85	- 7
Uterin Cancer	47	66	34	126	- 60
Asthma	48	62	41	58	+ 4
Drug Use	49	59	31	167	- 108
Anemia	50	57	49	29	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	52	46	50	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	46	52	19	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	53	36	61	3	+ 33
Meningitis	54	32	58	7	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	26	54	14	+ 12
War	56	26	65	0	+ 25
Appendicitis	57	25	60	3	+ 22
Fires	58	24	48	30	- 6
Hepatitis B	59	18	59	6	+ 13
Schizophrenia	60	16	55	12	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	14	40	59	- 45
Schistosomiasis	62	14	72	0	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	63	10	76	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	8	37	83	- 75
Osteoarthritis	65	8	51	20	- 12
Poisonings	66	8	53	14	- 7
Upper Respiratory	67	6	64	1	+ 5
Syphilis	68	5	68	0	+ 5
Leprosy	69	4	70	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	81	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	72	2	66	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	73	1	62	2	- 1
Malaria	74	1	75	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	83	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Brazil

Ireland

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.