LATVIA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,357	1	8,099	- 6,742
Stroke	2	1,009	2	5,893	- 4,884
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	775	9	501	+ 274
Violence	4	563	37	94	+ 469
Diabetes Mellitus	5	488	8	529	- 42
Lung Disease	6	486	18	346	+ 140
Kidney Disease	7	309	17	356	- 48
Road Traffic Accidents	8	277	27	154	+ 124
Lung Cancers	9	259	4	956	- 697
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	251	7	664	- 412
Hypertension	11	236	3	1,194	- 958
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	190	6	722	- 532
Liver Disease	13	175	15	365	- 189
Breast Cancer	14	170	10	472	- 302
Prostate Cancer	15	156	12	464	- 308
Falls	16	154	23	201	- 47
Stomach Cancer	17	147	11	470	- 322
Inflammatory/Heart	18	143	5	921	- 778
Endocrine Disorders	19	139	41	59	+ 79
Suicide	20	119	14	384	- 265
Other Injuries	21	113	16	362	- 249
HIV/AIDS	22	103	39	74	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	23	101	43	46	+ 54
Pancreas Cancer	24	98	13	436	- 338
Liver Cancer	25	94	26	157	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	26	86	32	131	- 45
Lymphomas	27	85	19	245	- 160
Oral Cancer	28	81	22	214	- 133
Cervical Cancer	29	78	33	128	- 50
Leukemia	30	70	25	186	- 116
Skin Disease	31	59	38	76	- 18
Alcohol	32	58	21	227	- 169
Low Birth Weight	33	56	56	11	+ 45
Malnutrition	34	55	64	2	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	46	54	14	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	36	43	20	228	- 185
Chagas disease	37	41	80	0	+ 41
Skin Cancers	38	41	30	144	- 103
Drownings	39	40	34	127	- 86
Tuberculosis	40	40	40	71	- 31
Parkinson's Disease	41	39	35	125	- 86
Other Neoplasms	42	38	28	153	- 114
Ovary Cancer	43	36	24	196	- 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	35	31	142	- 107
Birth Trauma	45	31	55	12	+ 19
Epilepsy	46	27	45	44	- 18
Uterin Cancer	47	23	29	148	- 125
Asthma	48	21	46	42	- 20
Drug Use	49	20	48	41	- 21
Anemia	50	20	53	14	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	18	47	41	- 23
Hepatitis C	52	16	42	53	- 37
Maternal Conditions	53	12	60	5	+ 8
Meningitis	54	11	52	15	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	9	44	45	- 36
War	56	9	68	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	57	9	59	5	+ 4
Fires	58	8	36	103	- 95
Hepatitis B	59	6	63	3	+ 3
Schizophrenia	60	5	57	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	51	20	- 15
Schistosomiasis	62	5	78	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	63	4	77	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	50	20	- 17
Osteoarthritis	65	3	58	7	- 4
Poisonings	66	3	49	23	- 21
Upper Respiratory	67	2	62	4	- 1
Syphilis	68	2	65	1	+ 1
Leprosy	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	66	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	72	1	69	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	73	1	61	4	- 3
Malaria	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	80	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	72	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Brazil

Latvia

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.