NEW GUINEA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,569	1	6,835	+ 734
Stroke	2	5,625	2	5,095	+ 530
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,324	6	2,595	+ 1,729
Violence	4	3,140	15	969	+ 2,171
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,721	4	4,533	- 1,812
Lung Disease	6	2,711	3	4,538	- 1,827
Kidney Disease	7	1,721	18	687	+ 1,034
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,546	12	1,105	+ 441
Lung Cancers	9	1,445	23	622	+ 823
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,402	33	343	+ 1,059
Hypertension	11	1,316	13	1,096	+ 220
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,057	29	445	+ 612
Liver Disease	13	978	22	624	+ 354
Breast Cancer	14	948	17	764	+ 184
Prostate Cancer	15	867	36	285	+ 583
Falls	16	860	26	502	+ 359
Stomach Cancer	17	821	28	447	+ 374
Inflammatory/Heart	18	799	43	229	+ 571
Endocrine Disorders	19	773	47	153	+ 620
Suicide	20	664	37	259	+ 405
Other Injuries	21	630	20	647	- 16
HIV/AIDS	22	573	24	611	- 38
Congenital Anomalies	23	562	16	951	- 388
Pancreas Cancer	24	548	52	107	+ 441
Liver Cancer	25	526	21	644	- 118
Oesophagus Cancer	26	478	44	199	+ 279
Lymphomas	27	474	32	353	+ 121
Oral Cancer	28	454	25	580	- 126
Cervical Cancer	29	434	19	665	- 230
Leukemia	30	389	38	253	+ 136
Skin Disease	31	328	49	126	+ 202
Alcohol	32	325	53	93	+ 232
Low Birth Weight	33	314	10	1,661	- 1,347
Malnutrition	34	306	48	134	+ 172
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	258	8	2,295	- 2,037
Bladder Cancer	36	242	54	82	+ 160
Chagas disease	37	230	75	0	+ 230
Skin Cancers	38	230	31	417	- 187
Drownings	39	225	40	240	- 14
Tuberculosis	40	223	5	3,969	- 3,745
Parkinson's Disease	41	218	45	185	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	42	213	60	15	+ 198
Ovary Cancer	43	199	46	179	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	194	35	302	- 107
Birth Trauma	45	172	11	1,504	- 1,331
Epilepsy	46	149	51	111	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	47	127	55	81	+ 46
Asthma	48	118	9	1,842	- 1,724
Drug Use	49	113	61	13	+ 100
Anemia	50	110	82	0	+ 110
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	100	14	1,072	- 972
Hepatitis C	52	89	62	8	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	53	69	30	421	- 352
Meningitis	54	62	34	324	- 262
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	50	84	0	+ 50
War	56	50	69	1	+ 49
Appendicitis	57	49	59	20	+ 29
Fires	58	47	27	488	- 441
Hepatitis B	59	35	58	27	+ 8
Schizophrenia	60	30	80	0	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	27	65	5	+ 22
Schistosomiasis	62	27	73	0	+ 27
Leishmaniasis	63	20	74	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	64	16	66	5	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	65	15	85	0	+ 15
Poisonings	66	14	50	121	- 107
Upper Respiratory	67	12	68	2	+ 10
Syphilis	68	10	42	234	- 224
Leprosy	69	8	72	0	+ 8
Otitis Media	70	4	71	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	4	56	48	- 44
Encephalitis	72	3	57	31	- 28
Oral conditions	73	3	86	0	+ 3
Malaria	74	2	7	2,446	- 2,444
Pertussis	75	1	39	248	- 246
Dengue	76	1	64	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	63	7	- 7
Diphtheria	79	0	67	3	- 3
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	81	0	41	238	- 238
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Brazil

New 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.