NEW ZEALAND VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,888	1	5,095	- 1,207
Stroke	2	2,890	3	2,378	+ 511
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,221	7	920	+ 1,301
Violence	4	1,613	42	57	+ 1,556
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,398	8	769	+ 629
Lung Disease	6	1,393	5	1,815	- 422
Kidney Disease	7	884	17	432	+ 452
Road Traffic Accidents	8	794	16	458	+ 336
Lung Cancers	9	743	4	1,873	- 1,131
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	720	2	3,032	- 2,311
Hypertension	11	676	20	327	+ 349
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	543	6	1,495	- 951
Liver Disease	13	502	32	158	+ 345
Breast Cancer	14	487	10	737	- 250
Prostate Cancer	15	446	9	739	- 293
Falls	16	442	11	627	- 185
Stomach Cancer	17	422	22	323	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	18	411	23	313	+ 98
Endocrine Disorders	19	397	21	325	+ 72
Suicide	20	341	15	528	- 187
Other Injuries	21	324	28	218	+ 106
HIV/AIDS	22	295	57	10	+ 284
Congenital Anomalies	23	289	30	176	+ 113
Pancreas Cancer	24	281	14	543	- 261
Liver Cancer	25	270	24	288	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	26	245	25	279	- 34
Lymphomas	27	243	13	608	- 365
Oral Cancer	28	233	31	164	+ 70
Cervical Cancer	29	223	41	61	+ 162
Leukemia	30	200	18	391	- 191
Skin Disease	31	168	34	118	+ 50
Alcohol	32	167	45	51	+ 116
Low Birth Weight	33	161	38	78	+ 83
Malnutrition	34	157	55	14	+ 143
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	133	37	81	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	36	124	26	267	- 142
Chagas disease	37	118	79	0	+ 118
Skin Cancers	38	118	12	612	- 494
Drownings	39	116	44	54	+ 61
Tuberculosis	40	115	52	17	+ 98
Parkinson's Disease	41	112	19	353	- 241
Other Neoplasms	42	109	27	245	- 136
Ovary Cancer	43	102	29	207	- 105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	100	39	70	+ 30
Birth Trauma	45	89	54	15	+ 74
Epilepsy	46	77	43	55	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	47	65	33	145	- 79
Asthma	48	61	36	91	- 30
Drug Use	49	58	40	69	- 11
Anemia	50	57	51	17	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	51	35	113	- 61
Hepatitis C	52	46	48	30	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	53	35	63	5	+ 31
Meningitis	54	32	59	9	+ 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	26	50	22	+ 4
War	56	26	68	1	+ 25
Appendicitis	57	25	62	6	+ 19
Fires	58	24	53	17	+ 7
Hepatitis B	59	18	56	14	+ 4
Schizophrenia	60	16	60	8	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	14	46	47	- 33
Schistosomiasis	62	14	77	0	+ 14
Leishmaniasis	63	10	80	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	8	47	43	- 35
Osteoarthritis	65	8	49	24	- 16
Poisonings	66	7	58	9	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	6	64	4	+ 2
Syphilis	68	5	70	0	+ 5
Leprosy	69	4	72	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	70	2	67	1	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	69	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	72	2	66	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	73	1	61	8	- 6
Malaria	74	1	78	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	1	65	1	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	82	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Brazil

New Zealand

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.