NORWAY VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,151	1	5,321	- 1,170
Stroke	2	3,085	4	2,475	+ 609
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,371	6	1,797	+ 575
Violence	4	1,722	50	32	+ 1,690
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,492	16	560	+ 933
Lung Disease	6	1,487	3	2,723	- 1,236
Kidney Disease	7	944	14	611	+ 333
Road Traffic Accidents	8	848	42	114	+ 734
Lung Cancers	9	793	5	2,320	- 1,527
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	769	2	4,464	- 3,695
Hypertension	11	722	28	230	+ 492
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	580	7	1,787	- 1,207
Liver Disease	13	536	30	214	+ 323
Breast Cancer	14	520	11	698	- 178
Prostate Cancer	15	476	8	1,172	- 696
Falls	16	472	9	777	- 306
Stomach Cancer	17	450	22	343	+ 107
Inflammatory/Heart	18	438	29	221	+ 217
Endocrine Disorders	19	424	19	359	+ 65
Suicide	20	364	13	633	- 269
Other Injuries	21	346	15	583	- 237
HIV/AIDS	22	314	61	10	+ 304
Congenital Anomalies	23	308	34	136	+ 172
Pancreas Cancer	24	300	10	770	- 470
Liver Cancer	25	288	26	259	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	26	262	27	248	+ 14
Lymphomas	27	260	12	646	- 386
Oral Cancer	28	249	32	168	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	29	238	39	125	+ 113
Leukemia	30	214	21	354	- 140
Skin Disease	31	180	38	128	+ 52
Alcohol	32	178	31	205	- 26
Low Birth Weight	33	172	52	23	+ 149
Malnutrition	34	168	35	135	+ 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	142	37	128	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	36	133	20	356	- 223
Chagas disease	37	126	80	0	+ 126
Skin Cancers	38	126	18	407	- 281
Drownings	39	124	45	65	+ 59
Tuberculosis	40	123	56	15	+ 108
Parkinson's Disease	41	119	17	554	- 435
Other Neoplasms	42	117	23	324	- 208
Ovary Cancer	43	109	24	309	- 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	107	33	160	- 53
Birth Trauma	45	95	54	17	+ 77
Epilepsy	46	82	40	119	- 38
Uterin Cancer	47	70	36	134	- 64
Asthma	48	65	43	85	- 20
Drug Use	49	62	25	264	- 202
Anemia	50	61	44	75	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	55	46	61	- 6
Hepatitis C	52	49	55	17	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	53	38	66	1	+ 37
Meningitis	54	34	58	14	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	27	49	32	- 5
War	56	27	68	1	+ 27
Appendicitis	57	27	59	12	+ 15
Fires	58	26	48	45	- 19
Hepatitis B	59	19	63	3	+ 16
Schizophrenia	60	17	53	23	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	15	47	60	- 45
Schistosomiasis	62	15	83	0	+ 15
Leishmaniasis	63	11	81	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	64	9	41	119	- 110
Osteoarthritis	65	8	51	27	- 19
Poisonings	66	8	57	14	- 6
Upper Respiratory	67	7	60	12	- 5
Syphilis	68	6	67	1	+ 5
Leprosy	69	4	78	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	70	2	65	1	+ 1
Tetanus	71	2	69	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	72	2	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	73	2	62	9	- 7
Malaria	74	1	84	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	1	64	1	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	72	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.