SOMALIA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,807	7	7,233	+ 2,575
Stroke	2	7,288	6	8,595	- 1,307
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,602	1	21,712	- 16,109
Violence	4	4,069	29	828	+ 3,240
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,526	16	2,888	+ 638
Lung Disease	6	3,512	19	2,442	+ 1,070
Kidney Disease	7	2,230	21	2,051	+ 179
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,004	11	4,231	- 2,227
Lung Cancers	9	1,873	54	233	+ 1,640
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,817	32	647	+ 1,170
Hypertension	11	1,705	18	2,643	- 938
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,370	38	546	+ 824
Liver Disease	13	1,267	13	3,917	- 2,650
Breast Cancer	14	1,228	26	1,232	- 4
Prostate Cancer	15	1,124	52	285	+ 839
Falls	16	1,115	37	548	+ 567
Stomach Cancer	17	1,064	49	310	+ 755
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,036	39	521	+ 515
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,001	44	406	+ 595
Suicide	20	860	27	1,219	- 359
Other Injuries	21	817	14	3,602	- 2,785
HIV/AIDS	22	743	33	610	+ 133
Congenital Anomalies	23	729	15	3,410	- 2,681
Pancreas Cancer	24	710	62	108	+ 602
Liver Cancer	25	681	53	256	+ 425
Oesophagus Cancer	26	619	40	516	+ 103
Lymphomas	27	614	34	605	+ 9
Oral Cancer	28	589	46	328	+ 261
Cervical Cancer	29	563	28	883	- 320
Leukemia	30	505	35	562	- 57
Skin Disease	31	425	58	151	+ 274
Alcohol	32	421	59	151	+ 270
Low Birth Weight	33	407	8	6,250	- 5,843
Malnutrition	34	396	10	4,825	- 4,429
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	335	2	15,363	- 15,028
Bladder Cancer	36	314	61	149	+ 165
Chagas disease	37	298	79	0	+ 298
Skin Cancers	38	298	57	164	+ 134
Drownings	39	292	25	1,272	- 980
Tuberculosis	40	290	4	10,261	- 9,972
Parkinson's Disease	41	282	56	184	+ 98
Other Neoplasms	42	276	70	12	+ 264
Ovary Cancer	43	258	50	295	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	252	36	559	- 307
Birth Trauma	45	223	5	9,573	- 9,350
Epilepsy	46	193	43	419	- 226
Uterin Cancer	47	164	64	78	+ 87
Asthma	48	153	23	1,878	- 1,725
Drug Use	49	146	65	54	+ 92
Anemia	50	143	83	0	+ 143
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	130	41	446	- 316
Hepatitis C	52	116	67	34	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	53	89	12	4,127	- 4,037
Meningitis	54	80	9	5,381	- 5,301
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	65	84	0	+ 65
War	56	64	24	1,318	- 1,254
Appendicitis	57	63	55	188	- 125
Fires	58	61	30	810	- 750
Hepatitis B	59	46	48	315	- 269
Schizophrenia	60	39	81	0	+ 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	35	66	35	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	62	35	42	435	- 400
Leishmaniasis	63	26	51	290	- 264
Multiple Sclerosis	64	21	71	8	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	65	20	85	0	+ 20
Poisonings	66	19	31	758	- 739
Upper Respiratory	67	15	47	326	- 310
Syphilis	68	13	45	378	- 364
Leprosy	69	10	77	0	+ 10
Otitis Media	70	6	68	32	- 26
Tetanus	71	5	17	2,648	- 2,643
Encephalitis	72	4	63	91	- 87
Oral conditions	73	4	86	0	+ 4
Malaria	74	3	22	1,942	- 1,939
Pertussis	75	2	20	2,054	- 2,052
Dengue	76	1	73	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	0	69	30	- 29
Diphtheria	79	0	60	150	- 149
Chlamydia	80	0	72	5	- 5
Measles	81	0	3	11,576	- 11,575
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.