SRI LANKA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,562	1	26,304	- 9,742
Stroke	2	12,308	6	6,805	+ 5,503
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	9,461	8	5,117	+ 4,344
Violence	4	6,871	31	499	+ 6,372
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,955	2	12,460	- 6,506
Lung Disease	6	5,931	3	9,456	- 3,525
Kidney Disease	7	3,765	5	6,858	- 3,093
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,384	9	4,200	- 816
Lung Cancers	9	3,163	12	1,775	+ 1,388
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,069	4	6,939	- 3,870
Hypertension	11	2,879	20	1,055	+ 1,824
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,314	24	911	+ 1,402
Liver Disease	13	2,140	17	1,303	+ 837
Breast Cancer	14	2,074	15	1,383	+ 691
Prostate Cancer	15	1,898	30	507	+ 1,391
Falls	16	1,883	23	964	+ 919
Stomach Cancer	17	1,797	16	1,321	+ 476
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,749	35	425	+ 1,324
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,691	32	462	+ 1,229
Suicide	20	1,453	10	2,977	- 1,525
Other Injuries	21	1,379	14	1,529	- 150
HIV/AIDS	22	1,255	55	39	+ 1,215
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,230	22	989	+ 241
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,199	43	214	+ 985
Liver Cancer	25	1,150	19	1,090	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	26	1,045	13	1,544	- 499
Lymphomas	27	1,037	21	1,027	+ 9
Oral Cancer	28	994	11	2,893	- 1,899
Cervical Cancer	29	950	26	762	+ 188
Leukemia	30	852	18	1,155	- 303
Skin Disease	31	717	36	293	+ 425
Alcohol	32	711	51	82	+ 629
Low Birth Weight	33	687	29	536	+ 151
Malnutrition	34	669	54	43	+ 625
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	565	28	605	- 39
Bladder Cancer	36	530	34	432	+ 98
Chagas disease	37	504	83	0	+ 504
Skin Cancers	38	503	52	58	+ 444
Drownings	39	493	27	731	- 237
Tuberculosis	40	489	25	769	- 280
Parkinson's Disease	41	477	45	168	+ 309
Other Neoplasms	42	466	50	86	+ 380
Ovary Cancer	43	435	37	281	+ 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	425	56	38	+ 387
Birth Trauma	45	377	44	193	+ 185
Epilepsy	46	326	39	269	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	47	278	42	218	+ 60
Asthma	48	259	7	6,471	- 6,212
Drug Use	49	246	40	257	- 11
Anemia	50	241	33	445	- 204
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	219	53	49	+ 170
Hepatitis C	52	195	75	0	+ 195
Maternal Conditions	53	151	48	96	+ 54
Meningitis	54	136	46	146	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	110	70	2	+ 108
War	56	109	38	280	- 171
Appendicitis	57	107	64	5	+ 101
Fires	58	103	41	239	- 136
Hepatitis B	59	77	62	6	+ 71
Schizophrenia	60	66	65	5	+ 61
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	60	60	11	+ 49
Schistosomiasis	62	59	81	0	+ 59
Leishmaniasis	63	43	73	0	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	64	36	69	2	+ 33
Osteoarthritis	65	33	67	3	+ 30
Poisonings	66	32	49	93	- 62
Upper Respiratory	67	26	66	5	+ 21
Syphilis	68	22	58	15	+ 7
Leprosy	69	17	63	6	+ 12
Otitis Media	70	9	76	0	+ 9
Tetanus	71	9	57	27	- 19
Encephalitis	72	6	61	10	- 4
Oral conditions	73	6	68	3	+ 3
Malaria	74	4	80	0	+ 4
Pertussis	75	3	59	15	- 12
Dengue	76	1	47	131	- 130
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	80	1	84	0	+ 1
Measles	81	0	77	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Brazil

Sri Lanka

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.