SWEDEN VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,978	1	15,136	- 7,157
Stroke	2	5,929	3	6,035	- 106
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,558	7	2,659	+ 1,899
Violence	4	3,310	47	113	+ 3,197
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,869	11	1,834	+ 1,034
Lung Disease	6	2,857	4	4,344	- 1,487
Kidney Disease	7	1,814	12	1,629	+ 185
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,630	34	315	+ 1,315
Lung Cancers	9	1,524	5	3,722	- 2,199
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,478	2	10,917	- 9,439
Hypertension	11	1,387	10	1,838	- 451
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,115	6	3,049	- 1,935
Liver Disease	13	1,031	23	723	+ 307
Breast Cancer	14	999	13	1,582	- 583
Prostate Cancer	15	914	8	2,622	- 1,708
Falls	16	907	17	1,109	- 202
Stomach Cancer	17	866	26	612	+ 253
Inflammatory/Heart	18	843	28	547	+ 296
Endocrine Disorders	19	815	24	702	+ 113
Suicide	20	700	14	1,479	- 780
Other Injuries	21	664	15	1,374	- 709
HIV/AIDS	22	604	61	13	+ 592
Congenital Anomalies	23	593	35	308	+ 285
Pancreas Cancer	24	577	9	1,849	- 1,271
Liver Cancer	25	554	22	752	- 198
Oesophagus Cancer	26	504	29	538	- 34
Lymphomas	27	499	16	1,357	- 857
Oral Cancer	28	479	31	379	+ 100
Cervical Cancer	29	458	38	228	+ 230
Leukemia	30	411	20	825	- 415
Skin Disease	31	345	39	220	+ 126
Alcohol	32	343	32	359	- 16
Low Birth Weight	33	331	51	50	+ 281
Malnutrition	34	322	45	117	+ 205
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	272	36	289	- 17
Bladder Cancer	36	255	21	760	- 505
Chagas disease	37	243	77	0	+ 243
Skin Cancers	38	242	25	650	- 408
Drownings	39	238	46	114	+ 123
Tuberculosis	40	236	56	24	+ 212
Parkinson's Disease	41	230	19	943	- 713
Other Neoplasms	42	224	18	1,036	- 812
Ovary Cancer	43	210	27	553	- 343
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	205	37	277	- 72
Birth Trauma	45	182	55	34	+ 148
Epilepsy	46	157	44	121	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	47	134	33	345	- 211
Asthma	48	125	42	158	- 33
Drug Use	49	119	30	423	- 305
Anemia	50	116	40	175	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	106	48	110	- 5
Hepatitis C	52	94	53	44	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	53	73	64	5	+ 68
Meningitis	54	65	54	35	+ 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	53	52	46	+ 7
War	56	52	65	2	+ 51
Appendicitis	57	51	59	18	+ 33
Fires	58	49	49	65	- 15
Hepatitis B	59	37	62	9	+ 28
Schizophrenia	60	32	50	63	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	29	43	129	- 100
Schistosomiasis	62	29	69	0	+ 28
Leishmaniasis	63	21	75	0	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	64	17	41	170	- 153
Osteoarthritis	65	16	57	24	- 8
Poisonings	66	15	60	18	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	13	58	20	- 7
Syphilis	68	11	72	0	+ 11
Leprosy	69	8	84	0	+ 8
Otitis Media	70	5	66	1	+ 4
Tetanus	71	4	68	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	72	3	71	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	73	3	63	8	- 5
Malaria	74	2	74	0	+ 2
Pertussis	75	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	76	1	80	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	83	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Brazil

Sweden

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.