TRINIDAD/TOB. VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,062	1	1,476	- 414
Stroke	2	789	3	822	- 33
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	606	10	205	+ 401
Violence	4	440	4	549	- 109
Diabetes Mellitus	5	382	2	1,275	- 894
Lung Disease	6	380	16	129	+ 251
Kidney Disease	7	241	5	439	- 198
Road Traffic Accidents	8	217	15	130	+ 87
Lung Cancers	9	203	8	217	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	197	9	215	- 18
Hypertension	11	185	11	201	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	148	13	196	- 47
Liver Disease	13	137	14	136	+ 1
Breast Cancer	14	133	7	258	- 125
Prostate Cancer	15	122	6	330	- 208
Falls	16	121	33	43	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	17	115	26	69	+ 46
Inflammatory/Heart	18	112	25	72	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	19	108	18	119	- 11
Suicide	20	93	17	121	- 28
Other Injuries	21	88	30	61	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	22	80	12	196	- 116
Congenital Anomalies	23	79	22	93	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	24	77	19	114	- 37
Liver Cancer	25	74	28	66	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	26	67	41	24	+ 43
Lymphomas	27	66	20	111	- 45
Oral Cancer	28	64	38	31	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	29	61	21	97	- 36
Leukemia	30	55	29	62	- 8
Skin Disease	31	46	36	39	+ 7
Alcohol	32	46	42	23	+ 22
Low Birth Weight	33	44	23	83	- 39
Malnutrition	34	43	47	17	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	36	45	18	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	36	34	34	41	- 7
Chagas disease	37	32	74	0	+ 32
Skin Cancers	38	32	57	4	+ 28
Drownings	39	32	39	31	+ 1
Tuberculosis	40	31	43	22	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	41	31	32	51	- 21
Other Neoplasms	42	30	51	10	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	43	28	24	80	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	27	31	52	- 25
Birth Trauma	45	24	40	25	- 1
Epilepsy	46	21	37	32	- 11
Uterin Cancer	47	18	27	68	- 50
Asthma	48	17	35	40	- 24
Drug Use	49	16	44	19	- 3
Anemia	50	15	85	0	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	14	49	11	+ 3
Hepatitis C	52	13	62	0	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	53	10	50	10	- 1
Meningitis	54	9	52	9	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	7	82	0	+ 7
War	56	7	46	17	- 10
Appendicitis	57	7	56	4	+ 2
Fires	58	7	48	16	- 10
Hepatitis B	59	5	60	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	53	8	- 4
Schistosomiasis	62	4	71	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	63	3	73	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	58	2	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	65	2	81	0	+ 2
Poisonings	66	2	59	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	2	64	0	+ 2
Syphilis	68	1	61	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	65	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	72	0	54	6	- 6
Oral conditions	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Malaria	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	75	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	55	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	76	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Brazil

Trinidad/Tob.

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.