YEMEN VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,215	1	30,158	- 5,943
Stroke	2	17,995	2	13,570	+ 4,426
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	13,832	4	11,978	+ 1,854
Violence	4	10,046	14	2,839	+ 7,207
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,706	19	1,794	+ 6,912
Lung Disease	6	8,672	11	3,196	+ 5,476
Kidney Disease	7	5,505	15	2,679	+ 2,827
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,947	6	8,561	- 3,614
Lung Cancers	9	4,624	41	569	+ 4,055
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,486	22	1,405	+ 3,081
Hypertension	11	4,210	8	5,293	- 1,084
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,383	30	913	+ 2,470
Liver Disease	13	3,129	13	2,891	+ 238
Breast Cancer	14	3,032	26	1,134	+ 1,898
Prostate Cancer	15	2,775	63	39	+ 2,736
Falls	16	2,753	24	1,170	+ 1,583
Stomach Cancer	17	2,628	31	902	+ 1,726
Inflammatory/Heart	18	2,557	40	585	+ 1,972
Endocrine Disorders	19	2,472	36	738	+ 1,735
Suicide	20	2,124	21	1,699	+ 425
Other Injuries	21	2,017	16	2,225	- 209
HIV/AIDS	22	1,834	46	396	+ 1,438
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,799	10	4,291	- 2,492
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,753	51	283	+ 1,470
Liver Cancer	25	1,682	39	609	+ 1,073
Oesophagus Cancer	26	1,529	35	765	+ 764
Lymphomas	27	1,515	45	433	+ 1,083
Oral Cancer	28	1,453	42	547	+ 906
Cervical Cancer	29	1,389	57	119	+ 1,270
Leukemia	30	1,246	34	776	+ 470
Skin Disease	31	1,049	61	44	+ 1,005
Alcohol	32	1,040	59	78	+ 962
Low Birth Weight	33	1,005	5	8,810	- 7,805
Malnutrition	34	978	27	1,058	- 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	827	9	4,372	- 3,545
Bladder Cancer	36	775	55	160	+ 615
Chagas disease	37	737	75	0	+ 737
Skin Cancers	38	735	58	100	+ 635
Drownings	39	721	25	1,142	- 421
Tuberculosis	40	715	18	1,899	- 1,184
Parkinson's Disease	41	697	49	362	+ 335
Other Neoplasms	42	681	64	21	+ 661
Ovary Cancer	43	636	52	188	+ 448
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	622	33	833	- 212
Birth Trauma	45	552	7	5,939	- 5,388
Epilepsy	46	477	43	539	- 62
Uterin Cancer	47	406	69	5	+ 401
Asthma	48	379	17	2,106	- 1,727
Drug Use	49	360	38	613	- 252
Anemia	50	353	84	0	+ 353
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	320	37	707	- 387
Hepatitis C	52	286	68	8	+ 277
Maternal Conditions	53	220	32	890	- 670
Meningitis	54	198	28	1,018	- 820
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	160	80	0	+ 160
War	56	159	3	12,915	- 12,756
Appendicitis	57	156	54	162	- 6
Fires	58	150	29	991	- 841
Hepatitis B	59	113	50	299	- 186
Schizophrenia	60	97	86	0	+ 97
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	87	66	14	+ 73
Schistosomiasis	62	87	56	124	- 37
Leishmaniasis	63	63	71	2	+ 61
Multiple Sclerosis	64	52	62	42	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	65	48	81	0	+ 48
Poisonings	66	46	44	532	- 486
Upper Respiratory	67	38	70	5	+ 33
Syphilis	68	33	53	175	- 143
Leprosy	69	25	74	0	+ 25
Otitis Media	70	14	73	0	+ 14
Tetanus	71	13	47	395	- 382
Encephalitis	72	9	48	369	- 359
Oral conditions	73	9	82	0	+ 9
Malaria	74	6	20	1,719	- 1,713
Pertussis	75	4	23	1,239	- 1,235
Dengue	76	2	60	71	- 69
Iodine Deficiency	77	2	79	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	78	1	65	17	- 16
Diphtheria	79	1	67	14	- 13
Chlamydia	80	1	72	1	+ 0
Measles	81	1	12	3,019	- 3,019
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	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 YEMEN

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Yemen

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.