ZAMBIA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,670	10	4,432	+ 11,238
Stroke	2	11,645	3	7,948	+ 3,697
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,951	2	9,517	- 565
Violence	4	6,501	23	1,153	+ 5,348
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,634	14	2,395	+ 3,239
Lung Disease	6	5,612	21	1,273	+ 4,339
Kidney Disease	7	3,562	18	1,760	+ 1,802
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,201	11	3,654	- 452
Lung Cancers	9	2,992	41	226	+ 2,767
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,903	29	590	+ 2,314
Hypertension	11	2,724	13	2,616	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,189	43	203	+ 1,987
Liver Disease	13	2,025	9	4,501	- 2,476
Breast Cancer	14	1,962	35	366	+ 1,596
Prostate Cancer	15	1,796	30	561	+ 1,234
Falls	16	1,781	28	596	+ 1,185
Stomach Cancer	17	1,701	42	206	+ 1,494
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,655	33	501	+ 1,154
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,600	37	354	+ 1,246
Suicide	20	1,374	20	1,303	+ 72
Other Injuries	21	1,305	19	1,729	- 424
HIV/AIDS	22	1,187	1	17,234	- 16,047
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,164	12	3,146	- 1,982
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,134	62	42	+ 1,092
Liver Cancer	25	1,088	46	177	+ 912
Oesophagus Cancer	26	989	36	359	+ 631
Lymphomas	27	981	31	548	+ 433
Oral Cancer	28	941	48	155	+ 785
Cervical Cancer	29	899	17	1,799	- 900
Leukemia	30	806	39	261	+ 545
Skin Disease	31	679	52	126	+ 553
Alcohol	32	673	49	140	+ 533
Low Birth Weight	33	650	8	4,857	- 4,207
Malnutrition	34	633	15	2,303	- 1,670
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	535	5	6,275	- 5,740
Bladder Cancer	36	502	50	132	+ 370
Chagas disease	37	477	79	0	+ 477
Skin Cancers	38	476	54	108	+ 368
Drownings	39	467	27	689	- 222
Tuberculosis	40	463	6	5,941	- 5,478
Parkinson's Disease	41	451	47	164	+ 287
Other Neoplasms	42	441	65	20	+ 421
Ovary Cancer	43	412	57	82	+ 329
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	402	40	246	+ 157
Birth Trauma	45	357	7	5,062	- 4,705
Epilepsy	46	308	38	332	- 24
Uterin Cancer	47	263	64	30	+ 233
Asthma	48	245	26	741	- 496
Drug Use	49	233	53	122	+ 111
Anemia	50	228	83	0	+ 228
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	207	45	190	+ 18
Hepatitis C	52	185	66	18	+ 167
Maternal Conditions	53	142	22	1,188	- 1,046
Meningitis	54	128	16	1,976	- 1,847
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	104	84	0	+ 104
War	56	103	69	6	+ 97
Appendicitis	57	101	56	84	+ 17
Fires	58	97	32	546	- 449
Hepatitis B	59	73	55	104	- 31
Schizophrenia	60	62	81	0	+ 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	56	63	30	+ 26
Schistosomiasis	62	56	51	128	- 72
Leishmaniasis	63	41	58	72	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	64	34	67	13	+ 20
Osteoarthritis	65	31	85	0	+ 31
Poisonings	66	30	34	456	- 426
Upper Respiratory	67	25	60	68	- 43
Syphilis	68	21	24	885	- 864
Leprosy	69	16	77	0	+ 16
Otitis Media	70	9	70	5	+ 4
Tetanus	71	8	44	190	- 182
Encephalitis	72	6	59	70	- 64
Oral conditions	73	6	86	0	+ 6
Malaria	74	4	4	7,882	- 7,878
Pertussis	75	3	25	743	- 740
Dengue	76	1	74	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	68	9	- 8
Diphtheria	79	1	73	3	- 2
Chlamydia	80	1	71	3	- 3
Measles	81	0	61	48	- 48
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	72	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

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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.