ZIMBABWE VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,921	3	8,493	+ 4,428
Stroke	2	9,602	5	5,126	+ 4,477
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,381	2	10,779	- 3,398
Violence	4	5,361	18	1,916	+ 3,444
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,646	9	3,344	+ 1,302
Lung Disease	6	4,627	23	1,163	+ 3,464
Kidney Disease	7	2,938	12	2,214	+ 724
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,640	4	6,037	- 3,398
Lung Cancers	9	2,467	43	286	+ 2,182
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,394	31	768	+ 1,626
Hypertension	11	2,246	24	1,146	+ 1,101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,805	40	505	+ 1,300
Liver Disease	13	1,670	17	1,941	- 272
Breast Cancer	14	1,618	28	839	+ 779
Prostate Cancer	15	1,481	32	628	+ 853
Falls	16	1,469	41	465	+ 1,004
Stomach Cancer	17	1,402	33	559	+ 843
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,365	25	1,047	+ 317
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,319	34	553	+ 766
Suicide	20	1,133	13	2,069	- 935
Other Injuries	21	1,076	20	1,656	- 580
HIV/AIDS	22	979	1	19,988	- 19,009
Congenital Anomalies	23	960	11	2,217	- 1,257
Pancreas Cancer	24	935	47	217	+ 718
Liver Cancer	25	897	38	510	+ 388
Oesophagus Cancer	26	816	29	801	+ 14
Lymphomas	27	809	26	960	- 151
Oral Cancer	28	776	49	208	+ 568
Cervical Cancer	29	741	14	2,023	- 1,282
Leukemia	30	665	45	244	+ 421
Skin Disease	31	560	52	173	+ 386
Alcohol	32	555	61	48	+ 507
Low Birth Weight	33	536	7	4,038	- 3,501
Malnutrition	34	522	10	2,396	- 1,874
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	441	6	4,595	- 4,154
Bladder Cancer	36	414	54	125	+ 289
Chagas disease	37	393	76	0	+ 393
Skin Cancers	38	392	44	264	+ 128
Drownings	39	385	27	956	- 571
Tuberculosis	40	382	16	1,999	- 1,618
Parkinson's Disease	41	372	46	226	+ 146
Other Neoplasms	42	364	62	37	+ 326
Ovary Cancer	43	339	51	173	+ 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	332	35	548	- 216
Birth Trauma	45	294	8	3,405	- 3,111
Epilepsy	46	254	39	508	- 253
Uterin Cancer	47	217	50	182	+ 35
Asthma	48	202	21	1,531	- 1,328
Drug Use	49	192	48	213	- 20
Anemia	50	188	84	0	+ 188
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	171	36	542	- 371
Hepatitis C	52	152	66	14	+ 138
Maternal Conditions	53	117	19	1,749	- 1,632
Meningitis	54	106	22	1,325	- 1,219
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	85	80	0	+ 85
War	56	85	65	26	+ 59
Appendicitis	57	83	58	66	+ 17
Fires	58	80	30	793	- 712
Hepatitis B	59	60	60	57	+ 4
Schizophrenia	60	52	86	0	+ 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	46	64	26	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	62	46	53	172	- 126
Leishmaniasis	63	34	77	0	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	64	28	67	14	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	65	26	81	0	+ 26
Poisonings	66	25	37	515	- 491
Upper Respiratory	67	20	59	65	- 45
Syphilis	68	17	55	124	- 107
Leprosy	69	13	78	0	+ 13
Otitis Media	70	7	68	3	+ 4
Tetanus	71	7	57	102	- 95
Encephalitis	72	5	56	117	- 112
Oral conditions	73	5	82	0	+ 5
Malaria	74	3	15	2,003	- 2,000
Pertussis	75	2	42	419	- 416
Dengue	76	1	73	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	79	1	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	80	0	69	3	- 3
Measles	81	0	63	30	- 30
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	71	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Brazil

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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.