BRAZIL VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BRAZIL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	191,108	1	165,788	+ 25,321
Violence	2	85,504	4	68,779	+ 16,725
Stroke	3	73,542	2	123,207	- 49,665
Lung Disease	4	70,682	6	59,373	+ 11,309
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	47,808	3	94,705	- 46,897
Road Traffic Accidents	6	34,456	8	33,871	+ 586
Kidney Disease	7	30,325	7	37,690	- 7,365
Hypertension	8	28,398	11	28,822	- 424
Stomach Cancer	9	27,122	17	17,992	+ 9,130
Lung Cancers	10	23,298	9	31,659	- 8,361
Diabetes Mellitus	11	22,314	5	59,608	- 37,294
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	19,397	12	23,161	- 3,764
Breast Cancer	13	16,283	14	20,759	- 4,476
Prostate Cancer	14	15,906	15	19,001	- 3,094
Other Neoplasms	15	14,221	42	4,665	+ 9,556
Congenital Anomalies	16	13,147	23	12,317	+ 830
HIV/AIDS	17	11,907	22	12,558	- 652
Lymphomas	18	11,551	27	10,376	+ 1,175
Liver Disease	19	10,767	13	21,422	- 10,655
Cervical Cancer	20	10,056	29	9,511	+ 546
Leukemia	21	9,799	30	8,531	+ 1,268
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	9,572	10	30,717	- 21,144
Low Birth Weight	23	9,298	33	6,881	+ 2,417
Liver Cancer	24	9,163	25	11,514	- 2,351
Pancreas Cancer	25	8,974	24	11,999	- 3,025
Suicide	26	8,719	20	14,540	- 5,821
Malnutrition	27	8,334	34	6,695	+ 1,639
Other Injuries	28	7,066	21	13,807	- 6,741
Falls	29	6,735	16	18,847	- 12,112
Endocrine Disorders	30	6,067	19	16,927	- 10,860
Inflammatory/Heart	31	5,899	18	17,508	- 11,609
Tuberculosis	32	5,644	40	4,895	+ 749
Ovary Cancer	33	4,980	43	4,355	+ 625
Skin Disease	34	4,890	31	7,179	- 2,289
Skin Cancers	35	4,564	38	5,032	- 468
Oesophagus Cancer	36	3,707	26	10,466	- 6,759
Oral Cancer	37	3,581	28	9,951	- 6,370
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	3,317	35	5,659	- 2,342
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	3,099	44	4,258	- 1,159
Drownings	40	3,058	39	4,937	- 1,879
Birth Trauma	41	2,877	45	3,777	- 900
Bladder Cancer	42	2,702	36	5,306	- 2,604
Epilepsy	43	2,651	46	3,263	- 612
Drug Use	44	2,181	49	2,467	- 286
Uterin Cancer	45	1,877	47	2,780	- 903
Maternal Conditions	46	1,748	53	1,507	+ 241
Parkinson's Disease	47	1,699	41	4,770	- 3,071
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	1,477	55	1,097	+ 381
War	49	1,154	56	1,090	+ 64
Meningitis	50	1,082	54	1,359	- 276
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	1,075	61	596	+ 478
Appendicitis	52	944	57	1,067	- 123
Chagas disease	53	902	37	5,045	- 4,143
Asthma	54	849	48	2,595	- 1,746
Dengue	55	591	76	14	+ 578
Fires	56	562	58	1,028	- 466
Anemia	57	446	50	2,417	- 1,971
Osteoarthritis	58	297	65	330	- 34
Hepatitis C	59	288	52	1,955	- 1,667
Multiple Sclerosis	60	277	64	356	- 79
Poisonings	61	270	66	317	- 47
Hepatitis B	62	224	59	775	- 551
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	168	51	2,193	- 2,025
Encephalitis	64	168	72	65	+ 103
Syphilis	65	134	68	223	- 89
Upper Respiratory	66	118	67	260	- 142
Malaria	67	115	74	44	+ 70
Alcohol	68	101	32	7,121	- 7,020
Pertussis	69	81	75	30	+ 50
Schizophrenia	70	78	60	661	- 583
Tetanus	71	63	71	88	- 25
Leprosy	72	36	69	173	- 136
Otitis Media	73	33	70	94	- 61
Leishmaniasis	74	33	63	432	- 400
Oral conditions	75	32	73	62	- 30
Ascariasis	76	21	78	7	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	77	3	62	593	- 591
Measles	78	2	81	4	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	1	85	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	80	1	79	7	- 5
Chlamydia	81	0	80	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	77	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	83	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BRAZIL

Colombia

Brazil

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.