BRAZIL VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		BRAZIL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	203,338	1	165,788	+ 37,550
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	171,078	10	30,717	+ 140,361
Stroke	3	117,000	2	123,207	- 6,207
Lung Cancers	4	114,757	9	31,659	+ 83,098
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	70,332	12	23,161	+ 47,171
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	63,628	3	94,705	- 31,077
Lung Disease	7	58,675	6	59,373	- 698
Breast Cancer	8	49,999	14	20,759	+ 29,240
Other Injuries	9	48,659	21	13,807	+ 34,852
Pancreas Cancer	10	39,777	24	11,999	+ 27,778
Kidney Disease	11	36,936	7	37,690	- 755
Diabetes Mellitus	12	35,117	5	59,608	- 24,491
Prostate Cancer	13	34,992	15	19,001	+ 15,991
Lymphomas	14	32,399	27	10,376	+ 22,024
Liver Cancer	15	30,809	25	11,514	+ 19,295
Suicide	16	28,839	20	14,540	+ 14,299
Other Neoplasms	17	28,227	42	4,665	+ 23,562
Falls	18	26,661	16	18,847	+ 7,814
Endocrine Disorders	19	26,024	19	16,927	+ 9,097
Parkinson's Disease	20	24,362	41	4,770	+ 19,592
Leukemia	21	23,998	30	8,531	+ 15,467
Liver Disease	22	23,758	13	21,422	+ 2,336
Hypertension	23	22,880	11	28,822	- 5,942
Bladder Cancer	24	21,130	36	5,306	+ 15,825
Inflammatory/Heart	25	19,521	18	17,508	+ 2,013
Stomach Cancer	26	17,799	17	17,992	- 193
Oral Cancer	27	15,049	28	9,951	+ 5,097
Oesophagus Cancer	28	15,040	26	10,466	+ 4,574
Malnutrition	29	13,554	34	6,695	+ 6,859
Ovary Cancer	30	12,757	43	4,355	+ 8,402
Road Traffic Accidents	31	10,746	8	33,871	- 23,125
Skin Cancers	32	10,478	38	5,032	+ 5,446
Alcohol	33	10,262	32	7,121	+ 3,142
Uterin Cancer	34	8,756	47	2,780	+ 5,976
Congenital Anomalies	35	6,476	23	12,317	- 5,841
Drug Use	36	6,053	49	2,467	+ 3,586
Epilepsy	37	6,003	46	3,263	+ 2,740
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	5,817	35	5,659	+ 157
Skin Disease	39	5,142	31	7,179	- 2,037
Cervical Cancer	40	5,064	29	9,511	- 4,446
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	4,455	51	2,193	+ 2,262
Asthma	42	3,344	48	2,595	+ 749
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	3,173	44	4,258	- 1,085
Anemia	44	3,131	50	2,417	+ 714
Drownings	45	2,793	39	4,937	- 2,144
Multiple Sclerosis	46	2,421	64	356	+ 2,065
Low Birth Weight	47	2,095	33	6,881	- 4,786
Schizophrenia	48	2,083	60	661	+ 1,422
Violence	49	1,730	4	68,779	- 67,049
Tuberculosis	50	1,400	40	4,895	- 3,495
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	1,372	61	596	+ 776
Hepatitis C	52	1,339	52	1,955	- 616
Fires	53	1,297	58	1,028	+ 270
HIV/AIDS	54	1,165	22	12,558	- 11,393
Birth Trauma	55	994	45	3,777	- 2,783
Osteoarthritis	56	790	65	330	+ 459
Poisonings	57	733	66	317	+ 416
Meningitis	58	526	54	1,359	- 833
Hepatitis B	59	435	59	775	- 340
Oral conditions	60	379	73	62	+ 317
Appendicitis	61	289	57	1,067	- 779
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	243	55	1,097	- 854
Upper Respiratory	63	173	67	260	- 87
Maternal Conditions	64	167	53	1,507	- 1,340
Otitis Media	65	51	70	94	- 43
Encephalitis	66	26	72	65	- 39
War	67	22	56	1,090	- 1,068
Syphilis	68	13	68	223	- 210
Pertussis	69	9	75	30	- 21
Tetanus	70	7	71	88	- 81
Schistosomiasis	71	3	62	593	- 590
Leprosy	72	2	69	173	- 170
Leishmaniasis	73	2	63	432	- 430
Iodine Deficiency	74	2	77	10	- 8
Diphtheria	75	2	79	7	- 5
Dengue	76	1	76	14	- 12
Measles	77	1	81	4	- 3
Chlamydia	78	0	80	5	- 5
Ascariasis	79	0	78	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	85	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	74	44	- 44
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	83	1	- 1
Chagas disease	84	0	37	5,045	- 5,045
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BRAZIL

France

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.