BRAZIL VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		BRAZIL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	324,903	1	165,788	+ 159,115
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	184,811	10	30,717	+ 154,094
Lung Disease	3	125,730	6	59,373	+ 66,357
Stroke	4	102,007	2	123,207	- 21,200
Lung Cancers	5	100,084	9	31,659	+ 68,426
Kidney Disease	6	55,251	7	37,690	+ 17,561
Drug Use	7	47,898	49	2,467	+ 45,431
Hypertension	8	42,445	11	28,822	+ 13,623
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	39,785	12	23,161	+ 16,624
Diabetes Mellitus	10	39,522	5	59,608	- 20,085
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	38,814	3	94,705	- 55,891
Suicide	12	34,169	20	14,540	+ 19,629
Breast Cancer	13	31,319	14	20,759	+ 10,560
Endocrine Disorders	14	30,235	19	16,927	+ 13,308
Pancreas Cancer	15	28,502	24	11,999	+ 16,503
Liver Disease	16	27,929	13	21,422	+ 6,507
Road Traffic Accidents	17	26,830	8	33,871	- 7,041
Falls	18	26,009	16	18,847	+ 7,162
Lymphomas	19	25,921	27	10,376	+ 15,545
Prostate Cancer	20	22,916	15	19,001	+ 3,916
Parkinson's Disease	21	22,195	41	4,770	+ 17,424
Inflammatory/Heart	22	20,932	18	17,508	+ 3,424
Liver Cancer	23	17,416	25	11,514	+ 5,901
Leukemia	24	17,352	30	8,531	+ 8,821
Other Injuries	25	16,729	21	13,807	+ 2,922
Bladder Cancer	26	12,627	36	5,306	+ 7,321
Violence	27	12,211	4	68,779	- 56,568
Oesophagus Cancer	28	11,473	26	10,466	+ 1,007
Other Neoplasms	29	11,418	42	4,665	+ 6,753
Alcohol	30	9,433	32	7,121	+ 2,312
Ovary Cancer	31	9,389	43	4,355	+ 5,034
Skin Cancers	32	9,209	38	5,032	+ 4,177
Stomach Cancer	33	8,415	17	17,992	- 9,577
Congenital Anomalies	34	7,569	23	12,317	- 4,748
Oral Cancer	35	7,436	28	9,951	- 2,516
Uterin Cancer	36	6,475	47	2,780	+ 3,695
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	6,406	35	5,659	+ 746
Cervical Cancer	38	4,494	29	9,511	- 5,016
Low Birth Weight	39	4,456	33	6,881	- 2,425
Malnutrition	40	4,351	34	6,695	- 2,344
Hepatitis C	41	3,658	52	1,955	+ 1,703
HIV/AIDS	42	3,642	22	12,558	- 8,916
Skin Disease	43	3,481	31	7,179	- 3,698
Multiple Sclerosis	44	3,255	64	356	+ 2,900
Drownings	45	2,619	39	4,937	- 2,318
Asthma	46	2,457	48	2,595	- 138
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	2,346	51	2,193	+ 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	2,227	44	4,258	- 2,031
Fires	49	2,048	58	1,028	+ 1,021
Epilepsy	50	2,035	46	3,263	- 1,228
Anemia	51	2,004	50	2,417	- 413
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	1,583	61	596	+ 987
Poisonings	53	1,077	66	317	+ 761
Birth Trauma	54	794	45	3,777	- 2,983
War	55	771	56	1,090	- 319
Maternal Conditions	56	501	53	1,507	- 1,006
Schizophrenia	57	465	60	661	- 196
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	436	55	1,097	- 660
Hepatitis B	59	391	59	775	- 384
Meningitis	60	390	54	1,359	- 969
Osteoarthritis	61	372	65	330	+ 42
Tuberculosis	62	352	40	4,895	- 4,544
Appendicitis	63	273	57	1,067	- 794
Oral conditions	64	184	73	62	+ 122
Upper Respiratory	65	148	67	260	- 112
Syphilis	66	32	68	223	- 191
Otitis Media	67	22	70	94	- 72
Encephalitis	68	16	72	65	- 49
Pertussis	69	10	75	30	- 20
Chagas disease	70	3	37	5,045	- 5,042
Tetanus	71	1	71	88	- 86
Schistosomiasis	72	1	62	593	- 592
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	77	10	- 10
Leprosy	74	0	69	173	- 173
Diphtheria	75	0	79	7	- 6
Dengue	76	0	76	14	- 14
Malaria	77	0	74	44	- 44
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	79	0	63	432	- 432
Measles	80	0	81	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	81	0	85	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	78	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BRAZIL

United States

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.