BRAZIL VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		BRAZIL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	277,629	1	165,788	+ 111,841
Stroke	2	266,020	2	123,207	+ 142,813
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	155,027	10	30,717	+ 124,310
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	147,707	3	94,705	+ 53,002
Lung Cancers	5	94,988	9	31,659	+ 63,329
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	94,631	12	23,161	+ 71,470
Lung Disease	7	92,399	6	59,373	+ 33,026
Diabetes Mellitus	8	77,640	5	59,608	+ 18,032
Kidney Disease	9	60,435	7	37,690	+ 22,745
Stomach Cancer	10	54,588	17	17,992	+ 36,596
Prostate Cancer	11	45,787	15	19,001	+ 26,786
Breast Cancer	12	43,051	14	20,759	+ 22,292
Other Injuries	13	41,759	21	13,807	+ 27,953
Hypertension	14	40,526	11	28,822	+ 11,704
Pancreas Cancer	15	35,985	24	11,999	+ 23,986
Lymphomas	16	34,656	27	10,376	+ 24,280
Endocrine Disorders	17	33,345	19	16,927	+ 16,417
Liver Cancer	18	27,388	25	11,514	+ 15,874
Suicide	19	25,265	20	14,540	+ 10,725
Bladder Cancer	20	25,236	36	5,306	+ 19,930
Parkinson's Disease	21	24,564	41	4,770	+ 19,793
Liver Disease	22	24,267	13	21,422	+ 2,845
Falls	23	22,263	16	18,847	+ 3,416
Leukemia	24	21,891	30	8,531	+ 13,360
Oral Cancer	25	19,662	28	9,951	+ 9,710
Inflammatory/Heart	26	19,592	18	17,508	+ 2,084
Road Traffic Accidents	27	18,070	8	33,871	- 15,801
Other Neoplasms	28	14,058	42	4,665	+ 9,393
Oesophagus Cancer	29	13,425	26	10,466	+ 2,959
Skin Cancers	30	11,285	38	5,032	+ 6,254
Epilepsy	31	8,949	46	3,263	+ 5,686
Uterin Cancer	32	8,751	47	2,780	+ 5,971
Ovary Cancer	33	8,566	43	4,355	+ 4,211
Cervical Cancer	34	7,089	29	9,511	- 2,422
HIV/AIDS	35	6,891	22	12,558	- 5,667
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	4,972	35	5,659	- 688
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	4,927	44	4,258	+ 669
Tuberculosis	38	4,590	40	4,895	- 305
Skin Disease	39	4,363	31	7,179	- 2,816
Congenital Anomalies	40	4,234	23	12,317	- 8,083
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	3,639	51	2,193	+ 1,446
Anemia	42	3,250	50	2,417	+ 833
Asthma	43	3,156	48	2,595	+ 562
Drug Use	44	2,768	49	2,467	+ 301
Alcohol	45	2,395	32	7,121	- 4,726
Fires	46	2,334	58	1,028	+ 1,307
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	2,133	61	596	+ 1,536
Violence	48	2,078	4	68,779	- 66,701
Hepatitis C	49	1,872	52	1,955	- 83
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	1,777	55	1,097	+ 680
Drownings	51	1,710	39	4,937	- 3,227
Low Birth Weight	52	1,699	33	6,881	- 5,182
Malnutrition	53	1,696	34	6,695	- 5,000
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1,212	64	356	+ 856
Schizophrenia	55	1,059	60	661	+ 398
Meningitis	56	920	54	1,359	- 439
Poisonings	57	632	66	317	+ 315
Osteoarthritis	58	618	65	330	+ 288
Hepatitis B	59	560	59	775	- 214
Birth Trauma	60	513	45	3,777	- 3,264
Appendicitis	61	449	57	1,067	- 619
Upper Respiratory	62	318	67	260	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	63	154	53	1,507	- 1,352
Syphilis	64	66	68	223	- 157
Oral conditions	65	63	73	62	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	54	70	94	- 40
Encephalitis	67	27	72	65	- 37
Leishmaniasis	68	25	63	432	- 407
War	69	22	56	1,090	- 1,067
Leprosy	70	7	69	173	- 165
Measles	71	6	81	4	+ 3
Pertussis	72	2	75	30	- 28
Tetanus	73	0	71	88	- 88
Diphtheria	74	0	79	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	10	- 10
Chlamydia	76	0	80	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	77	0	62	593	- 593
Malaria	78	0	74	44	- 44
Chagas disease	79	0	37	5,045	- 5,045
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	83	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	85	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	78	7	- 7
Dengue	84	0	76	14	- 14
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BRAZIL

Portugal

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.