BRAZIL VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		BRAZIL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	246,619	2	123,207	+ 123,413
Coronary Heart Disease	2	194,770	1	165,788	+ 28,982
Diabetes Mellitus	3	182,867	5	59,608	+ 123,260
Kidney Disease	4	104,362	7	37,690	+ 66,672
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	86,004	3	94,705	- 8,701
Prostate Cancer	6	73,689	15	19,001	+ 54,688
Road Traffic Accidents	7	71,431	8	33,871	+ 37,560
Lung Disease	8	69,183	6	59,373	+ 9,810
Hypertension	9	68,702	11	28,822	+ 39,880
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	62,312	10	30,717	+ 31,595
Violence	11	48,453	4	68,779	- 20,326
Liver Disease	12	45,627	13	21,422	+ 24,205
Inflammatory/Heart	13	41,245	18	17,508	+ 23,737
Breast Cancer	14	33,332	14	20,759	+ 12,573
Stomach Cancer	15	28,689	17	17,992	+ 10,697
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	27,635	12	23,161	+ 4,474
Endocrine Disorders	17	26,417	19	16,927	+ 9,490
Lung Cancers	18	24,479	9	31,659	- 7,180
Low Birth Weight	19	22,510	33	6,881	+ 15,629
Skin Disease	20	21,161	31	7,179	+ 13,982
Other Injuries	21	19,314	21	13,807	+ 5,508
Suicide	22	18,852	20	14,540	+ 4,312
Parkinson's Disease	23	18,163	41	4,770	+ 13,393
Lymphomas	24	17,135	27	10,376	+ 6,759
Cervical Cancer	25	15,530	29	9,511	+ 6,019
Falls	26	13,785	16	18,847	- 5,061
Asthma	27	12,557	48	2,595	+ 9,963
Drownings	28	12,210	39	4,937	+ 7,273
Alcohol	29	12,103	32	7,121	+ 4,982
Congenital Anomalies	30	10,598	23	12,317	- 1,719
Pancreas Cancer	31	10,552	24	11,999	- 1,447
Epilepsy	32	9,319	46	3,263	+ 6,056
Malnutrition	33	8,619	34	6,695	+ 1,924
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	7,028	44	4,258	+ 2,770
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	5,995	35	5,659	+ 336
Leukemia	36	5,791	30	8,531	- 2,740
Liver Cancer	37	5,292	25	11,514	- 6,223
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	5,154	51	2,193	+ 2,962
Fires	39	4,338	58	1,028	+ 3,311
Oesophagus Cancer	40	4,109	26	10,466	- 6,356
Ovary Cancer	41	4,096	43	4,355	- 259
Birth Trauma	42	4,050	45	3,777	+ 274
Oral Cancer	43	4,028	28	9,951	- 5,923
Tuberculosis	44	3,820	40	4,895	- 1,075
Uterin Cancer	45	2,664	47	2,780	- 117
Drug Use	46	2,509	49	2,467	+ 42
Maternal Conditions	47	2,416	53	1,507	+ 909
Other Neoplasms	48	2,378	42	4,665	- 2,287
Meningitis	49	1,913	54	1,359	+ 555
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	1,713	61	596	+ 1,116
Appendicitis	51	1,471	57	1,067	+ 403
Encephalitis	52	1,442	72	65	+ 1,377
Dengue	53	771	76	14	+ 758
Multiple Sclerosis	54	583	64	356	+ 227
Poisonings	55	342	66	317	+ 25
Tetanus	56	279	71	88	+ 191
Syphilis	57	246	68	223	+ 23
War	58	219	56	1,090	- 871
Upper Respiratory	59	165	67	260	- 95
Hepatitis B	60	77	59	775	- 698
Schistosomiasis	61	67	62	593	- 526
Chlamydia	62	59	80	5	+ 53
Pertussis	63	39	75	30	+ 9
Ascariasis	64	14	78	7	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	7	52	1,955	- 1,948
Otitis Media	66	1	70	94	- 92
Diphtheria	67	1	79	7	- 5
Skin Cancers	68	1	38	5,032	- 5,030
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	1	- 1
Anemia	70	0	50	2,417	- 2,417
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	36	5,306	- 5,306
Schizophrenia	73	0	60	661	- 661
Oral conditions	74	0	73	62	- 62
Osteoarthritis	75	0	65	330	- 330
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	55	1,097	- 1,097
Measles	77	0	81	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	10	- 10
Chagas disease	79	0	37	5,045	- 5,045
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	83	1	- 1
Malaria	81	0	74	44	- 44
Leishmaniasis	82	0	63	432	- 432
Leprosy	83	0	69	173	- 173
HIV/AIDS	84	0	22	12,558	- 12,558
Trichuriasis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BRAZIL

Saint Lucia

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.